Avon, Ohio will again host the nation’s premier duct tape festival, with events kicking off on June 13. There will be concerts, a parade, celebrity appearances and contests galore. Many attendees favorite event is the Saturday parade. This year more than a dozen local groups have crafted floats featuring duct tape. You can read more […]
Eighth grade students at a Cincinnati school used duct tape to create colorful murals illustrating a justice theme. Designs focusing on the concept were overseen by art teacher Alyson Mardin and local artist Joe Girandola. The murals will be displayed in the school’s mosaic garden. Click here to see their work and read more about […]
We know that “do it yourself” duct tape craft projects are everywhere, but occasionally one still catches our eye. Craftfasyings.com has these plans for making a tie from duct tape. You can make it really special by using this argyle print tape so that it matches the socks you gave him last Fathers Day.
A McDonalds’ diner in Mumbai, India was more than a little surprised to discover a roll of adhesive tape in the salad that she ordered from the fast food chain. Mcdonald’s assured the customer that she had responded “yes” when the counter clerk asked her “would you like tape with that?” Here’s a link to […]
Adhesive backed Velcro is a great product for a long term solution when you need to stick two things together and then remove them, over and over. The problem with adhesive backed Velcro is that is is designed for a long term, “semi permanent” solution, so it does not remove easily or cleanly. You can […]
Duct tape craft items are everywhere, and usually don’t merit a mention in this blog. Occasionally, we come across something so clever that it can’t be ignored. This posting on Pinterest, which, at first appears to be feather earrings are actually made from precisely cut pieces of duct tape.
British fashion designer Christopher Kane’s pink silk dress has been named by style blogger Susanna Lau as “dress of the year”. His design features random strips of black gaffers tape affixed to the dress to give bold details to an otherwise light and bright garment. See the dress and read more about the selection by […]
In preparation for the shooting of a new BBC crime drama, street access was blocked by stringing barricade tape between lamp posts and street signs to block pedestrian access. Read more here.
The Herald-Review (Illinois) recently ran an article taken from a program note for a performance at the local community college, Richmond Community College. The item in the program linked the cost of a ticket to specific costs incurred for putting on a show. Included were these insights: Small makeup kit 1 1/2 ticket Gallon of […]
High end bike whell manufacturer HED makes a carbon fiber wheel that costs over $2000. Their “Big Deal” wheel weighs only 450 grams. In order to prevent the inner spoke nipples from causing the wheel to leak, the rim is lined with gaffers tape before the tire is mounted. If you got a spare $2000 […]