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!
Karaoke Fund Raiser
I donated three vinyl clocks, vinyl jewelry and a Special Edition Zen Glider for a greyhound fund raiser. It’s a great cause and it was an interesting social. I highly recommend the Shanghai Restaurant...
Vinyl Valentines Templates
I made valentines cards on the laser a while back. Super fun but it’s a bit more labor than it looks. I used a simpler technique with Christmas Cards using templates...
Christmas Cards from Record Stencils
I needed to make Christmas cards in a rush this year so really needed to tighten it up. So here’s what I came up with. I cut out some stencils from records using...
DIY Valentines Cards
This technique is easy and fun. I created some cardboard templates (right). I find if there is a shiny surface it goes a little further before water starts to penetrate...
Cilantro-matic
I wanted to grow basil, cilantro, vegetables and fruit to so I could enjoy moving more towards healthy eating and cooking and eat out less. I decided to try to...
Big Oil Rooster
My 2013 rooster project is Big Oil Rooster. Its at Atomic Rooster for a month ending on October 13 (vernissage September 17th). Big Oil Rooster drives a thermoelectric powered car powered by tea-lights. I...
Business Cards from LP Records
I make business cards out of cutoffs (waste material) and with my vinyl clock project I wound up with extra vinyl. Here’s the latest version. The spindle is a 45...
First Solar Charge
The other day was nice and sunny so I put my cell phone on one of the solar chargers. The battery was so low the phone would not start up....
Crank Charger for Cell Phone
Before I made my good DIY solar charger, I just had this simple charger. So I made this crank backup to survive times when there wasn’t enough sun for the...
Solar Cell Charging
I received some new stuff today. One item was A 5W panel which is charging my phone as I write this. My phone was at about 50% battery so it...
Four Cell Phones Going Solar
So far we have four cell phones (including mine) that we are taking off the power grid to run on solar power. Here’s a shot from last night. I installed...
Solar Cell Phone
The other day I ordered some stuff for getting some cell phones off the electric grid as an experiment. In the mean time I managed to find enough stuff in...
Feel the Power
The average person doesn’t understand the scope of human energy use. I decided to make installations to demonstrate energy by letting people peddle or crank a generator to power common...
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