What you are looking at isn’t a painting, it’s a quilt – a very well done one at that! Crafters user graverobbergirl made this quilt for their friends’ Halloween Wedding Anniversary. They were inspired by this picture on Flickr, and the results are fantastic. Check out their WIP photos on craftster.
Craftster user shan-E-bear made this “Mario 1up mushroom quilt of doom!” and it looks so cool! She said: “I was flipping through all the wonderful quilty and non quilty creations and I stumbled upon a mario pixel quilt, the husband who was playing video games behind me, went “awesome!” hence the birth of our first quilt together! And I did make him help!” I love how pixelated games translate so well into crafts like quilting, because then we get awesome stuff like this!
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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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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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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fadinghippie on flickr made this as a gift for a friend working on her chemistry PhD
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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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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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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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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.
Here are my choices for the 12 best geek crafts of 2010:
January – Super Mario Vest by The Happy Seamstress
February – Minimalist Take on Star Wars by Justin Van Gendern
March – Tiny Harry Potter Paintings by JennaDickes
April – Periodic Table of the Elements Table by Abigailscrafts
May – Buffy the Vampire Slayer button by ButtonBettie
June – Tardis Schrapnel by Irishdaydreamer
July – Crocheted Spock Head by Amy
August (we didn’t have anything, so here’s one I like from May) – Origami Dinosaurs by essemde
September (we also didn’t have anything, so here’s another one from June) – Mario Mushroom Grill by Greg.Matta
October – Darth Vader Princess Costume by mayamagination
November – Tardis Star Quilt by Wendy
December – Steampunk Cthulhu Goggles by RobinRed
The Quiltergeek herself, Julie Ramsay, has been posting updates about her spectacular Tetris Quilt in progress… this is the second version she’s dreamed up, and lucky for us, she mentioned she might sell the pattern as a PDF in her Etsy shop!
Check out Julie’s geek category for lots more fantastic quilt projects.
