The School of Human Ecology at Louisana Tech combined product design and marketing exercises to create duct tape dresses. Unlike the “one off” projects so common around prom season to make prom clothing, teams of Louisiana Tech students were challenged to make a wearable tape garment in only three hours. The design exercise was followed […]
Well, not exactly, but the money it helps raise just might. Ten year old Ashley Nicole, after surviving a cancer scare herself, is now raising money for cancer research by selling her duct tape creations. Ashley’s efforts provide funds for the Children With Cancer Foundation. You can see, and purchase, her unique creations here.
Star ice skater Sam Attwater promoted this year’s Celebrity Dancing On Ice competition in an interview that included talking about using gaffers tape to fix his skates Attwater told the Scunthorpe Telegraph about using the “fix all” tape to repair his skates when the stitching broke. You can read the interview here. Tapenews.com is your […]
3M’s recent “Off The Roll” competition is now closed to entries, and the judges have shared photos of some of the best entries. Click here to see some pictures that the maker of Scotch Brand tape shared with The Sun, a British web site. If you want to get ready for next year’s competition, here […]
Photographer and gadget hound Mike Martens has found a way to couple a $24,000 camera back to the lens of a $25 camera to come up with some pretty cool digital pictures. The contraption wouldn’t work without a foot long strip of gaffers tape to create a light proof seal-cost 8.3 cents! Here’s what he […]
Australian football team, The Demons, had to use gaffers tape to black out the logo of former sponsor Energy Watch after the company withdrew their sponsorship. The players took the initiative to hide the logo when the ceo of their ex-sponsor was forced to step down after making a series of racist and sexist remarks […]
There have been a number of stories in the news about parents and care givers being arrested after restraining children with duct tape. Chinese performance artist presented a performance art piece on the street by wrapping herself in tape and cloth. She finished the performance by trying to escape the tape bonds while blindfolded. For […]
Jake Snider, a youth pastor in Decatur, IN has devised a heavenly craft for some of his kids. Rev. Snider created a project where teens he works with decorated inexpensive Bibles with duct tape patterns. Snider reports that teen boys in his youth group were quickly engrossed in the project. You can read more about […]
Well maybe not all the way to the moon (apologies to Jackie Gleason), but at least to the edge of outer space. Josh Taylor, an amateur astronomer from Surrey, England has sent a balloon up 118,00 feet with a payload consisting of a couple of cameras, a gps system for location and some hand warmers […]
Photographers can make custom “cells” for accessory storage inside their camera cases using gaffers tape and a little ingenuity. For details on this “sticky side out” project, click here. 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 the world! Thetapeworks.com