In a roundabout way, Dan Orkin inherited a peculiar map from his great-aunt—one cut entirely from stamps.
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Show us your . . . bicycle karaoke machine
Alex Rauch did it. He attached a karaoke machine to a bike. Now you never have to stop singing.
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Show us your . . . skate decks
Vertical Gallery’s newest group show, “Deck the Halls,” enlisted artists to use skate decks as their blank canvas.
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Show us your . . . pink tube
A pair of artists have been crocheting an umbilical cord-like tube for the past decade.
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Show us your . . . lame Halloween costume
Matt Carmichael figured that a logical spot to find a getup was at the Sports Authority. And, well, he did find something.
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Show us your . . . sleeping mats for the homeless
Each of the sleeping mats New Life for Old Bags constructs uses between 500 and 700 plastic shopping bags.
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Show us your . . . wigs
It requires a unqiue brand of patience to build a wig. Just ask DePaul theater professor Nan Zabriskie.
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Show us your . . . home-away-from-home brewery
The CHAOS Brew Club lets home brewers stretch out their hops and ferment to their hearts’ desires.
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Show us your . . . roaming face-painting cart
Show us your . . . roaming face-painting cart
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Show us your . . . inner-tube fashion sense
Alexandra Rath repurposes bike inner tubes to fashion bow ties, masks, and an assortment of jewelry.
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Show us your . . . classic Schwinn cruisers
Vicky and Luis Mercado have a collection of seven restored classic Schwinn cruisers, plus their very own cruiser club.
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Show us your . . . homemade wand
Melissa Scholl’s dad handcrafted her a wand, like a Harry Potter wand.
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Show us your . . . construction sculptures
Kip Pasta spends anywhere between 100 and 300 hours on his elaborate wooden structures.
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Show Us Your . . . arm-wrestling costume
Member of the Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers Bess Boswell’s outfit is a Walmart-bought children’s bee costume.
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Show us your . . . X-Cube
Aspiring inventor Dane Christianson has crafted a mutant Rubik’s Cube with a 3-D printer.