Upcycling
Upcycling Pallet Wood Safely, Starting With the Stamp
Every week someone in a maker group posts a photo of six pallets stacked behind a hardware store with the caption "free wood".
The first knit T shirt I sewed looked fine on the table. Then I pulled it over my head and heard three seams pop at once. The fabric was fine and the machine was fine.
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Upcycling
Every week someone in a maker group posts a photo of six pallets stacked behind a hardware store with the caption "free wood".
Paper and Mixed Media
The first stamp I carved was a fern for a batch of 40 wedding place cards.
Sewing and Textiles
The first linen shirt I ever made fitted beautifully on a Sunday.
Upcycling
My first ten attempts at cutting a wine bottle produced four drinking glasses and six jagged rings of green glass with a crack...
Games
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.
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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.