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2026-02-16

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. ๐Ÿ’– I'll be thinking about this for a while.

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2026-02-15

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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2026-02-15

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. ๐Ÿธ #DHmakes

A model of a yellow frog with a humanoid butt on the screen of a 3D printer happily printing
2026-02-14

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

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2026-02-14

Layering 3 lasercut printing plates to get a letterpress-includable version of @shelleybwoke.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy's ๐Ÿซ€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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Photo of two art prints on cream paper; they're anatomical hearts in red, purple, and burgundy ink, made by layering prints of three different lasercut acrylic plates.Photo of the three acrylic plates used to print the multilayer anatomical hearts in the previous photo. A rectangular acrylic sheet with lightly heart-shaped details is stained blue from ink; two heart-shaped acrylic sheets in orange and dark red acrylic are shaped to provide background shape and detail for the heart print.Photo of two art prints on cream paper; the bottom one is an anatomical heart in red, purple, and burgundy ink, made by layering prints of three different lasercut acrylic plates; the top heart shows what the print looks like with only the top two of the three plates printed on each otherPhoto of an acrylic plate used to print the multilayer anatomical hearts in the previous photos. It's a heart-shaped acrylic sheet in orange that's been inked in red,  shaped to provide midground shape and detail for the heart print. It's sitting on a silver gridded boxcar base to help bring it to type height on a press bed so it's high enough to be printed.
2026-02-13

For something we're working on, testing emulating @shelleybwoke.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy's ๐Ÿซ€ 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

Closeup photo of red translucent acrylic cut into the shape of an anatomical heart, stacked on a similar sheet of orange lasercut acrylicPhoto of red translucent acrylic cut into the outline of an anatomical heart, next to orange acrylic lasercut to a matching but more detailed heart, next to frosted acrylic engraved to have raised just light shatters suggesting details on the heart
2026-02-13

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

The printing unit of a 3d printer partly disassembledA failed set of 3d printed whistles
2026-02-13
Closeup photo of a pine wood plaque that's been lasercut, similar to woodburning, with the name "Scholars' Lab" in an inline, shadowed fontPhoto of a pine wood plaque that's been lasercut, similar to woodburning, with the name "Scholars' Lab" in an inline, shadowed font. It's sitting at the base of a large table monitor screen near some unfolded minizines and a blue Zohran-campaign-design-generator "FREE ZINES for the people!" sign
2026-02-12

Just make things and share them with the #DHmakes hashtag! Or share other delightful creative acts of making you've found with the hashtag. More about how it started here: scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/what-is...

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2026-02-12

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. ๐Ÿธ #DHmakes

A row of 3d printed golden frogs on a 3d printer.
2026-02-12

The "springtime assistance association" is subtle and beautiful. #DHmakes ๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒท๐Ÿšซ๐ŸงŠ

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2026-02-12

#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

Dataviz embroidery with Starfleet Academy on in the background.
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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

A weaving with columns of various Pride flags and the laser cut text "every one of us is a world of possibility"
2026-02-12

#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

Akasha in the Textile Makerspace holding a purple and white space invaders swatch
2026-02-12

#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

A hand spinning colorful roving on an EEW Nano perched on a lunch box, at the beach by the edge of the water.
2026-02-11

#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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2026-02-11

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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