Ken Murphy is a musician, tinkerer, and jack of all trades. He mentored a robotics club at a school and became obsessed. In the quest to make the simplest thing possible, he came up with blinky bugs.

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Welcome to the 8th edition of Dog Artist Podcast! Other editions of the Dog Artist Podcast can be found in iTunes Podcast Directory. Today our subject is “Clifford the Big Red Titanium Dog” who resides in Arkansas.
Clifford is a good friend to my dogs Molly & Mookie and Clifford has been the subject of 2 of my pastels.
To see more of Clifford in Pastel go to:
http://web.mac.com/dogsbylori/iWeb/Dog%20Artist%20Gallery/About%20Me.html

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A video document of the picture I gave to the Muck Rock charity raffle in East London in May 2010. Won by a Mr James Green…
Other prizes came from Pure Evil & Tim Noble and Sue Webster.

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Cristen Andrews of shares with us her plastic bag crafts and shows us how to get started with crocheting plastic bags.

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Jesse and Nate explain how to make a sticks and stones contraption.

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Ever thought about making a video podcast but thought it would be too difficult? Here is artistcareer’s quick guide to video podcasting for the arts sector.

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In this video, I teach you how to make a spud gun. More info over at http://makezine.com/blog/archive/weekend_projects/

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Learn how to make straw flowers on vintage flower looms with Cathy Callahan of Cathy of California.

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For more info visit: blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/01/linoleum_asphalt_mosaics_video.html

Linoleum asphalt mosaics, also called Toynbee Tiles, are artworks permanently embedded in pavement. In this video I’ll show you how to construct your own from inexpensive materials. You can get real linoleum (don’t use vinyl flooring) for this project by ordering free samples online. By cutting out a mosaic design in the linoleum and sandwiching it between layers of paper, wood glue, and asphalt crack filler, you can affix the mosaic very permanently to an asphalt surface, such as your driveway. You may choose to use a heat gun to make the linoleum easier to cut, or even a laser cutter. The earliest examples of these tiles were found in the 70s and 80s on streets in Philadelphia, all bearing the same (or very similar) message: “Toynbee idea / in Kubrick’s 2001 / resurrect dead / on planet Jupiter.” They are speculated to have been created by the same person until they began to gain a following. There’s an active message board on the topic which shares sightings and other information. If you make one, please share your pictures in the CRAFT Flickr pool!

In this video I used this cc-licensed photo by Flickr user mojunk. The music is “Regurgitation Pumping Station” from the World of Goo soundtrack by Kyle Gabler; used with permission.

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I caught up with Shelly Hatton at Maker Faire Austin, where she was demonstrating antique circular sock knitting machines! She writes, “Circular sock machines have been around since the early 1900’s and were built so sturdily that they still survive and work to this day. The machines were originally advertised as a way for homemakers to make money at home by cranking out socks, but the learning curve was really high. Currently, there are a number of enthusiasts around the globe who help each other figure out how to use these really nifty antique machines.” Shelly got interested in these machines when she heard a friend had knitted a pair of sock in two hours!

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