Geek Crafts

Never heard of a bacteriophage? That makes two of us. Rachael Penzo wants to change all of that! Calling them “the coolest thing in the entire universe”, she explained that bacteriophage is, in fact, a virus that attacks bacteria, e-coli in particular. She made this adorable “Teeto” (T2 is a type of bacteriophage) to pay homage to these little e-coli killers, and sent me several pictures of her Amigurumi Bacteriophage from her photobucket account.

Sadly, Rachael doesn’t have them on a blog, so this picture will have to suffice. He’s a cute little “bug” isn’t he?

EDIT: Ask and ye shall receive! Rachael decided to feature TeeToo here on Craftster, so you can read more about him and see more photos! She also mentions that this little guy will be featured in the Science Museum‘s Stitched Science display in Central London.

• Amigurumi Bacteriophage on Craftster
• Amigurumi Bacteriophage
• Photobucket
• Craftster
• Science Museum

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Another one from me, on the Geeky Sweetheart blog you can now find a  pattern and tutorial to make a super cute lab coat … for your teddy bear!

I was asked by a friend to make this, and was surprised to find that there didn’t seem to be any patterns or tutorials on the internet, BAD internet. Anyhow, since I had to draft the pattern myself I thought I’d share it with you all.

Come on Geekcrafters, lets do SCIENCE!

• Go to the Tutorial
• The Geeky Sweetheart blog
• Tutorials on Geekcrafts
• Science on Geekcrafts

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You know you’re a geek when you say something like: “I’d love it if some one made me a microbe quilt”. That’s exactly what waggonswest‘s Mini Art Quilt Swap 4 partner said, and this is the result! It’s not very often you get to say how pretty mold is. The quilt is based on a picture from the Scientific American webpage. Waggonswest painted, fused, embroidered, and beaded this quilt, making it an epic work of art.

• Slime Mold on Craftster
• Waggonswest’s Profile
• Waggons West Etsy

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Up and atom!

Yarn Player on Etsy has these super geeky and beautiful atom pendants.

She makes these with the old tatting technique and makes them look bright and fun!

If you want to learn how to tatt, she also sells books!

Buy this pendant

Visit Yarn Player on Etsy

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Craftster is such a great place to find nerdy crafts. Back in 2008 they had a Science IS Art swap that had amazing gallery–which included the greatest scarf of all time: the DNA Scarf. Superhooker made it for her partner (along with other great stuff) and it quickly became a popular topic. Last year I was the lucky recipient of one, and I love it! The pattern is here, so you can have your own!

• The “Science IS Art!” Swap Gallery
• Superhooker’s Profile on Craftster
• Superhooker’s Blog
• Superhooker’s Raverly
• Dr. Montville’s DNA Scarf Pattern

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Who doesn’t love science and the periodic table?!  I recently made a set of periodic table elements as wall art for my sister’s house, and I was wondering what other exciting periodic crafts you people have come up with!  Here is an awesome roundup of everything elemental, from food to furniture!

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9. Cupcakes!!!!

Jono Haysom (@JonoH) made the periodic table taste better than ever before…

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8. Periodic Table Vehicles

The Oxford Science Park of Oxford, UK has a collection of buses and taxis, check out the locals and tourist photos here!

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7. Crafty Periodic Wall Art

Cheryl at A Pretty Cool Life made these wall art elements as a submission for SYTYC…. love the color choice, perfect for a craft or art studio

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6. Element Quilt

fadinghippie on flickr made this as a gift for a friend working on her chemistry PhD

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5. Periodic Picnic

Students at Arizona’s Wake Forest University made this amazing picnic table on campus for a project on public art… you know, I’d hang out at this table all the time :)

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4. Elemental Ink

Flickr user timmurtaugh has this sweet tattoo on his forearm, I wonder if that’s considered cheating in a classroom…

Check out a whole gallery of science related tattoos here on the Science Tattoo Emporium

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3. Silver/Gold/Platinum Jewelry

itsno.name, a husband and wife team from Brooklyn, NY created this sciencey jewelry

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2. Geek Element Pillow

ShopGibberish on Etsy has a whole line of periodic table arts and crafts!  This pillow was sold, but take a look at their other items for sale…. I’ll be watching these guys, I need some new shirts!

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1. Periodic Wall Clock

Chemtastic Designs on CafePress has this clock for sale!

(I must be in the mood to check the time a lot, second clock in one week!)

Happy Friday everyone!!

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If science fascinates you as well, check out how to become a
forensic scientist.

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