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Custom, Functioning Sundial Wristwatch TJT2/6. This Accurate Sundial Wristwatch is Time-Journey Tool 2 of 6. Heraclitus described time as a river rushing toward us. 3d Printers speed up the river, but at what rate? The right time tools help us understand and control our destinies. They connect us the earth and its natural rhythms. Determining time of day by the Sun's angle is a convenient, presumably prehistoric art. We see them from time to time, but sundials are rarely at hand, let alone configured for accuracy. Both primal preppers and anachronistic astrophysicists can proudly wear this one on the sleeve. Sundials mark the time of day by Sun-ray shadows cast by the dial's sharp-edged, angled gnomon. Recommended Materials and Processes:  Computer with internet access  3d modeling software (or download my 3d model for free)  access to a 3d printer (I use Shapeways.com)  a watch band.

Bra to Bustier Top. I've spotted bralets and bustiers - cropped and otherwise - all over Topshop, Urban Outfitters, etc. I never could find one that 1) fit me well and 2) was in a print I liked. So I set out to make my own, using a strapless bra. I almost want to call this a "faux" bustier because it's so easy - it's really just fabric wrapped around a strapless bra, in a sense. I made this top with high-waisted shorts/pants/skirts in mind, so it hits right above my waist. If you decide to make this, you MUST make sure that you're able to put on (and take off!!) (EDIT 6/12: Check the comments for an awesome suggestion by rhelm_2: "To make it easier to get off and on, you could do step seven first and instead of sewing all the way up to the top on this step, only sew until the last inch or two. Since this doesn't use a pattern, little things will vary for everyone, so here's a general run thorugh of how I did it.

DIY Convertible Dress. The Three Card Monte - An Origami Wallet. Download a crease pattern and print it out. There are two to choose from, depending on where you live. If you live in the United States, choose the American letter paper version; if you live in another part of the world, one afflicted with Napoleonic era scientism, you'll want the A4 version. (Both are below, for your convenience.) a) In the printer dialog for Reader or kpdf or whatever your flavor is, please note that Page Scaling should be set for none. You want the lines to go all the way to the printable margins. b) Note that mountain folds are signified with dash-dotted lines, valley folds by dashed lines. Playable Cardboard Ukulele... $.05 Toy Hovercraft / Helicopter. Lightsaber from trash! (and less than $20.00 worth of hardware)

DIY Chainmail Necklace. You’ll need: Start by separating the jump rings into two halves: 175 open and 175 closed. Thread three closed jump rings onto an open jump ring. Close the ring. Spread the three rings apart, with the rings looking exactly as shown below. The bottom ring will be the end of the necklace and the top two rings, which are spread open over the middle ring, will be where the chain mail begins. Keeping the rings in place with your forefinger and thumb, take an open jump ring and hook it through the front side of the two rings. Add 2 closed rings to the open ring and close. Spread the two rings apart in the same way as the first set of rings. Add 2 closed rings and close. To add an optional fourth row, lay the necklace flat and hook an open ring through first and second closed rings on the right side. I stopped at 4 rows but you can continue adding rows for a more bib-like necklace.

Connect the two ends with a single jump ring or clasp. Fini! (top image from here, rest of images by HonestlyWTF) Sketchbookideas. Won Park – The Master of Origami Paper Folding. Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper, and using only one piece of paper. Won Park is the master of Origami. He is also called the “money folder”, a practitioner of origami whose canvas is the United States One Dollar Bill. Bending, twisting, and folding, Won Park creates life-like shapes inspired by objects living and not– both in stunning detail.

One Dollar Koi One Dollar Butterfly One Dollar Camera Two Dollar Battle Tank Two Dollar Chinese Dragon One Dollar Construction Machine One Dollar Crab One Dollar Dolphin Two Dollar Jacket Two Dollar Spider One Dollar Turkey One Dollar Scorpion One Dollar Praying Mantis One Dollar Bat One Dollar Toilet Bowl One Dollar Penguin(Left),Two Dollar Angry Bear(Right) Euro Cockerel Rooster (Left), Euro Eiffel Tower (Right) Enterprise Bottom View Three Dollar Millenium Falcon One Dollar Jet.