Book cover for Make: Volume 97 by Dale Dougherty

Make: Volume 97

2026 Released
128 Pages
2-3 Hours
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Make Community, LLCISBN 9781680458992

It's a craft takeover with a tech twist! Technology doesn't just make new gadgets possible, it's also transforming traditional crafts of all kinds. In this issue, we celebrate the fusion of tech and craft in the spirit of our companion magazine Craft: (2006-2009). In our cover project, try out bargello embroidery and build your own glowy mini bag, powered by 3D printing and the Pixelblaze LED controller. Follow artist Kenny Sing as he uses digital design and fabrication to create stunning contemporary ceramics. Forge a knife, sew an inflatable costume, and give wood projects a deep, charred finish with the Japanese technique yakisugi. Or learn 18th-century paper quilling and then light it up with LEDs!

Plus 23 projects, including:

  • Make a unique analog synthesizer by hacking a cheap cassette tape player
  • Build OpenCAL, the world's first layerless, all-at-once 3D printer
  • Tell stories with moving lenticular images
  • Bedazzle a denim jean jacket with light-up flowers
  • Introduce computer engineering to toddlers
  • Build a fuzzy cat derrière sensor that works as a Unity video game controller
  • And much more!

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