Chance Foremean, a Texas artist has taken the old “paint by number ” concept and reinvented it. Foreman does “tape by number” using small pieces of colored duct tape instead of paint to create original works of art. Foreman says that he enjoys the versatility of working with a unique medium. You can see an […]
August is sea turtle season on the North Carolina beaches. Loggerhead turtles lay their eggs on N.C. beaches in mid-June, and now is the time when the eggs of this endangered species begin to hatch. The Caswell Beach Turtlewatch has taken the lead in one North Carolina community in helping to insure that newborn turtles […]
Not with the tape directly, but rather with funds raised in their Annual Duct Tape Derby. North Hero, VT holds its 7th annual Duct Tape Derby this Saturday to raise money to restore the town’s historic meeting hall. The derby is a boat race featuring hand made crafts made from duct tape. Rules for the […]
The British version of Wired Magazine online, Wired.co.uk, has plans for making your own hovercraft. Among other material you’ll need a leaf blower, a heavy duty shower curtain and a stapler. The secret ingredient to getting the whole thing off the ground-two rolls of gaffers tape. You can read the instructions by clicking here. Tapenews.com […]
There are few more complicated items to ship on an airline than a bicycle, but lots of dedicated cyclists want to take vacations that involve biking and they want to use their own bikes. Click here for some tips on packaging a bike, all of which involve use of specialty tapes. The article also includes […]
An apparent duct tape shortage in the lower 48 is the result of residents of Fairbanks, Alaska hoarding the precious commodity in anticipation of the annual Red Green Regatta, held in that Alaska city every year. Local residents build boats from readily available materials, which must include at least one roll of duct tape. You […]
The Mission Folk Fest, a music and arts festival held every summer near Vancouver, Canada features a contest where stage techs try to see how many items they can attach to their tool belts using only gaffers tape. Our recommendation is that if you want to win that you start with very small items. […]
Two students from Desert Ridge High School in Tempe, AZ were among the big winners in Duck Tapes “Stuck At The Prom” contest. The two teens will receive $5000 scholarships for their prom clothing creations made from duct tape. Click here to see pictures of the winners. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news […]
According to celebrity disher Perez Hilton, staff for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes put duct tape over camera lenses at the hotel where they were staying in Iceland in order to insure that no one knew about their marital problems. This happened, apparently, after Cruise’s wife and daughter joined him on location in Iceland for […]
Lifehacker has a great “do it yourself” article about making very nice garden plant markers using metallic duct tape. Read the article here, then get some tape and give it a try. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with […]