So much of #DHmakes these days has been responding to the current awfulness but this essay on Heated Rivalry is a good reminder of the power of (and need for) imagining what a better world would look like for us all. 💖 I'll be thinking about this for a while.

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Bookmarking this to share with students in the Textile Dataviz class when they're struggling to get started on their final projects. Really appreciate how Kim lays out the struggles of a project like this: it's never just "stitch the color for the temperature". #DHmakes

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Who has two thumbs and is currently printing a (as the kids dubbed it) "butt frog" to use up the gold filament, with the 3D printer they successfully repaired themselves, arguably against all odds? This person. 🐸 #DHmakes

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#DHmakes printing on maps! (Even I, a well-established hater of all things maps, love this one.)

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Layering 3 lasercut printing plates to get a letterpress-includable version of @shelleybwoke.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy's 🫀painting worked well! Now I need to think about other things I could print this way (ideas?) because I like the depth/texture of this #DHmakes

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For something we're working on, testing emulating @shelleybwoke.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy's 🫀 painting using letterpress: I divided the photo of it into 3 layers, then lasercut 2 layers & laseretched a 3rd (bc many tiny unattached pieces). Idea is to print them one on top of the other, red blue purple #DHmakes

I am deep into my first major "take it apart and fix it" moment with the 3d printer. It's the kind of thing that's always terrified me. But I'm telling myself that I handle small fiddly things all the time with embroidery, knitting, and crochet and screws are no different. #DHmakes #DHtries

Lasercut a new sign for @scholarslab.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy #DHmakes

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TFW your kid comes back from their dad's with assorted confusing Valentine preparation mishaps, so you pause the whistle printing and stay up late to ensure they can bring an adequate quantity of golden frogs to school tomorrow. 🐸 #DHmakes

The "springtime assistance association" is subtle and beautiful. #DHmakes 🌞🌷🚫🧊

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#FiberuaryChallenge Day 8 (belatedly): Reading or Watching. Idk, both? I'm just finishing up the wonderful @magicariot.com@bsky.brid.gy Full Bloom audiobook with the tween, just started and loving @mostlybree.kitrocha.com@bsky.brid.gy Deal with the Devil & watching Starfleet Academy (so good) w/ my girlfriend. #DHmakes

Beautiful #DHtries action... And what's more, it worked! #DHmakes

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#DHmakes I love how this print also doubles as screaming.

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#FiberuaryChallenge Day 7 (belatedly): Self-Care. When the therapist asked in a family meeting what support I have these days for dealing with extreme stress, I mentioned friends who live far away, and the fact that I make things. That's how I've always coped with hard times. I make things. #DHmakes

#FiberuaryChallenge Day 6 (belatedly): Tag a Black Maker. They're not on here, but Akasha Hayden was my right-hand person at the Textile Makerspace & I seriously miss them. They built the first AYAB shield for the digital knitting machine and got that running, along with the floor loom. #DHmakes

#FiberuaryChallenge Day 5 (belatedly): Outside. It's been a real long time since I've done any spinning. I used to bring my little EEW Nano everywhere with me. I think it was good for us both to take a trip to the beach together last weekend during the Superbowl. #DHmakes

#DHmakes You too can join the rhizomal network that turns spools of filament into whistles. Go look for an idle 3d printer at a local makerspace. Bring a book or craft to pass the time!

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I wrote up the talk I gave at CESTA a couple weeks ago, on how we're overdue on changing the narrative about what digital humanities prepares students for. It's not fallback jobs in tech, it's getting involved in your community in moments of crisis. And craft helps build those skills. #DHmakes

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