When I came across these pictures, I was instantly in love. This is a collection of portraits of famous scientists by artist Simon Bent. I imagine making a quilt out of one of these. How great would it be if your baby’s blankets was a big picture of Isaac Newton. Check out more art by … Continue reading Attractive Scientists
I must admit that among my many crafting hobbies and interests, sewing is probably the one at which I am least adept. I often see sewing projects on blogs and Pinterest and marvel at how the seamstresses are able to whip things together and customize projects to challenging fabrics or body shapes. I recently cyber-met … Continue reading A Super Sewing Project
Today is the 14th of March and that can only mean one thing. No, I don’t mean the birthday of Albert Einstein and Johann Strauss, I mean International Pi day! According to the Pi Day website: Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (a Greek letter) is the symbol used … Continue reading Nom nom – International Pi Day!
While clicking around on StumbleUpon, my son recently stumbled upon this little beauty – a wonderfully entertaining 4-1/2 minute video of Brad Knight, the self-proclaimed D&D Monster Man. He does impressions of what he imagines Dungeons & Dragons monsters sound like. I certainly can’t refute him. While imaginative, his impression talent is not very crafty, … Continue reading D&D Monster Man, and D12 Dice Bag pattern
My name is Spyral. I’m pretty much a mad scientist of crafts (think Young Frankenstein not Human Centipede). This is my first post on Geek Crafts. It was supposed to be posted yesterday but better late than never. I am wicked excited to be contributing to Geek Crafts! I love odd things therefore, a lot … Continue reading My first post!
Via Hack a Day Windell From Evil Mad Scientist posted a great tutorial for inserting LED’s into a tie ‘a la’ Kraftwerk. I know, I KNOW, we’ve all seen light up clothes, but the simplicity of this project is just beautiful… in a manly kind of way :-) go make one! go to the tutorial … Continue reading Tutorial Tuesday: LED tie