a refashioned shipyard

I may not agree with some of Urban Outfitters business practices, but damn, I want to work there...

> pretendingsanity on 02/15/08 #

DIY City Mag Launches

Today marks the launch of a new online magazine called DIY City Mag
www.diycitymag.com

From the mouth of the editors Deb and Wendy:

DIY City is an online magazine that celebrates the independent artist and the DIY spirit. The idea for the mag grew out of a need to find art supplies and resources in New York City. NYC was a natural pick for our first issue as it seems that just about everyone moonlights doing some type of creative work. DIY, or do-it-yourself, has a broad range of meanings. For us it represents the creative spirit of individuals making things in a move away from mass production. Some of the DIYs we've met make wares to give or trade with others, while many others make them to sell in the ever growing DIY marketplace.

> Handmade Nation on 02/14/08 #

Making Headlines

spun newspaper makes yarn. I have seen some other paper rugs and they were shockingly durable. Greetje van Tiem from the Design Academy Eindhoven’s Man and Leisure dept. Here I was in regular old textiles. Thanks Ritch.

> Scott on 02/14/08 #

Outsider Quilt Lecture NYC

Susan Shie, quilt artist and teacher, will speak about her work at the February 20th meeting of the Textile Study Group of New York.

> Tsia on 02/11/08 #

cars--now and next year

what you can have done now: mods that make a difference

what we all can drive next year: almost a flying car, and 300mpg!


> Kirsten on 02/07/08 #

DIY Machine Shop for the Super Handy

Some people are better with tools than others. Like most human attributes, there's a normal distribution of this talent, with a few exceptionally handy-capped people, a few ubermechaniker, and most of the rest of us somewhere in between. The late, great Dave Gingery definitely belongs in the "uber" category. His classic 6-book series begins with instruction about how to build a home blast furnace and sand table so you can melt scrap metal and cast your own metal parts from wooden patterns. The remaining six books go on to describe how to use these castings to make your own lathe, metal shaper, milling machine, drill press, and indexing head. The order is important, because each tool requires the use of the previous machines in its construction. While the project seems a bit ambitious for me given my available time, I keep a set of the books around on the off-chance I'll be solely responsible for rebuilding industrial society in some sort of post-apocalyptic scenario.

> Sean on 02/06/08 #

Happy Super Tuesday

I am not much for electioneering. I thought this Obama inspired video, which is significantly *not* created by his campaign, was really something else. Please vote today if you can.

> Tsia on 02/05/08 #

The new face of dishware

I have been trying to figure out what comes next for me. The plates I've been using for years. Tsia loves my choice of Limoges gold rim dishes. But it turns out Garth has all the answers! Gold rims and Paint ball! Now that this pressing matter is solved, I'm ready to vote in the primaries.

> Scott on 02/04/08 #

Do you give time and/or money to charity?

Are you a crafter who cares? A DIYer who donates? I'm looking for indie businesses, artists, designers and other creative people who donate time, money and/or goods to charity for a story on Indie Fixx.

If you are interested in sharing how you share, email me . I'm not interested in any particular area or type of charitable giving, so whether you give money and/or time to people, pets, the environment, historic preservation, the arts, public tv/radio, it's all good. If you have organized a charitable giving project, I most definitely want to hear from you.

The focus of this story is going to be what a generous, sharing, and conscientious lot indie, diy, creative people are and to encourage others to get involved donating either time, money or both.

> Indie Fixx on 02/03/08 #

Etsy news

I admit I didn't really think about the impending recession much until a couple of weeks ago. Etsy on the other hand has been thinking about it for a while and today announced acceptance of a $27 million investment. See the announcement here.

> Marimello on 01/30/08 #