Ok, here is part 2 of this artile that will tell you ( as well as possible ) how to make a wig as fuck-tarded as this.

SiSeN falls and a flash drive :: look at meh USB cable...

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First, choose your wig and design to make with the craft foam.

Cut out your foam design and just super-glue those fuckers in place strait on the wig.

Second, if your design sticks up in any weird way like mine you are going to need to find a way to freeze it into shape. I used a light coat of super glue to quickly make it conform to the shapes I was holding it into. *Note* if you decide to go my route using the glue, you might have to apply a small coat of paint on the foam where the glue could fuck over the color.

For the “hair” I used plastic craft lace arranged in sections of about 5 to 8 strands that had been folded over once. To hold the sections together, I used 1 - 2 small rubber bands and rubber-banded the plastic-rainbow-fake-fucking-hair-plugs just below the fold.

I then positioned them in place on the wig. ( and cut holes in teh wig lace where It would not let me position them ) Once positioned I took the needle and thread and then sewed them into place.

After the hair had been secured I ran the USB extension cable through the wig into it’s hanging position, then coiled any remaining cable length in the wig cap ( making sure it was still wearable ) and then sewed the cable into position.

Finally, plug in your flash drive at the end of the cable in the wig cap, style the wig how you like and then be done with the fucking thing.

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Happy hacking.

- S A T A T

Yes, you read that right, it’s hair falls AND an effin’ portable drive THAT YOU WEAR ON YOUR HEAD. It’s a piece that is inspired by some falls worn by the very adorable DJ SiSeN.

SiSeN falls

SiSeN falls

SiSeN falls

teh guts of meh hair

make sure the DJ never plays a shitty song again, now that's using your head ... er, hair.

PARTS

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* Some spools of plastic craft lacing for the hair
* A wig of your choosing
* Small rubber bands
* craft foam
* super glue
* needle and thread
* USB extension cable
* a USB flash drive

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I will have a detailed instructional guide tomorrow in the second part of this article.
Happy hacking.

- S A T A T

Ok, it’s been a while since the last post. I’ve had to unfortunately scale back a number of my projects these last months since I’m now what I like to call ” self employed ” and what everyone else calls ” unemployed “. Eh, potato, tomato I’d say.

Anyhoo. My latest fix for one of my broken things, this time being my glasses, was inspired from an issue of MAKE from a few years ago. The article was about functional body modification and featured glasses that were ” floating ” on the bridge of someones nose, held in place with some magnets from a piercing.

I didn’t really feel like getting blood all over the floor and everything else in my apartment this time and decided to go with a less permanant fix. I instead used these items to recreate the same effect.
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* broken glasses T_T
* spirit gum
* velcro wire wrap
* super glue

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floating glasses

Floating glasses

Floating glasses

I cut out a piece of  velcro wire wrap, grippy  side facing out, to fit exactly over the nose bridge area of the glasses and secured it in place with the super glue.
I then cut another piece of velcro wire wrap the exact shape of last, and then placed against the piece that had just been mounted on the glasses. The side that would now make contact with the skin will be better held in place by the spirit gum, and is now also more easily replaceable.

Finally I simply brushed an adequate ammount of spirit gum across the newly mounted velcro wire wrap where I wanted the glasses to hang from and held them firmly in place for about 3 - 4 minutes.

Happy hacking.

- satat

It’s that time again … TEH WEEKEND! Since I am soon to be off to the boondocks of Austin I don’t want to leave the 5 people that watch this site hanging. Here is a video of me showing off some of my DIY clothing that was tailored together with safty pins and nothing more. ( no clothing was cut to make this form fitting attire )

This took place at The Lizard Lounge during a ” The Church ” night for their pin-up girl contest. I only took semi finalist, but judging by the youtube views, I believe I won on the interwebs. I’ll post a tutorial on how my “fold and pin” technique works later with more examples.

See you on the other side of the weekend.

- satat

There is an awesome photography technique that you don’t need much cash to look like a mad pro, it’s called “light painting” within the photography world. All you need is a digital or old school film camera with a manual setting, a flash light and colored saran wrap or thin cloth and a dark room. Here are a few examples from my photography of what you can do with this technique.

Nish and his bike

More Nish and his bike

me and teh magicks

So, the things you will need to pull this off is ::

* a camera that you can manually set the the ISO to a low setting and the shutter speed to a slow setting or manually hold open for a 1 minute exposure period at least.

* something to secure your camera to to hold apsolutely still like a tripod or other improvised solution. You want no movement or vibration.

* some colored saran wrap or thin colored cloth

* a flash light or light source of another type that you can cover with the improved color gel

* a subject that can remain absolutely still ( unless you are going for a special effect )

* and a completely dark room

So before you can start painting set up your camera, then shine a light at your focal point and focus your camera on that point. If you have auto focus use that then turn it off once you have brought your subject into focus.

Make sure all light sources are out, then hold open your shutter, you can have a friend hold it open for you or you can use a timer.

You will then begin the light painting. Light your subject with the colors you choose while making sure the light does not shine directly at the camera. Only if you want to draw lines you can shine it strait into the camera.

Do try to move the light up down and around the subject to get a more 3 dimensional effect.

Be creative, try new tricks and different lighting types. Try not to shine the light on yourself, you will show up in the image as a ghostly looking figure.

Happy ghetto photo taking.

- satat