Fox cubs having a quiet moment rural Suffolk Vulpes vulpes, originally uploaded by Mike Rae
These are printed with a technique that allows the design to be the same texture as the fabric. The design is IN the fabric, not laying on top of it like with paint, creating a softer feel… it will also not wash out! You can even dye the bandanna to tint the design any colour you want! — via Miss Monster)
From creator Jose Guizar, The Windows of New York project is a weekly illustrated fix for an obsession that has increasingly grown in me since chance put me in this town. A product of countless steps of journey through the city streets, this is a collection of windows that somehow have caught my restless eye out from the never-ending buzz of the city. This project is part an ode to architecture and part a self-challenge to never stop looking up
— via WebUrbanist
Inspired by my last post about the Farmer’s Market, I decided to whip up a simple tutorial for a handmade market bag called The Origami Market Bag
. The name is taken from its unique folding technique. It makes up in a flash and is nice and roomy for all of your market treasure — via whip up
For this challenge Elle of Elle’s New England Kitchen asked us to make something to use at a picnic. Between just getting back from Ireland and getting the house ready to show I wasn’t sure I was going to have a project for this challenge. Then an inspiration hit me. Matt and I had a picnic lunch alongside a river one day on our trip and really had to fit with the breeze to keep our tablecloth down. I decided I needed to make tablecloth weights — via Just Crafty Enough)
You know how there are just some people that know how to craft their hearts out? Kelli Murray is one of those gals. Did you see the she shared with us a few months back? Girl knows how to craft for sure, and you can add these DIY clay feathers to the long list of pretty things she knows how to make. We’ll let Kelli take it from here — via 100 Layer Cake
Created by famed artist Miss Monster, this bold Cthulhu necklace is a great conversation starter, especially in the city of R’lyeh! — via Hey Chickadee
This iPhone case is a piece of kinetic art, printed in a single pass, no assembly required. Designer Chris Cordingly, who created it to be an analogue fidget relief device, modelled it in Autodesk Maya, and printed it at Shapeways
New details have emerged about the air crash on 27 March 1968 that killed Yuri Gagarin — the first man in space.
Fellow cosmonaut Alexey Leonov claims an unauthorised
plane flew too close to Gagarin’s fighter jet, sending it into a spin.
Gagarin and his flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin died when their MiG-15 went down near the town of Novoselovo, about 90km from Moscow.
Secrecy surrounding the crash has led to vigorous speculation down the years.
A government investigation of the accident (which Mr Leonov was part of) concluded that the MiG tried to avoid a foreign object
— such as geese, or a hot air balloon.
On the conclusions of this original investigation, Mr Leonov said: That conclusion is believable to a civilian — not to a professional.
In an interview with Russia Today, the cosmonaut — who, in 1965, became the first person to walk in space — claimed he had been permitted to share a declassified report showing that a Sukhoi fighter jet flew too close to Gagarin’s MiG, disrupting its flight — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A surprising suite of microbial species colonizes plastic waste floating in the ocean, according to a new study. These microbes could speed the plastic’s breakdown but might also cause their own ecological problems, the researchers say (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, DOI: 10.1021/es401288x).
Plastic waste from consumer products often finds its way into the oceans in a range of sizes, from microscopic particles to large chunks. This accumulation of plastic worries environmental scientists. For example, fish and marine mammals can mistake the plastic pieces for food and ingest the debris, or toxic chemicals can leach from the plastics.
But much still remains unknown about the ecological impacts of these materials. So a group of Massachusetts researchers, led by Linda A Amaral-Zettler at the Marine Biological Laboratory and Tracy J Mincer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, decided to study the microbial communities found on plastics to explore how the organisms affect marine environments — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Russia has long struggled with its reputation as being soft on piracy.
Unauthorised websites offering all types of media are perceived as operating with impunity which has led to the country being chastised by foreign rights holders, particularly those from the United States.
In response, Russia has delivered a draft bill detailing the most draconian anti-piracy legislation seen since the demise of the Stop Online Piracy Act. The proposed law is so tough it’s no surprise that critics are labelling it Russia’s SOPA.
One of the main concerns is how the law places site owners in a vulnerable position should copyright-infringing material be found on their services.
The draft envisions copyright holders filing lawsuits against sites carrying infringing content. Site owners are then expected to remove unauthorised content or links to the same within 72 hours. Failure to do so would result in the entire site being blocked by Internet service providers pending the outcome of a court hearing — via redwolf.newsvine.com
After a few hours of debating what to make, I decided that the Pit of Sarlacc was an under appreciated subject of Return of the Jedi. I used to watch the movies alllll the time as a kid and I loved Return of the Jedi and was totally freaked out by the Pit of Sarlacc. Its completely knitted and shaped with stuffing. It has purl ridges to kinda represent some teeth and it has some larger teeth knitted on there. It has five tentacles, which are fingers on a glove. You can wiggle them around — via deviantART
Karl Dupere-Richer’s cute lamp is made from a suspended globe, garden hoses, a distributor of candy, Christmas balls, caps and lamp a plastic container
. It’s a nice blend of modern and steampunk styles — via Neatorama
This bracelet is totally adjustable and can fit just about every wrist, depending on how much cord or string you use — via Instructables
The Great Houdini, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
Mother’s Day Came early for an endangered Indian Rhinoceros at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. On May 9th—one day before her own birthday, and three days before Mother’s Day—an Indian Rhinoceros named Jamie gave birth to a male calf. The new calf has been given the Indian name Jiyu, meaning “compassionate friend”, by the Zoo’s Asian animal care team. Mother and calf are spending time together off exhibit for the newborn’s safety and for privacy in bonding. After some heavy rains, the two-week old calf loves playing outside in mud puddles — via ZooBorns
Tunisian (also known as Afghan) crochet makes a beautifully textured, dense and squishy fabric. It’s very easy to learn and very satisfying to hook up — via The Purl Bee
Pip Lincolne has a fun and crazy (and I bet soft) pom pom rug project in the latest issue of Frankie Magazine — that I’m loving! She says it’s easier than skinning a fraggle
(not sure what that is — but we believe her) and is made with obviously a heap of pom poms attached to a piece of hessian (which I think in North American terms is either burlap or sisal). Whatever the case it’s a fun piece and one I wouldn’t mind wiggling my toes into first thing in the morning — via Poppytalk
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