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I learned a DIY stamp making technique from a printmaking workshop at at the Gonzales branch of the Denver Public Library ideaLABs — you can make a stamp by gluing cut pieces of foam (or other found materials like buttons, pipecleaners, etc.) onto a piece of cardboard. I wondered if you might be able to create an interesting paper lantern with that type of stamp, but using oil instead of ink. Painting oil or wax onto paper is a technique used in some types of lantern-making l

Each year the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium invites people to join in the process of making "hack-o-lanterns" where you are encouraged to drill, solder, carve, and augment traditional jack-o-lanterns to add a tinkering twist. I took up the invitation to "let your pumpkins glow with LEDs, copper tape, coin cell batteries, switches, and motors" to create my hack-o-lantern. I was inspired by an idea that Saman, a workshop participant in the automata tinkering workshops t

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When I stumbled upon Corinne Takara and her team of amazing biotinkering teens (whom you can learn more about here: https://nestmakerspace.weebly.com/about.html ) I was amazed and excited by their thoughtful exploration of biomaterials such as mycelium (the root-like vegetative part of fungi) as a material to make toys with. More amazing examples of their work can be seen here: “The grow-it-yourself toy kit that makes biomaterial design fun” and here’s one of the original pos