Craftsmanship, DIY, and Makers

Caltech's glass blower is retiring. Finding a replacement won't be easy, since custom glassblowing for scientific experiments is a dying art. (2018)

CSMonitor, 2017: "The ‘maker movement’ is heralded as a new industrial revolution – combining the spirit of the old shop class with modern tech in... (2014)

Often times when I attend a conference or a networking event I am surprised how many people operate at the periphery of the tech industry. Social m... (2018)

For 130 years, Lyon & Healy’s unassuming factory next to the L in West Town has produced ornate instruments considered the best of their kind. "... (2019)

Meet Gayle Price, a glassblower whose work for chemists, physicists and medics shows that craft skills and creative thinking are essential to scien... (2019)