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San Francisco Zine Fest: August 22 + 23

Blogsnapper — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:07:12 +0000

If you’re in the Bay Area in August and are interested in homemade zines, be sure to put this event on your radar. The annual SF Zine Fest is a “free two-day conference for independent and underground publishing. Exhibitors come from all over the West Coast, and while the focus is on zines, all walks of DIY life are represented — comics, arts and crafts, literary presses, and more.” Their special guest this year is Xeric Award-winning cartoonist Andy Hartzell. If you’ve got something you want to share as an exhibitor, now’s the time to get your application in. Everything you need to know is on their site.

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How to get to know your PSP

Blogsnapper — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:07:50 +0000

I know that there are lots of instructables out there that explain things about the PSP but mine just groups them all into one place. I will at the end give credit to all the people that contributed in one way or an other.

Contents of this include:

- Exploring the potential and familiarizing yours…

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Breathtaking papercraft castle

Blogsnapper — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:07:52 +0000

By way of fellow papercraft enthusiast Cory Doctorow comes images of this incredible castle, posted on Tokyobling. Tokyobling explains:

I had the immense opportunity to see this wonderful paper craft art installation by a genius of the name of Wataru Itou, a young student of a major art university here in Tokyo. The installation is hand made over four years of hard work, complete with electrical lights and a moving train, all made of paper! Clearly, this man must have created one of the most stunning examples of Paper Craft in the world? At the exhibition you will also have the chance to see a video showing Mr. Itou at work in his studio, cutting and folding piece by piece. The exhibition is called Umi no Ue no Oshiro (A Castle On the Ocean ), 海の上のお城. It is exhibited at Uminohotaru, a place which in itself is a major attraction: a service area in the middle of the ocean, right between Tokyo City and Chiba Prefecture.

A Paper Craft Castle On the Ocean [via Boing Boing]

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USB Cigar Storage

Blogsnapper — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:07:07 +0000

If you have some top secret into that needs to hide in plain sight have a look at this USB Cigar. When the cigar is together there is no sign that it has been hacked!
"Materials:

A thick cigar
An USB flash disk of small dimensions
Some wire, 2 x LEDs (red!), 1 x 10K resistor
Wood primer
Some tape
A short […]

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Skeleton mirror

Blogsnapper — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:07:21 +0000

This is a cool skeleton mirror, anybody able to laser cut mirrors at home? Via Street Anatomy.

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DIY Copy stand for iPhone 3GS

Blogsnapper — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:07:12 +0000

Taking advantage of the increased resolution and new autofocus capabilities of the iPhone 3GS to shoot close-up stills has just gotten a little easier thanks to Derrick Story’s DIY Copy Stand for the iPhone 3GS. Utilizing a commodity storage container from the local mercantile and repurposing the iPhone’s packaging Derrick has created an easy to assemble positioning apparatus that doubles as a light diffuser.

If you’ve ever tried close-up work with the iPhone, you know you have two challenges. The first is holding the camera steady enough to avoid camera shake. The second is getting the plane of the camera parallel to the plane of the subject to avoid distortion. This little device helps with both, plus diffuses the light for a more flattering rendering.

[via thedigitalstory]

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Twitter Giveaway: Follow Us and Win a CRAFT T-Shirt!

Blogsnapper — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:07:31 +0000

Just a reminder about our Twitter Giveaway that’s going on this week. Three lucky CRAFT Twitter followers will win a CRAFT T-Shirt. Start following us here @craft.

We’ll announce the winner next Monday, July 6th. Good luck!

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Girl’s Bubble Dress Tutorial

Blogsnapper — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:07:28 +0000

Alexis at My Mama Made It can whip up almost anything it seems in a snap. I love this girl’s bubble dress tutorial for it’s adorable shape and the fun polka dot fabric. Plus who can resist a little girl stopping to smell the flowers?

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Handmade instrument exhibition in LA

Blogsnapper — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:07:57 +0000

Los Angeles art gallery SolwayJones is currently showing a collection of unique acoustic and electronic musical instruments by Reed Ghazala, Nam June Paik and others. Definitely worth checking out if you’re in the area - press release + photos on the gallery’s site. [via GetLoFi]

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How-To: Spin Art

Blogsnapper — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:07:21 +0000

Jek at Scrumdilly Do shows you how to make spin art using a kitchen salad spinner. It’s a fun project for kids to make their own fireworks art!

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