Spinning My Gears

February 7th, 2010

Kinekt Design’s Gear Ring is a rotating, functioning stainless steel, featuring six micro-precision gears that turn in unison when the outer rim is spun.
It is also all kinds of awesome.
Via Neatorama

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It’s Maker Faire Weekend!

May 25th, 2009

This weekend in San Mateo,  the world’s largest DIY fair celebrates it’s 4th anniversary.  Make Magazine’s Maker Faire is expected to draw a crowd of over 100,000 to the San Mateo County Expo Center. Thousands of DIY vendors will showcase everything from robots to furniture to food. Arts, crafts, science, technology, engineering- and FASHION. Not [...]

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Speak Up! : Doctor Steel

March 12th, 2009

First things first, tell us about yourself & what you do!
My name is Dr. Phineas Waldolf Steel and I’m insane. Since I’m completely out of my mind, I have rejected the ordinary rules of society in an effort to continually live in my own little world; a place where creativity and fun is the top [...]

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Button Up Bootie

January 28th, 2009

A much younger version of myself once went up to my mother and said, “I want witch shoes”.  
“Well, Samantha, Halloween is a few months off.”
“No, Mom, I want witch shoes to wear every day.”
And so it began.  Before I could even reach the drug store shelf that had the black hair dye on it, [...]

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Etsy Shop Profile : Nouveau Motley

January 24th, 2009

Nouveau Motley is Rachael Victoria Adams of Sonoma County, California.  Each piece is hand crafted, combining the new and old into a mechanical steampunk piece of jewelry.
From her Etsy shop profile:
I like creating art and collecting/reselling antique and vintage items that have a function. If you can use or wear it, its not clutter. (At [...]

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