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Thing in a Jar. Thing in a Jar 7 inches by 4 inches, mason jar Pictured above is the Thing in a Jar that's usually sitting in my office at work.

Thing in a Jar

The coolest thing about the Thing is that everyone responds to seeing it by asking questions. Where did I find it? Is it an internal organ? The Thing in a Jar is made out of Sculpey, acryllic paint and rubber cement. This is the third Thing in a Jar I've made. Here's a conceptual sketch I made of this Thing before I sculpted it. 1.5 by 2.5 inches, ballpoint pen Usually when I make a Thing in a Jar, I try to keep the shape ambiguous enough so that the viewer cannot really pin down exactly what they're looking at.

The glass jar acts as a physical barrier, preventing the viewer from directly accessing its contents. I think this is much cooler than, for example, a painting, which basically has this big implicit sign hanging off of it that says, "I am just a painting of an object, not the object itself. Viewers of The Thing in a Jar do not have this preconception. Amo's online crossword puzzle dictionary. Unpro: Screen Printing Basics. 31 Insanely Easy And Clever DIY Projects. Creating Costume Armor with Wonderflex. Wonderflex is a low-melt thermoplastic (activation temperature of 150°-170° F) with a woven fiber backing on one side.

Creating Costume Armor with Wonderflex

It sort of looks like very thick plastic duct tape. When heated, the material can flex and stretch into curves, including some basic compound curves as well. Due to the woven grid backing, Wonderflex can only do slight compound curves. You could make a radar-dish type shape but it would be very difficult to get it to make a tight dome. Wonderflex is also self-adhesive, meaning if you heat up two sheets and press therm together, they will bond to one another as they cure. It is available in three thicknesses (.35, .45, and .69") and is shipped/sold in rolls. Even the thickest of their available products is still pretty thin for very good results, so you'll see in later steps I often double or triple layer the material to make curves smoother and cleaner. Online Rubiks Cube Solver program. Couldn't figure out how to solve your Rubik's Cube?

Online Rubiks Cube Solver program

Just set the colors of the mixed puzzle, hit the solve button and follow the steps leading to the solution. What can you do with this program? Solve your scrambled Rubik's Cube - if you have a cube you couldn't solve for a long time this program will help you for sure. Play online - hit the scramble button and try to solve it online with the allocated buttons or your keyboard. Generate Rubik's Cube images - you can save the scrambled cube as a picture clicking on the 'Generate image' checkbox. The best Rubik's algorithm finds the solution in maximum 20 steps (God's algorithm). The solver uses JavaScript and is functional in the most common web browsers without any additional extension. How to use the Rubik's Cube Solver? To use the program all you have to do is to set the colors of your scrambled cube, press the Solve button and the program will show you the steps (rotations) needed to solve your puzzle.

No Sew Vest. I was searching for a way to use this scrap piece of T-Shirt I had left over from another project and I came up with this cute no sew vest. Welcome Everyone, to My Project Re-Style day. Can you believe, that after today, I will only have 15 more Re-Style projects left to do, for my year of Re-Styling..? It went by so very quick and... I am thinking about keeping my Re-Style Monday as a permanent fixture on my blog. I guess we will have to see when my 52 Re-Styles are completed. Do any of you have shirts or pieces of shirts you just can't throw away. I did a quick search on the internet and found this cute no sew vest on Cut out and Keep.

I did do mine slightly different. I think, with all the layering that is in style right now, this would make a great piece, and it cost me nothing.. I just love quick, no sew projects, that anyone can do.. Tutorial Things you need 1. 2.Scissors The grey part ( in the picture above) is the scrap of T- shirt I had. Then you put your arms through the hole. See... Nautical Rope Bracelet. Make glowing water.