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Why Number and Pattern Games Appeal to Makers
People who make things with their hands tend to think in patterns.
My first ten attempts at cutting a wine bottle produced four drinking glasses and six jagged rings of green glass with a crack running sideways through them. The scoring tool was fine. The bottles were fine.
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People who make things with their hands tend to think in patterns.
Paper and Mixed Media
The first mixed media pad I bought was 98 lb, and I put a loose wash of watercolour across a page on the first evening.
Upcycling
The charity shop near me sells jumpers for $4 each, and the moth nibbled ones end up in a bin by the till for a dollar.
Paper and Mixed Media
My first afternoon with a gel plate produced 31 prints, and I kept four.
Woodworking
A wipe-on finish is the surest way for someone without a spray booth or a steady brush hand to get a smooth, even surface on...
Games
Modern games hide a small photography studio inside themselves.
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Three makers who work with their hands before they write about it: one builds furniture and teaches basic joinery, one sews and mends for a small alterations clientele, and one turns salvaged materials into sellable pieces at weekend markets. Every article carries a byline, and nothing runs that the writer has not actually made.