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All things related to maker and related culture.

This could become a habit

Having confused and concerned everyone around me my repeatedly asking if they knew where I could get some molly, I finally got my hands on a spray can…

Infinite cure

When printing in resin as opposed to with filament, the finished work needs to be cured one last time after it’s been washed. There are beautiful little rigs…

Nerd Rosary

As a cultural catholic I’ve often thought that there was a value to the praying of the rosary as an exercise in mindfulness. The prayers involved are among…

Shelter the Born

Ireland goes to the polls once again on May 25th 2018 to decide if the present blanket ban on termination of pregnancies should remain a part of the…

Panda Cotta

One of those things that just catches in your brain and you can’t leave it be till it’s done. Popcorn and licorice flavour, with the licorice coming from…

The Void

Occasionally everyday irritations get the best of us and we (royal we) post to social media for a fleeting feeling of catharsis. At the same time this both…

Ogham ring

First attempt at proper silversmithing. An intital attempt to saw out the diagonal runes failed miserably but serendipitously and lead me to instead span an excised space with…

Mechanical … dragon(?)

Our first few meetings with Harriet involved exploring basic mechanics, gearing motors and transferring between rotational and linear motion. I have no idea what this is, but it’s…

Locum at the sewing studio

Covering for a colleague at the occupational therapy sewing studio. Banged out a laptop case, padded with an old camping mat, a bag suitable for warm breakfast rolls and…

Oculus Thrift

A very homebrew Oculus Rift. Weirdly I was putting this together just before Google dropped Google Cardboard, which it then worked really nicely with. This was the step…