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Tabletop Game Terrain From Packaging Foam and Cardboard
A regular at my Saturday stall asked last month what I would charge for a set of hills and ruined walls for his tabletop group.
A client picked up her hemmed trousers last winter and saw a half finished cross-stitch on my table: a small mushroom from an old platform game. She asked if I could do her son's favourite character for his birthday, in nine days.
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A regular at my Saturday stall asked last month what I would charge for a set of hills and ruined walls for his tabletop group.
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Every crafting and survival game eventually asks the same question a real maker asks: is it time to upgrade the tool.
Sewing and Textiles
Nothing marks a garment as homemade quite like a wavy zipper, the fabric rippling along the seam in little waves that no amount...
Woodworking
The finish is where a woodworking project either rewards every hour you put in or exposes every corner you cut, and more finish...
Games
Salvage mechanics are everywhere in games now. You take a worn out item, break it down, and recover the materials worth keeping...
Games
In games with building or crafting, players share their plans, and the good ones can be followed by a total stranger who ends...
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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.