DiResta: Cube Twist Drawer Pull

In this video you can see me make what is called a “cube twist” drawer pull.  It is a simple technique often demonstrated by blacksmiths to make handles and tools. Lately I have been watching my youtube Blacksmith teacher Rory May in a recent video he goes into detail on the […]

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Hobby Rocketeers Build Amazing Upsized Estes Gyroc

A group of Florida hobbyists have created a monstrous version of the classic Estes Gyroc. But will it fly?

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April Fools’ Day in the Office: 7 Pranks You Can Pull Off from Your Desk

With just a few clicks, you can get your coworkers good with these computer pranks fit for April Fools' Day.

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It’s Crayola Crayon Day! Check Out These 7 Awesome Crayon Sculptures

Feeling nostalgic for that wax smell and drawing outside the line? Celebrate your crayon-love by checking out these rad crayon sculptures.

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6 Types of Leather to Consider for Your Next Project

So want to make something out of leather... your next question should be: "What kind of leather?"

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Featuring: Ebony Tusks

by Bryan Voell

What happens when libraries and the hip-hop world intersect ?  In late 2015, Martinez Hillard, front-man for the Lawrence, Kansas, hardcore hip-hop trio Ebony Tusks, was asked to contribute an original poem for a video project promoting the role Kansas libraries play in the lives of those who use and are inspired by them.  The video, shot by Josiah Engstrom of Motovike Films as a commission by the Kansas State Library, is a poetic and visually stunning tribute to the personal role libraries have played in Hillard’s life and art. I was fortunate to ask Hillard some questions about this project.

LAIP: Tell us how your involvement with the #MyLibrary project came about.

Hillard: Josiah Engstrom of Motovike Films reached out a couple weeks before they planned to shoot it and asked if I would like to contribute an original poem. I was flattered and embraced the opportunity. Even though I’ve lived near the Capitol building in downtown Topeka for many years it was actually my first time in the State Library of Kansas.

Ebony Tusks. Photo by Rebecca Dreyfus.

LAIP: What role have libraries played in the success of your music projects?

Hillard: I would say that the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library and the Lawrence Public Library both exposed me to a lot of artists and musicians that I wouldn’t have been privy to otherwise, whether that was through their extensive catalogs of CDs or browsing the internet. They both do a good job of sourcing a wide variety of acts and genres.

LAIP: In the poem you recite you touch on a number of ways libraries have supported you growing up, as well as some ways (farmer’s markets, makerspace) in which libraries are branching out. What does your ideal library look like?

Hillard: Pretty similar to what T&SCPL and LPL currently look like. They both have done wonders in the last 15 years of becoming even more interactive and offering more public services. I’m proud to be a long-time patron and, with the #MyLibrary project, a visible advocate for what libraries have to offer in the modern age. My hope is that people continue to support these spaces and facilities as they are ripe for the taking.

LAIP: What new projects are you currently working on?

Hillard: I am a member of hardcore hip-hop trio EBONY TUSKS. We’re scattered along I-70 but based out of Lawrence, KS. We’re fortunate to have been embraced by a number of communities throughout the Midwest through some touring last summer and some high-profile support slots with national acts. We’re slowly piecing together some new music and plan to be in the studio starting in January 2016.

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Bryan Voell is currently the Local Arts Librarian for the Johnson County (KS) Library. He received his MLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007 and has worked for public, academic, and research libraries in various capacities since 1997. He is also a collage artist and you can see more of his art here.

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Learn How to Build This “Gravity Falls”-Themed Terrarium

Even if you haven't seen the TV show "Gravity Falls," this terrarium is still a delight!

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Solidoodle Bows Out of 3D Printing

After various setbacks, Solidoodle is suspending operations. For customers whose orders had not been fulfilled, New Matter is stepping in.

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This Cold Casting Technique Lets You Cast Metal Props Without a Forge

Cold casting is a technique that allows you to get metallic props that are magnetic, can be buffed to a shine, or artfully rusted.

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Creative in Residence at State Library of Queensland, Australia

This year we have the distinct pleasure of hosting updates from Dr. Matt Finch, with whom we’ve worked on a number of LAIP features, as he serves as Creative in Residence at the State Library of Queensland, Australia. He’s working to support the work that State Library staff do to plan and implement large-scale cultural programming for a huge swath of the Australian library community. Enjoy! ~Laura

by Matt Finch

What is a library, except a gateway to other worlds?

Libraries are the place where experience meets narrative – where the “real world” touches stories, imaginings, memories, histories, designs, plans, and dreams. That’s not being fanciful – it’s the hard and painstaking work of careful curation, building partnerships on a limited budget, and trying to address the pressing issues of our time in a lively, inventive way.

It used to be that books were the principal medium by which we helped people to visit other worlds, but now libraries embrace everything from food and play to digital media and cultural programming on the most provocative themes.

This year I’m Creative in Residence at the State Library of Queensland, Australia – “SLQ” to its friends. I’ll be sharing the adventures of my residency with you at Library as Incubator over the coming months.

Our official purpose is inspiring Queenslanders’ creativity forever, and serving, too, as custodians of the state’s history and memory.

(I’m profoundly impressed by whoever convinced the bureaucrats to phrase our mission that way).

Despite this cosmic goal, we’re library underdogs facing a spectacular challenge. We’re based in Brisbane, Australia’s third city after Sydney and Melbourne, and in addition to serving the state capital, we also support librarians across Queensland’s 715000 square miles. (For perspective, that makes us about three times the size of France).

We have more large regional population centres than other states and that means it’s especially important for us to engage communities outside of the capital. This is something Australian cultural organisations sometimes struggle with, tending to focus on city centre venues or, at best, to use digital media for broadcast instead of conversation. This can force regional Aussies to be passive audiences to city-made content.

As Creative in Residence, I support the library’s Signature Team, which devises themed cultural programming for each calendar year. That can be anything from World War I memorials to community banquets or Fun Palaces, delivered in partnerships with all kinds of corporate, community, artistic, and governmental allies.

This year’s theme is Belonging, a celebration of Queensland identities, landscapes, and histories of migration and travel which have shaped our sense of who we are.

The Five (or Seven?) Fingers of Deadly Librarianship

 The hard-tweetin’ Signature Team @slqld

“Don’t just stand there,let’s get to it.Strike a pose,there’s nothing to it” http://pic.twitter.com/A9HBmZN1ng

— Matt Finch (@DrMattFinch) February 26, 2016

The “Sig Team” behind this theme includes:

Naomi Takeifanga: A senior curator currently completing a PhD in community co-creation of arts programming, Naomi devises exhibitions which celebrate Queenslanders past, present, and future – from an iconic magazine cover brought to life to a survey of historic portraiture.

Naomi’s fellow curator is Kevin Wilson, whose most recent exhibition bore the deceptively tranquil name Peace and Quiet. Conceived as a sequel to last year’s celebration of Queensland soldiers in the 1914-18 war, Peace and Quiet explored the history of pacifism, activism, and protest across our state.

Project officers Emma Constance and Erin Gibbons are the dynamic duo behind our upcoming feast night. Representatives of Brisbane’s migrant communities will teach professional chefs to prepare unique recipes for a banquet in the heart of Brisbane.

Excited to see @slqld colleagues Emma & Erin’s plans and schemes for April https://t.co/yRmp95LOHnhttp://pic.twitter.com/BFYdng0fs0— Matt Finch (@DrMattFinch) February 15, 2016

Erin also leads a partnership with Australian’s public broadcaster the ABC, which launched with a debate on migrationon 21 March – while Emma is in charge of SLQ’s Fun Palaces.

Senior Programming Officer Brendan Ross is currently preparing for a special market event in June. Stallholders, crafters, and creators from around the state will be visiting SLQ to share their wares – but that’s not all. The “Big Day of Belonging” will also be an opportunity for visitors to swap, share, and donate their stories to a series of literary, theatrical, and artistic projects based on community narratives.

These five heroic library workers are like the five fingers of a seasoned martial artist, ready at any time to clench into a hard-knuckled fist and deliver a deadly strike against the forces of boredom and ignorance.

They’re supported in this library-martial-art by Linda Barron, our Executive Manager, and Anne Pensalfini, an improv artist and youth worker who also provides administrative support to our team.

I guess that makes seven fingers, which would sound weird except imagine what a martial artist with a seven-fingered fist could do.

Adventures in the Borderlands

While the team do the good work of helping to spice the State Library’s cultural offering for the year, I spot new opportunities and investigate odd corners of our vast territory.

Two days after flying in from London, I visited Mungindi, a town on the Queensland-New South Wales border, where six hundred people live between the laws, institutions, and even timezones of two states. (If you walk across the town’s river bridge during Daylight Savings, you move an hour backwards or forwards in time).

I think it’s important to explore a place like Queensland from its edges, not just its centres of power, and Mungindi didn’t let me down.

By sundown on my first night, I was drinking with a Viking-like tattooed butcher and starting a journey which would lead to me getting a cookery lesson from the gay, adopted, Aboriginal acrobat (“I’m a triple threat”) who is ringmaster at our national circus.

All this, too, is part of exploring Queensland’s memory and inspiring its creativity. As I range across the state seeking new partnerships and opportunities for the library, I hear wonderful stories from Queensland’s past, present, and future, which I share at the newsletter Marvellous, Electrical.

I’m really pleased you’ll be joining us at the State Library of Queensland for my 2016 journey. Follow me on Twitter at @drmattfinch and keep up with new developments at tinyletter.com/marvellouselectrical

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How to Get a Weathered Metal Finish on Your 3D Printed Props

Here are Brian Westgate's tips for creating a weathered metal finish on your next 3D printed prop.

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Wrangle Your Cables with These 2 Zip Tie Tricks

The zip tie or cable tie is a well-known tool for bundling together wires and other elements of your project. Here are some little-known tricks for using zip ties to keep things separated.

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High School Robotics Team’s “Xcalibear” Stolen, But Maker Spirit Prevails

A High School robotics team suffer a loss with the theft of their champion "Xcalibear" robot, but they are rallying to prep an replacement.

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Weekend Project: Sample Weird Sounds from Electromagnetic Fields

Elektrosluch is a device for listening to electromagnetic fields. It works as a translator of oscillations from electromagnetic domain, through electric domain to audible domain. This is a tutorial on making your basic version of Elektrosluch on a perf-board.

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6 Sci-Fi Cat Dwellings That Let Your Pet Make a Giant Leap for Feline-kind

6 Sci-Fi Cat Dwellings That Let Your Pet Make a Giant Leap for Feline-kind

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Makerspace Revitalizes South End of Downtown Greensboro, North Carolina

The Forge is the makerspace that has been the center of neighborhood revitalization in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Pop des Fleurs Winter Pop-up Garden: We Popped!

by Suzy Waldo

We did it! And it was spectacular.

The community response was phenomenal. I watched so many people pull over just to take pictures of my branch. It was such a pleasure telling them (and seeing their surprise) that were 16 more libraries where they could see installations. The Instagram hashtag “popdesfleurs” blew up with flower selfies. Friends all over the country were sending me photos that they found on Facebook. It’s been extraordinary. Honestly, if you look at the pictures you can see that it’s kind of irresistible. Bright, cheery flowers, gloomy Pittsburgh winter? Excellent.

I wrote about some challenges I had during the project in my last post.  Once the installations were scheduled and then finished, it was smooth sailing. I most certainly just cursed myself by saying that, but I can’t think of one problem we had with the final installations. Our volunteers came through with enthusiasm, our community partners and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh staff were tireless. The fact that everyone wants to do it again next year is a good sign (or everyone is simply crazy.)

Now that we have one under our belt, I’m thinking BIGGER.

Some ideas so far: Butterflies, cranes, more flowers, insects, Pittsburgh-themed projects, covering the buildings in knit and crochet…anything is possible! We are home to world-renowned museums, Phipps Conservatory, the National Aviary, the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium and a boatload of other potential partners. It’s going to be a great year!

A huge thanks to the Colcom Foundation for their generous support. Thank you to the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh for partnering with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Thank you to the people of Pittsburgh for embracing this project and volunteering your time. Thank you to the neighborhood groups, community partners, schools, senior centers and crochet groups for makings thousands of flowers. Thank you to my amazing colleagues who spent so much time making this project happen. And finally thank you to Delli Speers and Jennifer Holliman- your enthusiasm and creativity kept me going when I was drowning in plastic bags!

 

Suzy Waldo is the Library Services Manager at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-South Side, which is her dream job. She’s left-handed, loves symmetry, presents, bike-riding and bacon. She hates birds. Her favorite books are The Life of Pi by Yann Martel and Microserfs by Douglas Coupland. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and has worked for Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh since 2004.

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Book Review: “The Art of Whimsical Stitching” Inspires Creative Threadwork

Joanne Sharpe's new book is meant to spark some whimsy into your fiber art. Good for beginners and savvy sewers looking for inspiration.

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Don’t Frak It Up: 5 Considerations Before You Hack Your Hardware

There's good hardware hiding in old appliances and gadgets. Here are 5 things you should consider when you hack your hardware.

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Build Your Own Backyard Bowling Alley

Create a centerpiece for backyard party fun with this DIY bowling lane.

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7 DIY Cat Cribs You Can Make in a Weekend

Does your cat deserve a temple? Maybe a cardboard pyramid would suffice. If not you'll find 7 great ideas for giving your cat a tiny home.

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7 DIY Dog Houses to Shelter Your Furry Friends

With cool builds like these getting "sent to the dog house" should really have a happier meaning.

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4 Tips for Constructing Duct Tape Scale Models

Duct tape is super versatile and can be used for making super detailed models if you know how to work with it.

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Customize and Print 3D Picture Books for Visually Impaired Kids

Most kids get their first intro to reading through picture books — now, Tom Yeh wants to bring picture books to kids with visual impairments.

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Happy Stroboscopic Easter

Be mesmerized as EggBot-animated Easter eggs dance before your very eyes.

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Make:’s Guide to Backyard Forts, Treehouses, and Other Fun Playspaces

Check out these fun and inspiring ideas for treehouses and other other backyard rec spaces.

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16 Year Old Landon Kohtz Built a Kite Taller Than He Is

"Indecisive" is a kite built by teenager Landon Kohtz. It's 7 feet tall with a wing span that almost reaches 10 feet.

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Weekend Watch: Get Lost in Historical Art at Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum of London has a huge set of videos available that cover a wide range of craft and conservation techniques.

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Ultimate Guide to Great DIY Gaming Tables

Thinking about building your own gaming table? Here's a guide to some of the best projects.

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Linkubator Roundup

Hello dear creative folks! We’ve got some great links for you today!

On the site:

• Experience a day in the life of a teen writing group.
• Mover & Shaker Colleen Graves shares her school library makerspace!
• Read about the final chapter of the SPINE Festival!

In other news:

• School Library Journal and Scholastic are looking for the next School Librarian of the Year! Do you know who it should be?

Fun stuff around the web:

• This Web app highlights syntax like it’s code to make it easier to identify parts of speech.
• Check out this coooool submission to the Knight News Challenge!
• 5 women inventors you can thank for making your life so much easier.
• Looking for accessible Broadway shows? This site has you covered!
• A color library. WOW.
• These open source chairs could be a cool maker project!
• Andy Warhol as book artist.

 

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Father Creates an Interactive Toy that Hones Fine Motor Skills for Son with Autism

Abu Zubair developed a toy to help his son with fine motor skills. Now this toy is helping many more children with autism.

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The Animation Software That Brought You Studio Ghibli Films Is Now Open Source

If you've ever wanted to get your hands on some professional, industry backed animation software for free, now's your chance!

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Faraday Motion: Electric Longboard Company, Apartment Makerspace, Tinkerers Paradise

Faraday Motion is a small business with the soul of a makerspace. Backed by a community of Makers, they're perfecting electric skateboards.

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Don’t Glue Anything Without This Handy Reference Chart

Need to glue fabric to plastic? What about styrofoam to wood? Or ceramics to metal? Choose the right glue with this handy reference chart.

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Project Holograms from Your Smartphone

Creating a little viewer to display holograms on your phone is easier than you might think.

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Darbin Orvar: A Minimalist Articulated LED Lamp

Darbin Orvar is back with another fantastic build. This time she's making an articulated LED lamp perfect for task lighting.

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Autodesk’s Project Escher Uses Multiple 3D Print Heads for Massive Jobs

Ever since 3D Printing technology was introduced, it’s been nonstop periodic improvements. Everything from desk knick knacks to robotic limbs have been made with the technology. While various companies are finding new ways to make 3D printing better there are still limitations. Highly detailed items take long periods of time while […]

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Getting Started With VR: The Best Software Tools Are Free

Getting started with VR doesn't have to cost anything. Some of the best software possible is absolutely free.

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Unfolding the Story Behind Paul Johnson’s No-Fold Pop-Up Books

There's an element of surprise in pop-up books. Paul Johnson's Pop-Up books use this moment of delight to inspire kids to read and write.

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