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Process: Ziptie Rings by Metalnat
The studio of Natalia Gomensoro, aka Metalnat, walks the line of serene organization and cluttered potential. Natalia grew up in Uruguay and comes to jewelry with a background in design and architecture. She got started making jewelry in 1994 and studied with Latin American jewelers before moving to …
Etsy Finds: Wooden Taxidermy
I've got a bit of an obsession with vegan taxidermy. Seeing treeswithknees' fantastic wooden jackalope taxidermy took me on a trip down nostalgia lane with fond memories of putting together wooden dinosaur puzzles as a kid. This item is lasercut and comes all put together. As someone who uses a …
History Hacker: On Your TV Tonight!
About a year ago, I started down the road to developing a TV show to explore historic inventions. Tonight my TV pilot, History Hacker, will be on TV! It's is all about exploring technological history by hacking the inventions of the past. If you can, I'd love it if you can watch it with your kids! While making it, I …
Etsy Finds: Bike Spinning Wheel
I just saw this wonderful spinning wheel — using a bike wheel! — by ford4him. My family has a sheep farm, and I once sheared a sheep, spun the wool (it was smelly), and knit a hat. Within a few days, I had lost it. Even though I miss that hat to this day, I think back on that time I spent sitting at a spinning wheel with fondness …
Making Handmade Musical Instruments
You don't need a lot of cash to make music. The folks in these videos all made their own instruments and are sharing them with the world through video. Check the related items for some fantastic handmade musical instruments on Etsy. If you know of a great handmade music video or item on Etsy, share the links in …
How To Make Stamped Tagged Silver Earrings Video
Carolyn, aka AutumnLeavesJewelry, has started putting up videos that share her work and process. In this video, she's turning the camera on herself and her workbench and walking us through the process of making stamped silver earrings that support a political candidate. She's just started with video, but …
Etsy Finds: LAZZZZZZER
I like good drawings and I like lasers, so I love NBsCloset's work, including this awesome dog pendant. The cool thing is that he uses digital vectorizing skills: he applies these talents to the physical world by laser cutting materials and etching designs onto pendants. This video is a screen capture that …
Handmade Portraits: 1AEON
This article was originally published on May 13, 2008. We are reviving it as part of the Best of the Storque series. Enjoy! Gabe Molnar of 1AEON says his designs often come from his dreams. The fantastical imagery includes lions, dragons, skulls and owls ("since before all the owl hype," as Gabe says). Working …
About Us: Paulie aka OhPauleez
Paul, aka Paulie D, aka OhPauleez, works on the engineering team here at Etsy — on the infrastructure and framework, in particular. He's known for being a cheerful early riser and for having some serious dance moves. Even though he lives in Philly, he pops into the Brooklyn office to work with some regularity. …
