Tag: craft
Knitted Chicken and Steak – Craft Inspiration
What can rival the kind of creative insanity (or genius) required to embroider bread? Knitting slabs of meat and wrapping them up like the butcher, of course!
Pictured below are design student Stephanie Casper's knitted creations including a T-bone steak, a rotisserie chicken, a ham, some sausag ...
Like To Eat Cat? – Chomp The Head Off Hello Kitty
Oh hell yes! I can't stand Hello Kitty. That over-marketed, pastel colored, freakishly bizarre looking cat/monster hybrid is the bain of my Twitter stream and Internet searches.
I thought I had gotten out all my agression for that ridiculous cat when I wrote Disturbing Hello Kitty Images for Y ...
Meet Gary – The Cutest 8-Bit Costume You’ve Ever Seen
This is just the geeky kind of project that would be a dream come true for me. Wouldn't it be fun to make one of these costumes one weekend? It would make for an inspiring Saturday afternoon!
This particular 8-bit costume was created by Kiel Johnson and Klai Brown for a Toshiba commercial. Hmm ...
Meet the 13-Year-Old Real Life Spiderman
Vacuum cleaners are boring, aren't they? They are noisy, cumbersome and collect nasty dust. I'm so happy to see someone do something inspiring with a couple of vacuum cleaners.
13-year-old Hibiki Kona has always wanted to be just like Spiderman. He took his dream, five months, and two $22 recy ...
How To: Make Yamaha’s VMAX Motorcycle In Paper Craft
I was never really into motorcycles when I was growing up. But then shortly after I graduated from high school, Brad Pitt stared in the movie Thelma and Louise. He was so handsome on that motorcycle, and I'm obviously not the only one that thought that. As the story goes, that movie skyrocketed h ...
The World of Manga In Papercraft Art
The whole Manga concept is huge in Japan. We all know that, right? Some of the girls there even put extra wide, tinted contact lenses in their eyes to make them look more like big, bright Manga eyes. You can read more about that bizarre trend here.
If you dig those Manga style eyes, but aren' ...
Can You Make A Rocket From Bacon? – Find Out Here
I know it sounds like a cliché, but I love bacon. I could eat bacon at every meal. I like my bacon crispy, even burnt. My son likes his bacon squishy. Between the two of us, we can tear through a couple pounds of bacon in no time flat.
I think that is one reason why I'm so amused with this vi ...
A Working Bugatti Veyron Built With Cigarette Packs
Wow, cigarettes have a lot of uses aside from smoking, don't they? A few months ago, I wrote about a fabulous installation built from 219,000 cigarettes. It was quite a sight. If you missed that, you can check it out here.
Today, I'm writing about a Bugatti Veyron built from 10,280 empty packs ...
How To: Make A Transparent Nike Shoe Aquarium
I must admit, I never thought I would write that title, but here it is. As odd as it seems, it's actually quite a nifty little idea to use as a short term location for your small water lifeforms. It comes complete with an oxygen supplier pump and all. The Japanese always come up with the coolest, ...
A Working Sniper Rifle Made Out Of Lego Technics
What the heck is up with this? I know we've had our share of gun articles on Bit Rebels, but this one is un-friggin-believable. This dude actually created a working Lee Enfield bolt action sniper rifle out of Lego Technics. I know what you are thinking... What??? Yeah, I'm for real.
According ...
Recycled Magazine Shelf – Home Decor Inspiration
For some people, collecting old magazines is a serious hobby. It reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George's father collected TV Guides. I don't keep old magazines since they take up too much space in my house.
If I did; however, I would want to do something like this with them. What a w ...
Paper Craft Celebrities: You’ve Never Seen The Beatles Like This!
Some people are seriously fascinated with celebrities, and some are plain scary and follow your ass. Well, this article is of course not about that. It's all about the genius ways an artist breathes new life into legendary artists that we all know about. I'm referring to the icons, the artists th ...
How To: Make A Papier Mache Monster
I love anything made with paper, it's just so versatile. You can create a lot of interesting works of art with paper. For example, you have origami, paper art like cut outs and paper sculptures. Some designers even use paper to create one of a kind paper dresses. I believe @Minervity have written se ...
How To: Control A Graffiti Can
If you are an artist, when you look at cool graffiti on walls, you probably think, "Wow, that is great artwork, but I could never do that." Well, it's true, it is not that simple really; however, if you really want to learn, there is information available that can teach you how to do it like the pr ...
Anorexia & Bulimia: Magically Illustrated Understanding
Designers aren't all about creating genius concepts and dazzling websites that are ultimately going to pull in thousands and thousands of dollars. It's also not only about creating fabulous and eye catching brand imaging and promotions. Some designers actually take their talent and use it for some ...