Hack Ur Business Cards
I use these techniques to take obsolete cards (or cards I’ve received but already recorded them) and covert them into upcycle cards! Lino Printmaking For cards that are blank...
Icon
This project is to do portraits of Ottawa Icons using printmaking techniques. Time to celebrate our beautiful town! Below is the current work queue. Please comment with your suggestion for...
T-Shirt Block Printing
Andrew and I gave this a whirl today! It works great! I think I will try some more of this!
Ottawa Printmaking Workshops!
We’ve been dabbling with printmaking lately. Everybody seems to want in on it so Doug, Lakota and I started a series of workshops. They are hosted at the Hack613 Makerspace. Check the event...
Custom Vinyl Clocks Ottawa
These LP records were up for disposal so they’re receiving a new life as clocks (store). The project has been interesting. I come across items that are nostalgic for myself but I also discover music and...
Dress from CDs
A group of us are making dresses that use CDs in some way. There is still room in the project for more. So let me know if interested. darcy@inventorArtist.com Here are...
Laser Cut Business Cards
I make business cards from leftover and cutoff material. These ones are made from record covers from the record clock project. They’re the most popular of all my cards followed by...
Solar FREAKIN’ Cell Phones
What: This is a challenge to run your cell phone from off-grid solar! Who: You and anybody else who’s interested in, advocates or talks about green energy and the environment. Where:...
Cake Stand with LEDs
I made this set of lit cake stands. I made 12 columns for three cakes 5″, 8″ and 11″ tall. The columns are 2″ square. As you can see in...
Ottawa’s Wood Earrings Maker
This has proven to be a lot of fun. We have lots of wood on hand and are starting to try experiments. I kick started the project by picking five...
Wooden Business Cards
One of the perks of a laser or other CNC cutter is cool business cards! I’ve been using wood for my business cards. Exotic hardwood has been cool but oddly...
Rotary Flip Book
Here are the instructions for assembling the Flip kits (bottom of page). You will need a glue stick, pencils or markers for decorating and glue (optional). Snap your kit together,...
Silly Walks Vinyl Clock
I’ve been making vinyl clocks which involves cutting up vinyl records that have been cast away (I catch them before hand by finding people who are disposing). I still wind up with...
Vinyl Notebook Cover
I making notebooks out of vinyl and record covers. I can make any combination. I will try one that’s a record cover, a record sleeve and then the vinyl. I like the record cover...
Silly Walks Clock Conversion!
I made a Ministry of Silly Walks conversion kit by cutting out parts from a DVD cover (yay for upcycling). I’m supposing the material is polypropylene. If you’d like to see...
Switch Plates
I’ve been making things from vinyl lately. Who doesn’t want vinyl switch plates! I saw these in the internet and couldn’t resist making my own!
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