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Phoroshop's great. but it's overkill for most Cratters, Enter 'the latest: edition of Phoroshop Elements, with Its new scrapbookinq features, easy online photo ord€r~ng, and loads of other lmprovernents.lt you want to qetthe most outct Elernents. you'll want to get Pnoroshop Elements 5:' The MissIng Manual.

Aut!n or Sa rba rill IBn.un d age mtroduces you to every feature o'f t'~I~is exditing programl and ~in the s ignaltu re MissJngl Ma nual style, sh e lets you kl~iOW which features work. we'~t which don't, and Whl~l- a~111 with wit and good humor.

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Features

40: ,Zombies ,Ii Robots '& Bears, Oh U,,'!'

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Th e' wOn' Id of c reep¥ cute do lis and t~e peep I e wh 0 make, thern. By Mary 8,eltot'll.

50: Loco for G occo

Ji II BI lss is on a m isslo n 'to 'save the W'O rl d's '000 lest: p ri'nJti'n~r m achi ne! from e~inction,

Colurnns

~Welcorne

1 he er'afti'ng Clf CRAFT. B,'Y Carl a Sindair

10: M Ddern C raftiimg

J e~i'iI RialiUal of G;ie1t C raftty ~'xpl~ i'IlS, why making stuff i:s fas h'lo nab I e agai 11"

18: Old 8ch,Qol

Ma rk F~au enfel der s ha res, his, magi ea I ]9505 craft baok lets from G erie ral Motors.

39: Lin kages

GIf,a'ft: t hi nk~ rand blo,rg® r U II a-rV!ta~ ria Mutan€l n 'tal k~, cli':aftetJ'" €lclOnomics.

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The case of the! m is'$,i'rig C UnI'€!!::

Wrny sewi rig' paUe rnr$, cater to B=cups .

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Crafter Profiles

I n side the lives a 111 d wor kshops of:

24: ,Jennr Han

NeW' 'W,'ave em b ro j derer, By CiaJla Si nel a j'r

2': Patrick: ,Am io'

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Sc u I pti fig ,~UlI1I k into art" B,y M'j ch eel S hapi ro

34: Diana Eng

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12: Hal1ilJdmade·

IRe ports fro m the wo rid of e(X'~reJme craiftinl.

~ Qu~tk. Craft'

Ma ke ,8 pop-art wa Ile,t with! !J ndies, By R'eap,11I Co pel a nd

20" Cu.,io

Our favorirte h ~ndcra.flt,ed objec.ts on displa,y.

38: Qu ick 'C~aft

Dress, you r I igjht~JS.W1itc h p lab~s witth 70,s, neckties, By Matt Malf:ania n

102: BHa.r

M~,rketpliliCe of c mfting 'tools. ma'b~w'j,als. si'~es. and books. l8y N.ata I i'e Z'e@'

106: 1011: ,Silk-.scmeni n,g

lLearrn how ito, perso ria I ize yo ur worl'd witt; ·a $i I k-screen, By Ki rk~ von ~'Oh~'

114: QuiGk C:ra.ft

IB,I ing you r cellphornl@i with bi5aded eha rrns, By N.ata lie Z'~e·

Make Cool Stuff

Wear It:

~.~_~. Mediieval ·armor By An nal ee Newitz

118: NUn jewelry

".~ 8 retch en WEill k·er

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121: I.broidered. ,g,kateboard aay Jen ny Hart

~: Robot doll

By Beth Doherty

Accessorize It:

............... ~ NeedllG)po-nt brarceleb By Kr'istti na Pi nto

13 ~ felted iPod Cozr By Emi Iy Dru ry

133: fiesta pot:liery By Ka'~hy Cal~a M u ri II 0

Hang It:

135: At'om ic: Ira I~ c~oclk

-ay Sleve· lLodefink

138: laIUery~co.;nverted c~ock, By Stev~' lLodefink

139: PI exiiglass picture ·tr.a_a BY'"Matt Mara rtian -

~~. Per:50nalized pain~~y-numbers By Lea!hi Kramer

Ferment ~t: ~~: Hlard cider By Holly Gates

Light It:

147: Ca r ~a nt·erns By M i soor Jallopy

~~. · rUGkering .screem s~ulpture, By Aram 8arl!holl

Carla Sinclair Wel'collmiiIJe

,» Clul a Siincla'ir is edit)!Jr~ilnr~chief crt CRAFT mapziine. carl~@Cllaiftline,oom

Tho Crafting of Craft:

'Well!colm'e to the, new rnagazlne for the new craft movement.

" Irii,gi nal~ I[,Y I' C,RA IFf' Imalaz~ rile wa,s

su pposed to be a one-off craft-therned i 55 u e o'f [M A K E rn aga z ~ ne, teatu ring some (rf the CO()~ but !" c ratf er" D ~y P raj ects that enth uslastic reade rs sent i n.

Fait!" mstance, Ph .,[D. student. l.ea hi 8 uech I[ey from University of' Colorado am, Sou Ilder sent us photos ot her progra mlmab[lls' LE 10 tank top that. 'flashes. '[hi e

G arne au' lLif~L lhis [project de,f\j n itely has the elements. of' a M[A K E pro] ect - ~ t Iii nvo lves so Ide r1ill~g ~ l.E D technol ogy, and. p rogram m ~ ng, But the lie are ,8 lso craft elements that don't q[I[J~te j ibe w~th M[AKE's harder-edged :5e~sliibi I[ity: lit. req[J ~res ,8 sewi ~g Im;8C hli ne, sew mg skl lls, fabric! alrDd 8J pattern, And un like, the IPrQjf~dt5 iiin MlAKE,~ where, U~e end resu[rt is mare about fu n ctlon tha n form ~ tt's essential f'Or th ls pro,,]ect to be as a~5the,tij.ca~[ll{ attractive 81S iii[ ls usefu II..

We, a ~5Q rece i'",~d a bu Inch ()tf sl mlP I,~ r prolects that i,!.-" ad M'·-·A ilIE' ",e [~D" 'I['Y·: ,.ji.,,Q,F' '!h' flavor [~IIII.iji.~a.~! Fri ~ ~e;n, 'I'ln' U'AI'L~@~ 1IIIa.· ". M If,\ ~" IL ..... "'" I II ~,~'il'..... I!J'I.III~" Y,~i I III~ '!OIl ~avyv 'If ~UI

"craftle r" .skii[II.s, rnateri a ls, ,8 nd a n ern phas i's on the vi 51~ al 0 utco mle, .. Sorn e of these inc I[ u de, hackl ng action fligun::~s, kn [tti ~g steel medievall armor, maki~g In,O'tte books out of fl[oIPPY' d iis[ks, and b u i Id i nlg lam ps out of v~lt1t8lg,~ kitchenware.

Whii Ie we, 'wer~ putting' our C RA,FI issue togeth ~ r, we b~C8 me aW8 re' .of the '~xplodiing craft rnovernent ta ki ng [pi a'c€: a II a round LIS. Th ls n I Y re In a i ssanee e rnoraces crafts wh 'Ii le pu sh ing them beyond traditional boundaries, either through tecbnology, ~rn~'y, iiirr-eve:renc€\r and creative recycl ~n~. at by ~:siing ~nnov.ative materla Is and processes.

C rafters ,8 re ereati ng website.s I ike G raftster; Get Crafty. CrSifiy Ch iica ~ 'he Antl -Oraft, T he ChILI rch crf:

Clrn,fit'~ Sew Darn et~~e,,!, [Hobby Pnneess, EXtreme Craft, lhe Craft IM,afiias'i' lhe Switchbo.ards;, Sup enN,aturall,e;

and KnitKnit. to bui ~d oo,mlmunity~, exc hange ideas, 8Jr1d sell the,i1r projects, lhey're' ,(1[lls,o networkiln,g at, real-l if a cratt/D ~y 'f'a,i rs [I Ii ke [BaIZitMa,r BliJ:zarn; ~ [Renegad,e' elm,ft, Falil~I' S'titch~, S'Vifap-O- Ralm,a- Ralm a, and Fe[lt Club ..

Whaml [~,A,KE had its. "~i rst [M,ak,eli [Fai re in Sa ~ [M.at'eol Ca[1 it", [I 'list Aprl I ~ we' 'w1en; blown aw,ay by the attenrn,ilon au r speci a[1 craft areas r€:ooived. An exclted crowd :s,w,armed our creft demonstrations (~ike' hlow to use

a G occo printiltJ1g machine), au r tech-geek-rn eets-

ha ute-co utu re m,Shii on show (featu rl l1\g Dla na IEnl[fs. a rnazl ng clot hlilng)~, and eratt [booth s that offered handmade treasu res. such as reed switch necklaces. :S ~[J ~~ -patterned [baby clothes, one-eyed monster dol[l:s\~ espresso-eharged soap, and scads of other items.

It was d u rl ng the Fa i re that 'w,e' dec ~d~d to tum 'C.RA[f'T ~ nto its own 'q[uarterJly rnagazl ne - a sister pILI b I i caf o ~I to M,A,KE.. TtnJii's f rst ii ssue of' CRAFT has over 20 pro] ects r. ii n e:1 ud ~ ~.g In ow to, m a ke aJlln LED shirt, how to ernbrol der a skateboard, how to convert a dud ps i r o,f s hoes ii nto awesome kn itted boots, ,;3 nd how to ma ke' a telted 'ii f'od! cocoon.

Beyond projlects~, 'CRA,FT is ,8[t50' fi~ ~edl. 'w~t~ fJeat.~ res on to pi cs su ch as c roc hJeiti ng m ath eq u atl ons ,8 nd the tase ii nation w'iit h kn ltted rob ots, zorn bies, ,8 nd other creepy-cute c restu res,

The new cratt rnoveme nt 'enODU rages p eop I.e to make t h iin~s tbemselves rat her It han bUIY' wlhat thousands of others allrea,dy own. [lit provides ne'w venues fur craifters to show and. sell thei r Vllalres" and ut offers orij~insll,!, uflIlllstlal, silt-ern ative, and better-made goods to OOIn su me rs who, choose not to Ta[l[ I[ instep w~th rnaln stream commerce .. Craifrit'iing ,empowers people by al ~ow'iing ~ hem to creat-e some,thiilng' useful, ~f you need s()miethiin2, j u st ma.ke it YOUirseU. And make S~ re you ch eck out craif'tzi ne.com for mo rs crafty resou rces, X

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Please Note: Tech nol ogy, the laws, and limitations imposed by manufacturers and content owners are consbntly chal1gi ng. Th us, some of the projects dascrjbed may not work, may be i nconsists nt with current 1.a'WS or u ser agreements. or may damage or adversel 'Y affect some equ i prnent.

Your safety is you r own res pons i bi I ity, i nel u ding props ruse of eql.UP rn ent and safety gear. and determ in i ng whether you have adequate ski II and experience. Power tools. electricity. ~ nd other r-esources used 'for these pro] sets are da nge rous, unless used properly. a nd WI lh adequate preca utions, Incl udi ng safety gear, Some ill u stratiw photos do not depict safety precautions or equipment. 1f1 'Order to show the project steps more clearly. The:ii€ protects are not intended for use by children.

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C'Ol'iitribulilill AtiEStS~

M e,i ko AIFqU~ 11[1 [(J5,. Vinoent AbJs.. K,ennry Braun"

'lli m Brown ~ Flfic:k iByelfs. 19Ioward Cao. Dra,rniiel Cartetr~ 1-1 ank, [Dlfur.y. James Duncan Dav'id SQn.

Dwight EsC'~ Il~ main. Ph ill ip HI eying", Jem ma Hostetler, Tirn li[llli s, ChllisEoplher Lucas, Steve' Mack.

Jason Marilem" [)av~ [McM,ahon. Al1Iiitra M[~nnliing~" Quilnln Nc! rton, !Sri a fJ1 Sa wy.er. S Il.!I san S,h erldarr,

J ~'1IiI Sis,ka. Peter Wr'~lnll1l. Dom iinii k En,~rle!i[k Zaehars ki

COll'lltri biding 'Wlflte:rs:

Aram [13:rlrtnoll. Gi8lrie[~ [13 ra1rnw:yn, Mary Belton. Ji[I[1 [131 lss, SUI$ih!:~ Bright I' lLeat; B~[ec:mlley ~ lReagali'll Cop eland,

Be:th Dolh[erty, [Emilly Druryi' [Mlalrlk [Frauenrfeld:er;

Holly Gat~s. Jennry Hsrt, Mils~er Jalopy" Xe'lllii Jardin" teeh [Kf:am®F" S:b~ Lodt3fin k Matt Mamni'an, Tiil1la Marrii~, Kathy Calno, ~ur'i 1110" Ulil ai=M,aralriia Mlut~ne n Bo b P,air ks. Kristiria [Pil~t(l~ J\ea~ Ralillll·i1ID. Kirk, von; Rot-';Jr" Mlidh~el Sh~pilroi' J ulla Szabo, Anna[lee' New'iiltz. G retch en Wallkier

Inwlits:: Ma,ttlrnew D.atton (engr.)_, Adrienli1lEl' Foren101['i1 (vlieb)~ Jake, Me Kenzie' (e.lf1gr,.)" Ty [Nowo,ttny (engr.)

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Contri butors

,Jien SisJkal (101: Sill\- scr€en.ing plMotogna,phy) ls a s~U- proclalmed Cluii riky gij ril 'wino loves to phlotograplh paople, 'IYPlicallly prno,togra,pn ing her subjects II ifI 'or"~lilnaIIi'Y settili'ilgs usl Ii'ii~ onlly natural Ilight eaeh 110 letu lie is a ~h~!b nart~olfi ()f the ,overI1oaik'€d tlhlill'~gs iln Ilife.

A San FhlU1Cis;co mside'i1~~ Jen's tave rite food lis birthday ea ke. Sh e re ceHi'iItly ran her

f rst so 1'0 dirt show (win ilC h ,eV'€HIi i ncl uded handmade fw,ames, to r the ph ota,s) for an ernrtilr'e Im,Q 11th at. Rowan f/lAonrisoJil G~,lllery ~n Oaklland ~ Caillit Coill:echJns ot Jen's eye! candy reslds at _ierJ si skaoom"

A d,ieh(l,rd Chih::agoalnt, Beth DCi(liIeir~,' (ero -'D1ot) iis tn,~ croch eti ng masterrn iind ~e'n ind

_. ,- u r ·ta ' r i _ (} - , horne OF U~e tasf est treatsa r'oli .. llnd" Ev,en though she was hcspirtall'ized fair ,amll"ilesiia IflS,t y-e~lr, shre stiill cen't stolP dreaming ,about yarn. KJn ow tJ'i1 for her uniqlWle :5:tyh~ ,and 11avilli1(g' attention to dlebil, Se'th':s, rtid leu IOLlslly adorable ereetien 5, 'take, 'rorever to c:raif't end no 'time at ell 'b) :5elll. Her tri be consists of her husband and two. C.B[S, Keep an eye Q ut for lSietth's ~ew ,am irgJlJl'"utm il book oo:mlilrlg out thilS fall I from lark Publlicatiol'1 s,

IM.)tt Marainilllllli (Ant Farm Room' Di'vider am:l F?aw But R'f!fined) ls a desijlner alnld bsst-:s.eliliing' alUrth,or of th,e I!) IIY /s,u,yll,e Iboolks PAD amd ,PAD Parties i' as well as, t~e celebrated - a,llbEdrt

ii ntameus ,= ,gLl iidl~ to tes Angelies, LA. ,B,fzarr:o. A h~llf-tii me r€tailer~ he and hls wiit~, loretta ownl Boomerang, a n!~ and vintage c1lothing 's,tore lirn B,~at~let:Jom. Vt. ,~nd Ihi''e' ~ ust oUJt;$lid@ ow town Ili!@~tlled am 0 n.g ttl e birch trees i Ili thelr modern "vacatio n c'abin," '0 rlgln ailly bu i lit for Wom'an'S' Day magazine as at modell horne in :1['963. A s;omell me dn.un1lmErr and fu 111~tl me, bon vihlant he's. cu rlfentlly at wonk on a, mew book,

Lealh IBlllIechley' (fbi! flectric TaM Top) has been obsessed with art, craft, mathsmQitjic-'S. ,and e:nginee:ring 'for as I on(g as she can relm,elm ber, Her researcnl inuer,ests incllude~ ,e~eclroni c b~xti li€s an,dJ w€(arn ole eornp ut iinl, ta riI:iti ole inte rtaees, l~dlUC'ation, ,and h IJIlmlan computer interacti,o~$" She, li':ti, delighted b" harw' f{l'und a, p'II~C€!~ w~elf,e sh.e can do e'!Jerythli ng' sh e love$::: the Cr:aft: Techno logy Grc up at the U n1iwrsiity off Colorado, .www ,cs.colo ~do.edu/~ buechle II,Stn it it 'wcmdeli'~UJ I that you earn get a IPh.n, bu', I ding Ili,g~t.~up clothes ,and jewellry?

ILeahl KJramer" CuS'fom.iz,ed ",atsch) has been craliFting weir $Ii nee she COl.!! lid h old a pa ilr of saJ~ty sclsso rs, So m~:whe3'If'~ ,allonl the Iii ne s hie thinlks she 'i n h a 11€l dI too much -II !JII~ because noW' she is ,attra.(:ted to crafts that ,ane iln'e,vere nt, lron i c, klitschy, ,a,r cle\,;lie rly €lco-'~~rieli"idll,Y'. lin 2003 she' started clf,afts..ter,olrg,= an online comlmuniity for rebel [)11Y,~rs, She resides in Boston wh e,~,e she is pa rt~owner of ,:3 hi! ndmade crafts boutl que ca lled Mii9J.1pi!@ and is an organti zer of the 18 azaa If' Bizan'8 craft fa ilr. IW~iEi,h is also the author -of Th,e Graftstelf' Go~de to .Nil~y, Th-rittyj and ,Kitschy Cmfts',

Fueled br]t loose glitter and caffeine, Kal?by 'CiI_IIU)' MgrUmo, (fie5t~ Ex.pto.siM' Ffower ,Pots') I~ve,s in Phaeniix with h'er husbend; two Iki'dJs. t~ree c1hihuahuas" and her- 'farv-orite! tool,

a chopstlck, 'TholU(g1h coiffJee, C hocolate, and. chli Ii awe her tJhIr'ee 'fa,v'Olfite flavors, she's tasted, (a,ccide nta III,Y) gUtts r~ 'V,aimish. pa'i nit wailer" alrrld kiin dlergarden cm.n paste (n()t by ,~ccidlent). Check out ~at~y"s Ctaft__y projects and 1m IWIC~O colores offeriln,gs, at cratty,_cJ'I~{alL~l[n'in,;

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Jean Railla

Uod ern C,r,aifting'

~1'I' Jea III Railia I~ tih~ 'kiut'!dl@tJ" and ~dI'lto r ,f)'f getcrsRv_Qom and th~ author of Get Ct~fl.Y: H:ip H"'m,e fc {B roadway Books}, She lives in Greemvi,ch Villai'e with her IhlUsban,d. '~ ra psca IHom sons. and a ga2Ji Ilion n<alf-'fi nlisnetj eraft p,fUj~C:t$., iealil@gmcrafty_com ,

Why Making Stuff Is Fashionable Ag .•• zain

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over n ~g ht? ~ n 1998~ w he n I sta rted G et C raJ'fty

~rlg house" seemed quaint, ironic even, but hardl~l

,8 nai'tioniwi de trend. The n it happened. Tbe Sty le Ch a n nel I alu nehed the ~ i la rio ~,S ,Craft ICorner D-sath Match:; 'Time devoted seve ra,1 pages to DIY tash i on ~ n the i r artl c Ie!! Pretty Crafty";: Deb ble Sto I ler's Stitch'Ii -Bitch h it, The' N,f!!J'w York Times' b estse II er list: an d pu b,l is h i ~g houses released a plethora ot cool craft boo ks (l nc ludl ng my- own). 'wim,h klts, IV shows, and othe r syn erglst ilc m u ltl med ilal op p ortun it iles,.

So why l1'Ow'? Why after 1fI;e min 1 sm. th e I nd u stria ~ R,e;vo I utl on, ,8 ~d th e pervas !ve'n ess of the. IGI~-P a re the ynUltJ1g and t he bea utlfu I sudden Iy kn itti ng ba by blankets, hand~cr.alnk'in.g mango-rnlnt 'ice cream, and s~wi nlg vi ~rtage fa brlc skirts?

I have a f,~w theor'iiENS,.

Theory N u mber l: Pai nters, phmogralp hers, r-ock sta rs, actors, and designers are the fo~ ks our cu I'blllr~ holds U Pi as heroes. Whi le nat a~ I o~ us ca n earn a paycheek from 0 ur artwork" crafti~g a~l,ows us to Imake art 0 ut ot eve ryd a_y' I if~". C hao~irng the textu re and color cd a yarn, creatl ng al patt'ern~, kn itittTng' ~t wea ri ng ~t - it's a tu II creative precess, EV~Hyon e from twenty,= som~thiintgs tOI ba by b CHJmerS 'w'em raised to. bel~eve' that m~akJn~ art Is the' ultimab~ contribution _ l1lndl

t he rn ost g,rnr~-rfying'" Craftmg a~ lows us to '81m body this. bohernian ideal whi I e payi rilg the r-ent.

TWMaory Number ,2:: remllnlsm was successful,

The leaders of the Wo mle,~!s Movement ofr' the 1960s. and 70s Ire jetted the domes,tij.c .as ,a sym Dol of t'wHelr op press lon, but' they t!J nwi~tT ng~'y pave d lith e' w,ay Tt)r a II t h.osle i ronil cera chetedi Sl!J shili rolls. that ~i ds h)ve ~Iowa days. T h [n ~~ of th e' ,gulta rist wTth the ha ~dmade

:sk u ~ I a r1d -c ross bones wrist gu alrd. Even a few yea rs ago, he wou i d 've been ridi c u led fa r kn it~,i ng, Now

h e's a erattster. Or the tash ion eel i tor who b r,a,gs

a bout her c roeh eted ski rt, Wi th a dece r1t payc heck h Sf QWtJ1 ape rt m ent, and an out I and ish socla I I iTa!, oth er wo mien can 't scorn her ha ppy h ookl n,g or

co nslder ~,er a "gran ny."

By ~eve ling the pla)dng f~e~d between men a r1d women (at least ir11 the bottom rungs of"the' workforce), f'em! n ls m opened the doc r for a I ~ of us' to va I ue t..ypli ca~ Iy m'elm ~ n ~ ne ert form 5.

T~ eery N um ber 3: 'Wie work, a,m, com pu b~ rs, all day, Craftl ~g a I lows us. the ex p erie nCB' of the tactl Ie world,~ the non -viln:,I)J,a ~ ~ the "rea l" ~ ~I a war I d 'when~ .only~, m'w act,~,a~ly manufacture products, making something th~.'t ,YOILI ca In touch, wea r, 0 r 'i n ha bit. ~ 5 :s.atii'si:yi ~g on a n ~,I most spl rTtuai I eve I., Le,t' s _j LIS.t, say it. feels goed.

Theory N umber 4: Cn~d'tti ~g is a pol itrca~ statement 'With global lsrn, taetory la bor, ,8 ~d ,5weBl~shops a s grow'ill11g con CEW111l:S" a n d gl a ~tt cha i 115 like S ta rb ~IC ks, Me Do na ~d 's, and .0 ld Navy' tu rill i ~g Amer'iica i nto one big mii'niii~'ma I~ ~ craft ing b ecornes ,8 protest. By M I Y (Mak'ing' It ¥ourse~i)~, W'fj' vote wIth oQur'w,allets and asse rt our iind ivldu811 ity,!, k.now'i ng that 11 0 one \iviiill h av~ ~h s same han d-kn i~' 5w~at,~ r or s.i I k-sc r-eened T:'s h i rt.

'Glv,e In a ll th is ~ it's ha rd to bernoa In t he po pu I a rl Z8-= tion Oof crafti ng, 'W hat is lise II ~ ng-out" if y'()Uj oniY'

e ncou rage, cnaaltivi1t_y? AmhougfJl boo ks kits. a nd TV shows, cen rn,sp'in~, you, at' 'the end of the daY', irs iust you a Ind your craft su pp I iiie~s .

Tih e poi nt Oof craftr'i ~g 'lis to. be il n touc Ih wTth one

.elm th e thl ngs 11th at' rna ~ie us hu mla n ,_ au r abi I'lty t'o, mak.e stufifr. And I'fthil's spreads Hke org;an~c honey.on ,a hOot stove, th e'n ~'~ m a II Tor it. X

Abou·t 300 Et$Y c rarte rs ente red 0 LI r ~~ i n C orpo rate t ~l~' Craft: Iiogol into Ytou r craft" COli! test to rntrcd'-ce the mi:l~zine to the E.ts,:.: comm -n~h~. some wen31t.-n some we.re: q r: --i'rk:- ,alii were amaiino-

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in th e·i'r deta i I and th ou,ghtiu I nH~SS. Here a re '~hle ed ltors' top aha ices" C ~Iec:~ iQur~ thei r com ments an d iii! ore i n~bnnaJ:i'on about 11: he a nti sts at c raftz i ne.coltn/go/etsy.

BY KATHRYN R~ECHE.RT

Kathryn attended the Savannah College (]f Art and Des 19n. She qui c klly develope d a II ave to r design i ng a nd making jl8welry" Kathryn believe's jewelry can become a very personal thing. with tremendous sentimental vall UJ e. passed th rough 'fa m ~ lies for COLI nlUess years, The UJ Iti mate 00 m pi ~ m e nt is seei ng so m e on e wea rii ng her jlB'wel ry beca LJ se a pa rt of her ,gO·BS. ii nto S'Vl8lrY piece s hie rna kes .. ka t tiPIJl ri~c herl . .eum

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BY FELLNVVARD

Julia Ward and Cara Fellrath met iin July 2003 and became best friends at first sight Both are 24'-'y'ear-'o~d" classically trained artists: Ju lia's concentration is in painti ng. Care's is i tl sculpture, They spend ,B II their

f ree ti m e rna king stutt scarves, T-shirts, bags, a nyth i ng they can from recycled materials.

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« IBetty the R'etro Robot Wa~t1ress BY ARTSY

Cat B~ sh op 's work, explores the dl sec n n ect b etwe~en th e self each of us iii arbors ii' n S i'd e a nd the self we: present to th e' worl d .. HI er work is a bout the 'co bb I lng' together off' a .. se 1 f more p rese ntab II~' than the one W'fJ know. Wh'i le the wonk ls, ii'n ·8 deep WifJJY" a bOUJt. self-serutl ny and se 1 f=fl agell atlon, the 8lrtis'ffi: e 1 ea rl_y has fr'un wit hit" artsv.etsy.ca m

8YENAMOR

Arnie M~lller!s. i'flspi'ration

for crafting comes 'from her moth e r; wh 0 pa ssed on her ereatlvlty and love of crafts .. She's a lways Ii ked

tOI d raw a n d. in recent yea rs has explored pholtography" She loves capturing things not normally seen with the naked eye" ella m 0 r" etsy" co m

Sitting on G ass

W~,en I first saw this chair made of 96 glass ] ars I lrnmedlately summed it, up ~,5 aesthetics over function. It was. beautlful~ but no way could that gjl lsten i ng t.fJ1 ing be, cornfo rtaole, Then I sat i n it, ,8 nd proved mys,elf wrong. It's shocking how cozy so much glass. can be.

As 81 Verm,ont sili.eel-we'~der-turned-',alrtii,5t Jo~nny Swing eratts to u nd 0 blects iinto practl CiS I works o'"f' art. He's known for his. Nicke I Couch (above), made wltth ove r 6,,400 'we I d ed n lc ke I S r all~ d h ii s ,~I ega nt ch a ndel 'i,e rs made ofr' gjl ass jsrs an d satel lIte d lshes,

He was lnsplred to create hiis JarChatr w~,e~ he notice ell h ~ s son 's ba b.y foe ell la rs p'i I ed i nto garbage ba gs ~ wa iilti ng to be' recyc I ed '" "They see m ed too li"'lij". recious to d i Sica relL Thev were, ii'ewe~ ~ I r ka"

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I~ It too k S'w'i ng six w,ee ks of I nte n se design testi ng

:~ b) come up with a formula for ~he chair, one that'

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B mcorporates ,9 hole pattern on al~m'inum sheets

~ onto wrai,eih he bolts the metal lIds before screwing ~ on the ,ii'a rs, ,kj The f~ n a I P"· rod uct looks

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~- design-elng:rneefed~ but It' wasn't, It 'was just ~eslted

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He, 81 so sw ltc he d fro m ba bY' food ] airs. - W'~I i ch he ralJjnd too grueling to collect sort, and clean - to FUn1lt, Sample Jars, whi,c~ he could simply pu rchase i~ blJll k,

When I asked Swiii~,g iif he constdershlrnself a crafter or a n artist, he se ems n! I UCt8 ~t. to dii I',sctly 81m sw'er the' q uestion ~ nstead he ,sarys, ~! W~,at rn a kes art ~s. som at h i n g' t h at expa In cis, yo u r i nte II e ct ~ am d that's 'why '"the Chi5lri rs are' not strl ct~.Y a craft, Wi! en you look at the Jar Cha'iilrr YOlJl'j're forced to ask questlons, and ln some w,?JYs be e ~I'ilghtened through the ex perien os" li ke, " ~. m gol ng to slt on ~I ass l' 0 r ., How can thi 5 be' oorntorta b~ e1'""

With impeccable weldiUlg skills and an amazing e:Y9 'for dlesiilgn" I'd say SWilng straddles ~Jlhe wurilds of both art and craftIng quite exqursfb:~~'y.

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Re eye I[i ng II 5 ,8 II well and good, but reus i ng is even better, E:scalm;8 ~ ,8 comlpany that se II 5 rerna rkab Iy [cute ha nd hags made fro m sa da, ca ~ pu I ~ tebs and croch eted cord 'I' m18.y fi at UJI se the whole ca n, but, ~,h~,Y rna ke a good start, Cree ih[~tiiing 'with tabs is a tradltlonal craft in Braiiil,!, and Esearna's unli~[ely found e rs (illwo America 111 mien I' An d.y KlFL!Ilrnh D.,llz and Eriic Pedersen~ and a Br,al~I'i~ n woman, SOOOr1t"O Lea~ Schwiderski) k new a good til iing 'when they saw it. Wor~i ng dlrectly wit WI the wo'm en i n Bra$ii'~ ia' 5 Cla do lac re ,8 ~d 100 D r me ~,5S0 000 P ~ ratlves, the U~ ree fr'rTends ada pted the trad ltiona I designs i nto wh at' Esca rna ca II s ,8 "fas h ~Olfn -forward accessory" (b~iIt w hat we ca I ~ a rEN3 ~ Iy co 01 cl utch),

Escama means oj scale," i[1n Portuguese, - as iin fr"i sh scale - but It eo u ld .I ust as easi~'y r-efre r to seal e of prod u ct lo n. Thoug h wa rned bY' ap pa rel indu stry [experts, that mass-producing handmade items, wah co-o ps was a dii sast rous idea Escarna has, rn ads [over ,3 . .000 bags in fou r d ~ne rent :s,tY'~es to date, wah i mpressive q U,8 I iity centro I" a ~d tlh,e~lvle expa nded ~t~,e,i r wo rkforcs from 12 'to 50 in the pas; yea r,

f h ls do esn 't mean ttl (fJ'~/'ve' lost s.ig ~t" of the ~ ndlv~d uals lnvo I ved, however, E:~,c h ba,g corn E31$ w'ith ,8 tag 11n:s,ide' pr'i nte d wit h the na me Q[f t he woman 'who made It'l' and! you can 10 ok up' each crochet artist's blo on th~iir w,e bslte,

~~ Pro meting the, coop eratlves ,8[lnd ~,h~ ind lvld ua~ artiisl is funda me nta I to what we are' aboUJIt"i Seal's Kf1~ m hol z, Next i n t he I i neu p a re a fr:~w mlys.te ry [products ('"I wo n't I e,llt t ~ e cat [out O'T ill he bag, bu t they're killer designs," KrUjmho~,z confides) ,8:5 well as an 0 n I 'i ne hew-to for lEsca m a ;'5. ma ny c ro c h e,jlt= add lete d 'fans. N (,JW that's whalt 'w,~ C~ II fa i r trade,

-Anwn ,O~Fre.iJly"

Wound Up with Legos

Web develop er David N Drtll d iid n't have a project i n mind when he bought a Lego, M iiind storms. set and

,8 bu neh of other Lego Ie chn les pa rts 0 n eIBa,y" Hie $~,e,~V'ed them ~ ,8 1IIIowi r1lg them to collect d ust, 'whii ~,e, he 'w/a ~te d for i nsp,irati,on to lin it hii m.

!! ~ 'd seen ,8 lot om coo II Lego proj-ects (,H~II i ne, I ~Ike ,8 mac h illrU~~ th 81,t so live d ,8 IRI~ bic's Cube all d the Lego, S eg\iV81y = or legw~y = but ~ thought it 'WCHJI ~d be great to buiiill d a, mach ~ne that actual ~y perf-ormed a LJ 5e,full function" ,says IN orth ~ who ~ lves i n Ya rk r. Engllla,nd, 'with In is, gjiirlifrielli1d Me II M,a rtilli1da le,

I nsp i ratii on 'fiilnall ~Y' 'calma atter 1M a rtl ndaille' recelved mli51,n[y' hanks. elf yarn for Chrlstrnas ." ~t, 'was ta k~ ng her ages. to willlldl,eac!h one" a Ind if s tricky to wi nd a ba IIIII

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15 by ha nd in :S,UlIC h a way that iiit doesn't t;angJe i n use" ,2:

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~ worked and based h is, machine on the most e,

~ com mo n typ e. "wh ere th e bob bi n is, (SIlngll ed at 45

~- degrees and w-o rks with a pla ne,tary type, of motion",

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angle, going from the, tOIP' of the baU to the bottom. The bobbi n rotates s.~owllY' on its ow n axis to d istr~b= ute ea ch wra p ot ya rn ,8 ro u n d the ba I ~ e'V'en~Y':'

Us iing approxrnately 120 Lego pii e ces, two motors, feu r AA battert es a nd a card board ,ilt~ be that ffiiits around the bobb~11n to m iin 11m lze frjiict ion ~ lt too k N orth app roxmately 12 hou rs =, a Ind a few' ve rslons '0m

the rna ch ine = before he, got it right, .; BUI~ ldii'ng' the 'wi nder was a fu n project and more of a challe nge than I thoLJ(ght it would be, p~lIri'iicull,arliY' getting' ift too the poii'nt where ~t 'was robust ,8 nd we und attrsetlve balls"

M ore than a, yea r and a hal~if later, the wi nder is

stl I ~ dol Ing a f ne' jo b, a nd, despite the fact that a f;ew gears have worn dow n and needed to be repl aced a nd that iit qu r c:klly sucks up bette ries Mia rtmda le never kn its 'w~thout it

Knitting XXXL

Usi~g two John Deere excavators donated by a, loca ~ eo n stru ctlon eq uii prne nt de-a ler, ,8 rtl st David Co Ie ,8 nd ~ i 5, assl stants kn iit a hug!! Arnerlcan nag i n Ju Iy

20' "0:"5" 'W' rith ~w···"", '2' 0"-", foot t"InI~ttHln- a needles made ..... u.Ji.

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of te Ilephone; poles 'with scu ~ pte d po mts, Cole spent daiYs u p ~ n ,8 c henry p'iiclker; loopl ng the stii'tche'5 and d~ recti ng th e movement ofthe needll es.

,A fter castl ng offr'~ The Knitting'Machb'"Ji(!j' was.

ce re man lou s Ily talken dOWi~ ~ TO Iided, and diiispll,ayed i n a nlass case at contern oorarv 8 rt museum Mlas$

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M'OC~l iin We.st'ertJ1 Mlalssachusetts. ,", II d idn',[ see rt as a

perforrnance, j Cole says ebeut his t ~ me sp S ~'[ kn ltt'i n~' up in the era ne, ji IKniiittiiing for ms is. ,8 physlca II meditation on the creative pr-008SS '" .,. and the: fi na II object is an a rtifact of [that] p recess. j,

Cole hega n kniitti Inlg iin col lege to he ~p h i rn focus du ri ng lectu rss. He; all so took a scu I pture class that galva hii m new i nsight into hi's kn ~tti ntg", Si n ce the ~,

h e's become known TO r hii s knit artworks 'wh leh tu rn traditlona I iiidea s of ~niitlti Ing ILl ps~ de dawn.

Other recent pieces, ~ nell ude ted diy bears kn it from

lead ~ a ba by bla n k.ed made fro rn ~ nered i billy t.cud c porcelain fiber, and a Kevllar sweater. He's in the process o~' creaf ng ,an ii nstellatlon of 25, ,g la ~t b9ddy bears sewn frorn black reofing ru bber; to be i nstelled Ilii k,€' a 'fll otl Iia of buoys ii n ,8 ha rbor, Na,t,~o~ a patte rn? Dangerous materials rnlx with sweet sub~:ect matter iin at da InC~ II ike1lty to guv-e you wh iip~a5h.

AIIII of his. work t-ays 'with tlhe obsessive n atu rei of c:rnJft~, but ~ is most successful pieces have many- Ilay,ers of mean i'ng. 'Whi le they don't _yie lid their answers u p easill~ll' 1tihey aren't de Ililberm-el.Y obscure elthe r,

.. ~ want Imy work, b) be eonceptu ailly accesslole," he e>qpl alns, '''But' Hf someone 'wants to, [eil~ge eritiC'alll~l and think aoout int-ernationall p:()ll~cy and dorrunatlon om space, great. .. And as for Im;ak~ Inlg a subv€'rsive ge nder staternent? "Iotailly secondary, Irs ttl ere, but that's not' what it's about;' says Oole flat~y. ji lt's viiis~al ball let:"

Arwen ,O-~'ReiJlJl

Hero Hacker

As ,8 nyc ne wh o's ever' pe ru sled the actlon fig UJ re eisles at Joys, "R" Us or the, mffiJculou~ly' iappoi~te4d McFarle~e Toys at the local [comic shop can tell .You, models of cartoon, movie" and co m i c b oak eha ra cters have become b'i g' b usl til ess, 81~1t: what if ,YO u r co m lc I[ove 'fa lis to th ose obseu re seco nd - or th'i'rd-s.tring characters never likely to see the irts.i'de of a Ii1 i nle etl 0 tJ1 mol dl? lf yo LJ' re Bi n II u rns, 0 r a gr-ow'ing' number of other "custom 'fi'gur-e[ii' makers, yo u go 8111 recorn bin GIl nt pl ast Icon ,you r e,)( isti ng co Ilactl on and hack m,getfiler the heroes (or vi Ilai ns) that you long to see, i'n ,3D'"

Th e r-ecent: exp los lo n of the flgu re 'i' n d 8Jl stry, especia Ily amon~ adu it [c'oll ectors, [and the grawth of t h e n et ,~I 0 tJ1,~S idle lt, have I led to- a rs pl d Iy

expandin~' community of il~un~ hackers, 8lJJ rns

~ sa,r'/5: jj fa r yea rs, I looked [at th 19' j Ho mernade Heroes i

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'_, section i'n Wizard' magazine [,a corrnc enthusiasts'

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'"5.. pu b] and sa id to m_yseUf, i i C ou I d do t:h a,t~[ A,He r get-

~ t r ng ove r lith e a n xiety olf c uttl ng' up p s rfec.t:ly good ~- fi,~u res, I b ega n to c u sto m i ze eh a racte rs t ~ at I

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n, ~new toY' man ufactu rsrs wou I d uN!YS r prod UJ ce"

BLJ rns n ow' h as some 200 custom flgu res i n h'i's collection, includ.lng ev'~ryitthIng from a,70s=[er,a

R~d To rn ado (D C. U n'i'vers~) ,8 nd the obscu re I3lac k Condor to dozens (]f DC and M[a rve,1 figures dane 'i'n th e sty I e m' the a ni mated Batman and Sup~rm[a.n TV shows", ,An d then 'U~ EH'e'~:5 the beloved Jenny Quest, com plete w'ith h ls dog' 8 a ndft, Wh i le th is rernsl ns a hobbyfor hlm, he does get cornrnlsslons, sometimes from the certoon/cornlc ereetors themselves, A 1'~\iV' yea rs beck, he 'w[as. hi' red by' th e' Ca rtoo n Net'work to create a Space Gho,st: 'fi'gur-e for use O'tJ1 thelr 'w1e bslte, U k,e m 051 hob byi.sts, [a fIlY mo Ii1~Y Bu rn 5 makes he pours ri'~ht back intn hi's obsession.

Fo r t fJ1 OSi8 wh Q[ w,a nt to t t')l' t h e1 r ha n d at 'figu re hac.~i n~,~ B u rns off-ers a 'few ti ps: "·Sta rtt: 0 ut 51 m ple m ayb e .J ust re pal nt1 ng a figu re 0 use u I pt i' rlg [8 f-ew' sma II de-ta i I S'!' a nd the tJ1 work yo u r way up." A n exoe 1-' lent how-to section and tons of figure hacks C9rrl be fou nd at Ca s~ m j' r's ina n i mats [0 bj[scts < pill io d. rn et),

'-(3'are;th Branwyn

Mark Frauenfelder Old ,Schoo II

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A Crafty Worker Is

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hen ~ was a1: a '61 rFrt 9,to're reeentlr" II carne across a col lect ilon of O'\fie r 100 booklets from 'the 1950.5 that had been, as stated Orl til e~ir back oOV9rS'f !~ Pr:elpared especi1alllly' for the, (iiM Men and Worn en Iby the 'G~ nerel Motors ~lnf'Ormatio:r1 Rack Servire.I.I'

The booklets covered. an astou ndinglly 'wide varie~'Y of topl C.$~, inc ~ tJI d ~ ng c raft- re I ated t,i til es such as

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You Can M:a'k,e, Art 'Your Hobby, Easy ,Patterns: ,HOiW to Sew wi'th Only Simple Pieces of Materf,aJ~, a ~d1lm~ personal fa'~orlilt'e'r There's M:agic in ClaJl.

Ca n you i magin e ,any maier corp orat ion today

h a nd i ng out, be ok,1 ets to its workers '[itilled Th1ere' 's Mag,ic in Clay?' III n th ~ 5 sl ~ rn vo I urn e, potte r IK,ay

HI,a rrlson teaches h OW' to make a ha If' d oze n clay

fli gl[j res. i nell uo i tJ1,g a clown ~ whlilch II rna kes a, v,ery go ad co nve rsatlon -pl see when th e neigh bo rs ,call II 'r and bu '11'1 ds urn vour ~,O',"" to no end," and "Jug Head i!

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a Ii"N ~ nth 11'" ...... f1jJ"it m' - ...... r'lI"'I; hlc I"' iN 1111 .... 111' bott ~~ 'W' h ""m- H-I~' II'r1"1'I~O' Fi 1II1 ,~~ 111!l.· II u' .... u' II 0' IF" II\'" ~!LII v II lUlu a, -,U'6; " .. , '0' li::.IJ II . .;jI'. '.'11

assu res her read ers 'wi ~ ~ be a ~! cun n i ng wo man is horne comoanion on the nlzhts that, papa is; 'out

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HI,a rrl son's magi c w,a.s. ii n 'the j ug rathe r th a n the clay.)

The 'ii n st ruct lon a I ut i 11 ty of t he bookl ets va ry wiide I~ from 'vollume to v,olume.llne 5ew~ng book, mar lnstanee, provides detaded ii nst ructlo ns for Im,alking ga rrn ents su c.h as 18 romper su n s u iiit, a p ii n afore. a Ind a ct.uffed box: jacket

The a rt bo ok, on the oth er hand, ~'I osses over feu r yelS rs 0;: art scho 011 in at dozen pages 'wiith nee r~'y use less advice such as " D on't worry abolJlrlt pers pective .. ,. Learn it' by d rawi n ~ '"

E ven the, si ~II lest ,ofr the' books are a jioy to Iread. lim sorry IlaF,gle comoan ies are' lin 0 longer sncou ragi ~g their emlP,~oy;ees, to e'~joy' li:.,8", but ~ I'm glad that In the last severa II years., peop 1,19' have red lscovered the joy of craftiing on ~~eilr own. LOinS ~!ve~ the DIIY ~nformatiot~ Ralclk S ervicel X

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,Ani undell'wealr Wlillet [might 1110"[ be the first thirlg that jumps 'j'nto your mind when you're planning your next c ro'f't P FQ ject, but you might co ns i(~ e r it after yo u see th II s c I ever h ow'-to and its 'fa bu lou'] s resu lit.

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a. lJ:sill!g a seam ripper, rE:'move the' elastic wa lst ban dan d leg ba nds,

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'[, U s,ing t€ front of the und erwea r. 1 from ttle back, ~ nd 4 from ~ m C'flId'lin,g eotto n 'fab ic~ Also cut :2 'from mid-we ight tu s'j b Ie j'rll!@rf,aci'ng.

IC~ lro n i nte rtacl ng on both p leces of: undies.

a. Cu stonltize 2 of the, cotton pi'®ces 'iI'Iii'~h poe kets and spa ces fo r credit cards uslng mor~ ICiO'~'~On, '~:Icro, buttons" ,~nd snaps, You ca n even a!dd ,an lID pocket using 2:0-g.iJjug~ clear vinyl"

b. Sew the pieces to,getnrer ~ I CHig til ei r

I o i1g sides to rna k® ~~e 'j nslde and outs id® of the 'waHet FOr ithe inside'. ;se!!.lV 1. Qf' the' .; cu stomlzsd" cotton pieces to :2 pia ln eotto n pieces. Fo r t n e >0 utsld e, s,e\tv

th e front of th e u ndl es to tt he' back of'

th e u I1di es and S~'iifJ HM~m both to th e rerna i n i ng ,! ell stern ized ,. piece" I ron 'Hart

a, Wit h ri'g ht sides au to zi@;Zag fro i1'~ and bac k bJ,geU'H;~r ;rn I ong ~ II edges b. Bia:5, bl ndl ;all alia und th~ edges,

e, Fold tn,e boHom 'fl ap upon ce ,Blind wn i pstitc h to ersete the bill oocket,

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sievj,fin.~'i knitti ng, a mid d,o od I i'ng ls r'iv~ I ed onl,}!, til}!' her love off til e t healt;r,e.

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1. Glass BoHom View

» This vibrant stained glass panel tncorporates the b otto m s of' wine. bottles, 215 well a s a pa i nt.ed glass scene of DioflYSUS and M,ae:nad.

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2. Sand C,astles Ma,de Si'mple,

) That's the. t.itle. of the, book that includes this photo. Sfnce whe.n do simple sand castles look like the set of Ha rry Pott er S? sa n d yfcct. C 0 m/s.a n d! cheese/

3. Three, Feet Unde'r

» Made from vintage 'yardsticks, this planter is just one of: many

re pu rposed crafted items found at

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4. Knitted, ., H a II Dwi',g"

» Pe rte ct for those bad hair days.

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5. Paper Pottery » Art~ st B ria n Jewett us es ca. rn ~v a, I ti ckets ra ther than c~ay to make hls bowls, crartLinc.com/gol

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6. Ru,stic Crochet Hooks » Carved from tree branches and then waxed, these hooks take handmade, to ,8 whole new level,

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7. In Record Time » Of a II th e coo I crafts made from vinyl records. this 45 rpm clock, with laser-cut numbers, aluminum hands, and a plastic pop -out ce nter, to ps our list.

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8. ,Sew Darn Cute!

}) Anyone into Blythe dolls w'ill go gaga over the one-ot-a-klnd handmade dolly duds ottered at this :site.

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9. Coziest Pipes » Re becca Va ugh a n knitted this cozy cover for her ceiling pipes, as 'well as her linoleum table. he-ater. and even her entire minivan. So much for teepotsl

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1,0,. F oPP,Y Disk Blanlk Book,

» Jus] a decade ago,

a 'floppy disk wasn"t anything more than an ugly informatlon holder, Now, used as a cover tor this SO-page notebook, It's s udo enly ret ro, nosta lg lc, a, nd full of charm.

11.1 'Who Donel It? » Jim R'OSerl8LJ makes custom shelves around any theme, but be, patient _, it

can ta ke' years b efo re hie f:i nds just the right

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12.1 Wasralble B rea kf,Bst

» Fe rt i1fy yo u r day with th is fried egg patch, Accompanying fork and knife, pins included.

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13\i GIO Pac-Man! » This bea d ed st ra nd of p ower pi lis, i rnpls hi gh osts. an d a fra ntlc Pac- Man were made by' glass bead maker' Sarah Hornik, who's a web designer by d ay'" c rafte r at night,

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* s·· . lx years ago! ernbroldery wars stlil[I[[I[ stuck. i n

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crocheted tea cozies, and need lepoli nt roses. Iher11 al ong C8Im'6' spu n[ky Je n ny Hart, with her st itched celebrity portraits. pin-up glillrl"lls, and pin[~-f·l[ossed. sku I[ I[s, 81ndi a new wave of' em brolderers was b Orr1I",

Hart, a 30-somethi ~g 'w~" [I[ives i r11 Austilr1, grmv up read i ng ILl ndergrou ~d co rnlcs, enjoyi ng the i llustratli 0 n sas muc ~ as t~ e stories. ,n I t was t.h~ 5 ~ nterest

Ii nil ~u:$tration that. 'W,8:S, the dr~ving force behiind me getting i rtto elm bro iidery "

[E.m broiidelry d~pe~d5 on i 1[11~$trat'i,o~s'I' she exph:liiin5~ and th is iis what makes it diffen~~nt from sornethi ng [Iik.:e kfiitti~g. "That's why it ,8[ppealls. to, me $0 much"

[Be'Tofo! [Hart. beca me 81 ro ek sta r i n the war~d .of' fll05S a ~d h()DPS, she W8l!5 an exh i bltion coord in81ta r a sslstent, h~'1 pi n,g to. hang [I ighits a no ~llils.ta[11 5 hows, '·"T~ en I[ had the iii nc red i b le goo d fo rtu ne ofr' be ~ ~,g

[I i5li d o,wf. I ·W·8S I~ lated, I thou gh[~ 'Th ls m182a ns my

d rea m can co me true, ..

[iHart wa;st~d no ti m e d ~Villi1g' iiin~o [her craft. ,A:ft-er her first ,elmib roide ry project = 81 portrait 0" her mother = .•• [I got tota ~~y addicted to it. [I had to be iembroidering' some1thillng every day fur the ned :3 or -4 years.~· from tarn ~Iy portra U'[s" she made, the jum p to pop sta rs, who ii nelude [Marianne, F(l~tlh~u 1[1, [iDolltY' Parton. and I,~ Pop.

[M anlY' portra its later. Ha (rIt. decided to try decorstive ,e,mbroidery. but W~:S' d isappo lint'ed i n the ti red patterns a nd outdated i nstru cti 0 ns that w'e re ava i la b[l[e. It 'was, ,8 I ~ too ril,gllid and IU pt light"

II nstsad om d ro p p Ii ~,g t ~ e craft, s h e1 de c idedl to

create her own patterns Sl!I c[~ as a _gi rJl sku 1[[1['1' t il[k,j h ead, sleek cat, ~ u I[a da r1 car, cherri es, a r1 d an electric g u iter:" She el so created her own I ilma ·off· h i P 'e rnbroldery kits ca I led S u b[lm me Stitchiilng,

wlh ic h conta in original patterns, floss, a hoo P'I' an d

i nstruct ions, ~ nC~lUdi ng a few of her own i rwented stl tches, !! I II Ii ke to Ii nvent stl ftc hes and ,g ilve t hem funlrDY na rnes, and they're often derivative oil' other stitches thafft. are n~all~y basic." Some, of' her ofigilnal stitch na mes Ii nell ude the [Bam boo St iltch ~ the

lwi nkle .s:titc~~, ,8 nd the S cello pli ng Chain,

She;'s even got her own way of ty~n,g 1ItJ~li rigs LIp.

"There 's a tee ~ ~ iq ~I~ ~ use for makii ng a knot .. at the back when you're Tli nished that milt students [119,8 rt teaches elm biro iid~ry workshops i~1 N[e'w York] were ca M iIIng my ~ Secret [K~fO'[;' which I thoulghl'was fu finy ~j j,

AI[tih-ough Sublime Stitchiilln,g is ~~ov€'rw~e'lmi~,g[ly successfu III (tha n ks ~ n pa rt to P[I a iidl B u ci II a, a ma~'o r c raft manu falcturer w·~ 0 recently picked up he r ki·t,s'I' wh~,ch means S,U1lb I i me S titch rng' can n ow be fo~~d] iin M'iichae,ls,!, JOr=Ann F~Jbrircs~ ,and] the' ~i[ke)! she's on[liy just scratched the su rtaee 'Oil' what s he wants to' do. "I've ·13 Iways ·w·a nted to see ernbroi delry not

j u st ~n nontrad it'ionall sQJl!bj;ecl matte r~ but a lso wTth nontrad itiona[1 mlat,eria[1 s,"

For iinstanoe", she embroidered a screen door, u sl ng briig ht green and yellow' ,g[1 ow= m-the-dar k 16=s1ra Ind fr loss .. which she doubled over to give it

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th i ekness. The des ign i n cl uded t he WfJ rd E:ntre :SUl rrou nded by CtJl r lie ILH~S. !' I twas n 't (3, prolect yo~ cu dd le up with i ~ an arrnch a i(' she 5~:YS'r re,f'errij ~g to t he aw~ard slze and weigjht of her ~~ cenvas," !! It

* To, decorate hell" :lka~biOalfd!l' .!len ny Hart 1lJlse5 ~ealher lace fair 'the borde, .. In tradfrtiona,1 ermblrol'ildery~ this, ,stitch is, knClwn as ,8 FlIIl1lnin,g slit'Clh.,

was rno re I r ke ,8 hardware p ro,]ect,:~

A n othe r off=t h e-wa I ~ project H ,8 rt rece ntl y com plet,edl was her lest hie r lace~'eml bro ide red skateboard. 1F0r th ls, 5 hie dri ~ I ed ho I as w'h,e re t hie need le 'wou I d no rrna Ily i ~Ite rsect th e fab rlc, and used f~ailth~r~ 'whi'PI", runnlng, and straight stitches to decorate t he und erside of t he dec k, last spr'iing ~ t he boa rd was aucti(,H~'~dl,off as pa rt ofa ben ~'frt to fu nd a n f!JW s kat-e pa rk In Knox'll II~! le In n,

Perhaps one of Jenny's more bizarre prolects ls

,0'11 tlnicom ~ a portralt of a rna n k r ssi n g' a u n ieo rni:!iil' s;;;:

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SO 'W hat does Ha rt see, on he r ,8 rt~ stl C: ~ 0 rizon?

She says 5 he wa rrts to em broider a giant s-ClJll ptu re to, glve pea IPh~~ another pe rs pectlve, ~~ It's not a bo ut rna ~ ii ng a pretty 0 b ject, b ut rno re a be ut g~t~,i ng people to loo k at it rea 11y,!, r~~ll ~y c lose Q!J P to see ~h,~ essentla I elerne nts of lt"

Wiith out g'ivi ng' a'w,ay 1,00 much, a couple o,f her big id~aI5Includ!8 ernbroldermg 81 freestanding' wall with e norrnou s rope, and e rnbrolderln g' a h uge palin e,1 of meta ~ 'W i't h w r res, "I neal I ~y WEll rrt to do- ,8

b j'g han kIln 'i' P tece. I W,8 nt to s pe nd a goodyea r 0 r two wo rkl ng 0 In so rneth i rIlg ~ar,~le,,',iri' S he says there's :S orneth 'j ng In i dden alb out, tine, fi n er deta i Is 01: emb roide ry. and with these ~ arge-s call ed pi e ces, she ~ 0 pes to u nveli _, a n d at the same t i me magnlfy _ some of its sec rets, X

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sculptor Patrick Amiot can turn anything into fabulous art.

* p atrlck Aim lot's u rba ~I to I[k. art as, he ca 1[[1 silt,

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81rtist in Sebastopol .. Caillijf., Depressed. alba ut h~s flagiCj·III"I'I[E]i' .... ~ ~~11i" [I)." ~ . ..,!,I 'e"C ld ed tc , .... 1<"\1' '~"""'Im' i'!ith·11 n r:i d ~f,f....;, ~11'''''

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Gatherrilng some o[l[d vacu QJ m c Ilea ners Ilying

a round his hou se,~ a u sed ba rbecu e', ,8 nd a 'wheelbarrow ~ he' falshliloned these' ilte·ms i ~ito a giganti,c

Tii sherma n, fi ~ is.hi nlg it off 'w~th lou d Vii b rant pal nit He then di sp !ayedl hi.s q uli nky crsatl on in hi S front yard. ~'[I[ thought the C:~ ty wou I d come down 0111 me, b LIt pea pl e <calm e out of the woodwork and told me how m uch they ~Qvedl it."

Feeliiing iin5p·iir~d, he· next created hii's version arf th ~ Statue of L~berty'I' made w'it~ ~lJIInk.~ iinduding ,8 biellfld~

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er; car [par $'1' ,8 galro~g[~ can, an': ~'[IIIIS wrres ye' f:JW

nylons.. He put it. on di:s.p~ay on Sept 10, 2001.. "The next daY'I' atter the te rrorist attac ks. ~ put a sign 0 n i·tt read i ng', ~ ~ lin rnern Dry of a I[ I the ii'n noeent p[~0'P le 'who dii'ed on Sept, ]1~ 2'001..','"

Next r Am~ot bu'iilt a fliiremaln using ·8 vintagj~ San Frs n C I$CO ga rbage can for the body r ant iq ue' C8 r horns mor ears, a ~d water d lspensers f-or both It he hood ,ana hel met, H·~, offriered ii·it to th~ iii reman I[~villng across the street, who h eppl Iy accepted, Then

a I most everyone on t ~ e street wanted a piece,

Amiot now has ,25[ briiigtlt~y pamted, larger-thanI ite art pieces that grace at least Ina Iii' of the houses on Florence Street. wherel [rNa ~ ives, The street is, as surrea I as an outdoor fu n hou se,

Almost [everylthing' in Amiot's wi[ld~y creative Stu I ptures ~ s recych:rH::L sal~v.aged ~ [or dOJ~,ated, ,a ~d m[~rClh of it has a. strong cormnectilion to th[e I oca I com mu_] nilty.. When Sebastopolll'l's, BalFllow Gompal~Y.r

an a pp le ca nnery, wenr[ O~'[ of busl ness, Am lot was glven 451000 #8 size ~Ii ds, each a bout 'the size ()rf;

a. sm a[I[1 dinner plate. [Hu nd reds rOf these ~ ids rn a ke uo "II-he .... w[I'·e- bcdv ln the ""'w' ,~ ~·il"':id' th.o p.-.~ ~'e"'~y[t'O:~"

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a. whlillm Sli ca IIP~ ece that ali so Ii ncl udes recyc I[ed steel .alnd old car pa rES. The cane S that the owl ,alr1d p ussycat rlde i n 'w,as a d,eeay i n,g [boot rest ued from the' nearlb)t Russian Rliver.

When aske d how he rnekes h is art, Arnlot lis vi rtQJ,a[lly speechless. lt's not m~at he's secretive - ~ t' 5 jl LI st n at. sornet ~ ~ II1g he can ea slill[y expl a il n '"

[Pres:s.·ed about. his technique. Amiot waxes philosoph lea ~: ~~ M aki ng scu ~ pt u re fro m r,8W materia 1[5 can be expen slve, compl lcated, a ~Jd ti me ~COIIflSU rn-

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ling. " USt s~.appl~,g h. rogetner IllS strnp er anc more

efuli c ient.. YOllll have to content yo~ rse I~ with w~a[Ps. around." lf ~ liived ln the m~ddle of the desert, I'd make sand scu ~p[tures,,~;

Th ~ secret to putting ,a[I[~ these, pieces together ii 5 se'lf=tapp'~llng screws and a 'wlfjl[d~r ." ~fs simple to 'w~[ld;; he says. Las~,IY', he ,affix[~5 everything to the base, wIth the, self-ta ppl ~g screws,

Part of Amiiofs apIPl~~1 is-that he doesn'ttry to m,aike hiis art "perfect" The beauty is ln lts lrnperfectlen. its un iq ueness, lts ea rtthy i rrsgu lar~tY'. "j'SOIm[8 g~ys caln(iIt hSil[p but be, a ~a[1 n but I [I[s,t the vI[ew = erg. use the ii r ii rn alg'~ nat ion ,;;' h e says, ,j., I [1[00 k ba c k

to whe In [II was grl nd i n~' meta I or c hiiis[8 ling sto n8 =. a [I [II t Ih ii 5 wii ghit ii ~,g' to centro ~ an e[1 elm elnt, [N ow I let the e[l[e'ments control me" X

MAKE cOnitr~butt-o:r M'ireh a~ I Sihalpiir,o was ,an ~diitor 10 r

O·IFlt·eli II'~ls G I ooal INletwor-k, INalVligator in ]99~~9i.5'1' all! dl i1s the .autthor· of tth® a~Jlfd~wi !fining A. Sen5~ of Pjac~': Great Tta~J Wrirers Talk Jlbout Theft C(~ftr Li~.$'~ and insp.ir.arrion.

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i 5 that Ine doeso"t try '0 make' hiis! art' iii llermc;t~1'1 The beauty lis ilil its

i m p-e;rfe eli 0111 I' wn illrlllene55~ ,and !u!rthy ir.rea-u lairilty,

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L"' L b ,old "' tl ,.. t b d t tl .

.I1,Z,8 ou ·.·.··UIII-JS mtnca .e scenes onenea .. ·•· at ,8 nrne.

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c dried grcll n. 18 ut t h ro ugh he [" bea dw() r k IU)s .Ang,e II es - bas e dart ~.s t Liz a L() u co n st r u cts life-sized environments tha ~ u·e'el a nyth i ~.g but ordinary ..

ILi ke· vi rtua I we ul dis on line re nde red 0 ~ e p lxe I at a tim e" Lou ".S pa ra III e I rea II ms ,g row b ea d by bea d. lotte n ta k ii ~.g j/e a us, to co m IP I ete.

IHer ca reer as tbe world's most extre me fi n e-art beade r dld n 't 'take sha p e overn i.gh~!, e im~er. Born i ~ 1969 ln Nle:w York! LOll moved 'IDo Galiffotl~ la to study pa i nt i ~,g at t h e San frr.a nc lsco Art I n s't~tute" but a tri IP to a 18,~y Area b E1a«], s ho IP 0 ne da.y· cha n~~d h er pla n SI" Pal t1~ ,a n d ca mv~ s soo ~ gave 'w,ay to t h reed ~ m ens i ona I 5 U rtaces t~ at ,8050 rbed bes ds I i ke stl p pled bru S hst rokes,

Fo r K ~tCh·~;:H1' (19 9S) ~ La u eo ~ I ~ cte d h 0 use h 0 ~ d

a p pllances, then aorv~n~d the min m u ltlco I or-e d bead strands". PaIPi·8'u·-·ma6hel forms became cereal boxes ,8 ~d 'ff ru it p les and b eads covered eve ry :S.IJJ rtace: a sky·_· b I u ~ 5 i n k~ a re·fr r·ige rate r, even ~ow I.y· d u s.~ b,~J II s on th e' no or; Th e 168 -sq LJJ a re-toot i In sta II at lo In too k Lou fiv€ years to nn ish! but its corn pll~~Ton i litstantly' tra nstorrn ed 1M ~ r i· nto a n a rt sta r.

H u ndreds Ow vol u nteer beade rs n'~ I ped Lou stltc h Backyard (].997J, a 525,-squan:~-·~D ot su bur ban )f,QJlrd ·wiith a peyote-sf tc h ga rid! en hose, a bea d ed VVe b e r grill, 8 fild ,2:50.,000 blades of faux grass, For StarSpang,fied ,Presid,ents (20.01). t,o u beaded 42, b ~aGk:-· and-wtl~te· prels·ident~al portralts" e,ach wlf,apped in ~ ifra m e of ~«)[I d bs'a d s" I rl 200211 .s h e ·was .aw(llrd e d

a M acArt h IJ If ife I ~O\i\fS hi i p.

Her m,Q 5:~ re1ce n t exh i bit. \ivh i c.h ~ nell ud.s,s, Cell. a bB(jJ d ed deat h rO\iV pris on ee II. and SeC't~'rity Fence.

complete wit~ n3JZ()r wire ano human f;igures. i 11 states ;().~. ~,g()[I1Y'I' was lnstalled at London's White

C[LJ~i~ [E:f~lla,ii""'l I~""'"'" sorlns "14·"'e ~ response ~'n '·W· hat's . IU!W ~CI 'CO.I}l CI.:JI [ . .;:) t-' 0" L .;:) ;a, ,;:) .... U .;:)'W lI,.u. CI.IIL .;:)

go i ng on i n t he 'wow' Id a rou nd terror; and 8 refl ectlon on the idea of co 11't.8J i n m en t;· 5 h e exp I a i t1 s,

"Beadwork is a .5loVi.~1 qulet practice that counts the hours, not unlike someone doing 'trimle. Sometimes wham I" m workl ng 0 n projects, I walke u p a ~d realize, "Wow~ eight hours heve gone b~l,! ,arnd l've om Iy fin lshed two inches. That narrowness of

rn orne nt-to - m orne lilt h)C[J 5 C~ n d rl ve .'YO u i nsane"

I n add ltion to hie r' stu d lo in L. A :'·5 artsy Topa nga C.a~jton~ LOll also rna i ntal ns a workshop i n Durban! South .Afric8. where, she cornrnlsslons t1.5S i sta n ce on I a rge- seal e 1 ~ sta II a'[i 0 ~ 5 fro m

10 ca II Zu I u bead wo r ke rs ..

"I 'w,as plannhlg my next piece, and r~a,l~z,~d = If ~ do this 011 my I{JWiiI, it 'w~ II take 75 years .. ~ needed manpower, and ~ W,8.S tasclnsted 'w~t~l the rich history of lulu beadwork, and lt all carne together"

l[o~ renteo a dance hall lin Durban ln 2005~ and b ega n co n n ect i ~,g wiith I OGa ~ c raftsworn ~ In ". T WI ~y soon to U nd they ha d so m eth i·ng m ore In com m CHi than the, mere mechanics of beading.

II Labor is underva I ued ~vler.~lwh~r~. and the

"I eborerto f"\ otten ~ri d ~ Ulp·· d" iscard i:!i~ ;; ~ . .-:;Ii id Lou ,',' S~·· I"L

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much of this craft is about taking pride ~fil doin~ something well,

I fr yo u mlGlI K'8 so mlet h i tIl,g co ncrEr~e als we,ll as you poSS.ibly can". you c:an°·tt be tossed ,away as easily by the· ·wolf~d" It becomes ~ts own m'srit, It.s O\fllrl

dign ity, II t becomes ,il source of pridet

For tou i watchi ~g how peopille' responded to the' Lon don sh ow IU nderscored so meth i illS: slgn ifica nt a bout the work ltsel f'.

H, I 'I'd! S€ 9' people wa Ilk i nto the .sa I h~J,y~ a n d some might glance ,a rou n d for a f,ew' ml~ n utes, the n 'w,a I k out. Noth ~ng' OLJIt ()1 the ord i na ry abo ut that lj filiill you stop a 11 d rea! lze that t h ey 'w'e re 1110 okl ng at a pi e ce til at took U, res, f'OUlr~ maybe f~ve yea rs me com plete"

Lou savs the protracted, bead-by-bead development of her mass lve woriks lils not unilli ke the pace of human Illite.

"'We h 0 pe to, I eave so met hliln,g of 0 u rsel vas

be h i nd !I' sorn €f[h ilng of' va I ue from ou r Iialb or. IBut. even that's not guaranteed, no matter how hard )/0 u wor ~ 0 r how beautlfu II th e' resul ts m ilght be" Then; might be a war; ,an earthq uake, a. flood. There' are' no prom i ses that a nyt h i ng of }f'ou wi i i b e' left,"

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beading and high-tech coding, people who labor over digibd b~15k5 maY' filnd something in common 'w~th Louis craft,

At 'U~ e' heart ot beadwork fro m ps,yote stliib:h to .lu Ilu stra n ds, t h ere is math. ~~.tt,e rns Oif' p ixell s 0 n screen ,8 ren i t 8111111 t halt d i fi'e rent f rom patterns of beads. on threads, when c:hJs8,ly obse nleclL For both kinds o~' cralters, cars,fBJllpl,8 In n i nlg ,8 ~d methodlcal, eye I i ca I 'thought, a re req U ~ re d. lin E%3 chi .. t ~ €, wlh 0 lie ~ 5 d ape n de nt on the pre c lse 5 u m of its, parts .. and the ti n ~est ca I cu latlon e rro rs ca In botch t he most rna mmot h of pn)] ects,

Coders dind beads rs might sha re so rneth i ng' more exlstentla I, to 0, says lOILI .

.• , I've' become more and more pesslmlstlc aver tii rn e, a ndl I don 't ex pact what I create to last fore¥er~ 11th iink ii~"s bette r to va! ue ttl e dai It~l aspect of what you do '= to. ]'ind jo.y in daii~y work =' instead of ~aboring for some great, fli'nall reward:'

Lou 's II atest exh~ b iit took place il~ Ja pa n ea rl i,fa r ttl ii s ~Naalr~, all the 1M US€'lJIlm of Contern porary A.rt ~n 10 kyo, x

Xen ii Ja rdi Ii1 is a tech cultu re' [ou rnal i st and co-e ditor of , b 0 ingbo i fig. net . .s I'H~ was once a,1i1I eli1iithusii,astiic pe!y(j,'~esttte her an d b eader b efore she d I scove red pixels",

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* F8StiliOr1 desli,gner Dil,ana Eng, self-proclaimed fashiorn nerd, s,ays n I 'rn tryi rng to make' fash lon

and. tee ~ nol o,gy sorneth i rng pe op I[e ca n rel ate to' iln thel r lives." She' g raced the ~ atlo n's lV'w,aves. ,ear~liler m,hIii:$ yea r as a contestant on 8 rave's Proiecr Runway. ~~ lP:art .aT iItlhe cha,~~enge is. that ~ 'm just 'curious. [I feel ~ i ke lilt cain def~ n ltel Y' be do ne but. I wa nt to know i1f rt ca riI be done."

o la na Eng is au ti kl ndl of fash lon des lgner, She loves science rnagazl nes and. cornlc books .. S[~le's ,8 techno -geek at heart 'who cades, her own H'f'Mll. on her b[l[og (di aD (3gtCi1g~c'om) because she [I i kels,lhavli ng design centro I over the [I ayout. ,8 nd i m ages, She loves to experl m ent and filgl]lre out how thi ngs wOlrlk [I t is w'iilt,~ th at curious ~[p~rrt th at E:llg~ 'who gnj1.du~ted from the R ~ ode [Is land SChOOl1 of [lOe,sign (R ~ S D) iin ,8 ppare,1 design two summers ago, ml8,y be our new hope for technology's flJtur~' 'iin fBl,5h~ on.

[11':$1 n 0 S~ rprlse that lE~ft's equ a[llolVe O'~' fashion and tech ~IO I[olgy goes 81[1 [I the 'w,ay back to hie r 'L ~ i I d ~ 00 d roots ~I~ Jacksonvl I[ le, FI,a. There, 'wit ~ Ih,~ r com pu te r ,5C ie ntlst fat her and a rc ~ ltect rnothe r, Eng a nd he r yo LJ IfIger brnlt~er (now an M IT student) would freq UJ!8nt a rt shows a nd rn useums, espe ch~,lly works by ,8 rttst Rih:ha rd Meyer. "We alw,a:ys had des,ltgn books am und ~'i' she rernemoers,

[I n the science ·world,. her mentor 'w,as her gra ndmother, a math ,(J IrlId compute r scie nee teacher; 'who WOt~ 10 ta ke En~' as a yo~ nt~ gji rl to math eonterences and who iintroduced her to research on sp~rolaterals.

BY' the t ~ me she reach e d her te ens Eng' was ,2:) I rea dy a guest I ectu re r at t h e IF lorida Cou nrc Ii I

of Teachers of M,a1lthiem,abcs an In ua[l[ conference. speak.ling' a.~ the, bene,flits, off IUslin2' v~suall a ids, such a S origam i or s pil ro lateral s. wh ~ le teach i n!g math,

[Her fashlo n designs stilow the [beauty ir~ the technical nties o.f Im,aUiI and sci e nee. [Be r s ig natu re showcase p ilace, the l,of/arab,le Dn9'SS, was created in school with her dass rnete and now bus mess part ner /co- designer, [lEmli ~Y' A[I b illnsk~., The concept for the pro] set w~!s to explore how design changes th rough shape and color.

Th e' d ress' ce riI tar is a modililfi ed ha nd vacuum connected with bJ bi ng to Ih ~'I P'

~ ntlate t ~Ie d ress. Va ryli ng the ,8 rnou nt of' ,a i r fro m

the va C uu m c h anges the, silhouette of; the dress.

The idea is, stmple: "'y(d11lJ might beat prom and you 'w-ant to bH the only p!~rs,o~-~

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your dress," Bl11g concludes wi't~ a

girllsh laugh

Her next ~'i~c~'. the oor~t,b~-.e~.·'D~t~~ Hoodis'. ta kes te cr . 0 I,o.~y ,a bit tu rth e r; lt's (i11 stylishly des.Ig~ - 'isie~ee ye!s--t~r

jacket co m p I ete 'with C~ m e ra ~ n d h sari rnon itor, The! co nee pt exp lores the! ide',Qj of lnvoluntanly documenting parts of one's I[iwe at moments Of interest or

~xc:~b~ me nt, Str,ategjcdilly p laced a Dove, the eye,::;, on the hoodle, t~l~ cernera takes photos as the, 'weamr's, ~ ea rt rate 'i n c re a,5~H5,. The ca m era i'ts,e I f is, wI red

d iscre ~t,ly th rou g'~ th e sea m 'i rig om the ga rment to a IBAS~ C Starn Pi that co m m IJl n icat~s with a. wi reless hes rt rate rno n ltor,

The BASIC Stamp U5!8S.8rl al~gorUthm to ,8rl,aIY,l8 the heartbeat for lnereases that might: .s'ignIfy a moment 01: excitement, as opposed to physi'ca,1 exerc ise, 51 nee 1th e p Ih otos are ta ken I nvol u nta rl Iy. t he w,ean:~r may d lscover Inlew poi nts of i Interest they may not have been con scious of.

In co ntra st. E ng' s M'ath'81,ma tical K'nitS' a rei a.

bea ut'f fu I collectio In (}T sweaters a nd sea NIBS lith at'

a ebuted at' MIT's Seamless fash ion s,how earl i,e r

t ~ is 'yea r, T he tech nology beh ~ nd the aesth etlc r s much more subtle, Created ,on lErlg!s large ~n'itting rnachine each design is based or~ the mathematical Fi bonaeci seq ue nee ~ a series of n u m be rs. relating to

* BiDmI_etic CiofW. ~Ieft) conwm 'hm one ~ook, 101 ani" other' based on principles f'mm bjomii'metiC5, d"eployable fill"lIIciliures~1 and 'iR:IZ'ij t]h;e Russian lI!llIeo,ry of' Iinventive ~,~r:;b~~.-Ilvii-- '. 'illii: ,Matftemafim-a" Knif :S-'C'alf It'r~-li1it).·.

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th e I ~ws. of natu rei and the gol den mea n,

.J ust 81S Leona rd 0 d a Vi' n cl a nd til e ot he r Re~'

na i558 1!1~ a rtlsts were ex pia ri ng' the harm,ony of

p ro ~IO rt ~o na I rnathe rnatlca I aesthetl cs 1th ro LJ,~ h 1t!he1r pa1ntings and sculpture. Eng' came across her ideals, 1n much the same way. '·'1 noticed 1Itlhat there 1St. a certain technique [on the kn1tltiln2 machine] tha1t' I ~ i ke to u 5119" ca I led the hol d i' ng tisch n iq u 13; bees u Si3' you halVie lito be constantly calcu~,at'[ng the stitches

i In :your h ead" En~ explai ns, "The way m works 'j s you add 0 n e n u m be r and add. it to t he second n u m ber and then you add it to. the t~ird number. whi'c~ is, v1ery similar to the Fibonacel sequence, I figured

I shou ld jl~.st, use the IF i bon ace ~ sequence and se ~ how that tu rns out ~rj,

Whalfs next for E~g? She and AI bii~s~'ii have f-armed B 118,clk Box Natii on (1b1,8Ck boxn at 10 11. co m)", a ~ew cQ,mpanlY forgi ~g a ~e~d w~t Ih the:iir 1001 leetlve vlslon of fashion and tech ~ology. The, II i ne debt]r[:ed at the Mlake'r Fairs fashion show ln Aprll, along w'ith thel r stY' II is h coil ectlon of ] e'we~ ry mad e' 'from ell ectron ic IP2IlrtS.

Enri describes the mean in.~' behind the, name: ,j j'We are usi ~g the term • b lack box~j, w~ ich ii s the, tech n ic;a~ term f-or ell e ctron ics where, you don 't kn ow 'wharfs ~nsirde~;j, she ,sarys ." Nation ii s added because we ffieel t h Sit ~ a lot ow tiiilmies ~ n tin e U niiited States, If) eo pile don't know what's go ~ ng' on: tin ey ji u st know that such ,8 nd S u ch w'i II ha p pen, but t hey don it know what makes ~t work"

1 he d iscourse has a.1 ready b egu n., Mlod e Is backstage at he r M a ksr Fa ire, show we re ove r h ISla rd

* PCB Radio Jewel~ (~eft)t tl;y lim'll," ,AI bilfllsk!l, ils oompmised 0,' ,a handmade cimuit boar.dl with PM radiO, earrings

as speakelt'St and a Ico:nnedlllll wIre Ibrace)s;l .. Wlhen Ilke vacC---ml is, actlinled till -_ ,lnflataDle Dress .(-'r-J,- hrlt\,-:hl'W:-

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ta I k i ng ,8 bout their outfits, I~n,')'w t,hey 'were, made, a nd t he techn ologles behl nd the m. M,ost asked questions and seerneo inte rested ~ n Ilearniiil1g more, Show atten dees ooh ed a rnd aa h ed in un lson as the stories bell ii md t he IPi e cas u nto lded,

ID ~;an,a Eng"s d rea m of movl rIl,g tech no ~ogY' 'Ii nto the fash ion ma i nst realm is sta rt~ ng to ha ppen, as 'w,e see her beco me one' o,f the definii ng' l,eader'S in th ~s ~,ew resl m ofr fa sh ion tee hnclogy, X

Nataliie Zee ~:s associate ,editor of CRAFT :i3Jnd writes for tns craft lbklg' at craftzine,cQm.

A poIY1es,te'r ell ass ie. the u lt ra-''Vlli de, do U b ~e-·1Ith i ek neckt ~e of the 1970.5, n e"ve r cam 9' back ins tyl e I ~ Ik'9 ~t shou ~d \f,e. N evert h el~ ess, you lea rm s:~~ ~ I plaY' hom age to one off the Me Dec:a de's most ga ri sh 1m om ® nts in men's fa sh ii(ln 'w~th "ttl ~:s U p ~ 011 sts r,ed s:witltc h pl a te,

Yo'u w'iill[~ need: 'W'i de 70,s, neckti e, pi ast lc ~ ~ght~sw·i1Itc h p late, :8 c isso rs j' pen c.i I ~ contact ce me nllt w'im h b ru sh i .x =.Acto b [lad e, nee'd [len(l,s,e pi i e rs or tW€N~Z,eJS,

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PI,ace' the f,abrlic f,ace dowrii. and Ulslriig tJ~,e w'id:esit pa tit of: tJrnie ·t~ie. ce:mlter tJrne II)I~at~ ra~€ LJI t:;l and traee j'~~ place m ~nt CUJH~ 1flIg- ~ I! outside ,jIC"'!.!11f tntced I illl~t!i.s,!. clI"e1!at~ a ~a'x~l~:n re(;iba~!O'I~_

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n lh iSI essay '!~"fhe lit) n.g "Ja~ I :" WiMdl's elm ris,

A nderson 'wrote~, "The futu re o"~' ente rta i n rnent ls in the m i lllons o,'~' niche markets at the

Fi rst, lea rn in.g~, recogn ltlon, and reel proelty rnotlvata crafter exc halnge at. least as m uch as economic profit The Arner i ea n Assoc i at i 0 n o"~' IF! 0 bby I no ustr i es

sha~low end err the bltstream" l've been wondertng reports, that .onlY' 15%, of cratters claim an interest in h ow the ec:o n 0 m lcs c h ange whe ~ exc ~ a nge movies se II i ng the ~ r creation s. Th e' rest. have other reaso ns ta rt h er down th e ta ~ I mln\)m ma n ufaetu red p rod ucts for mak,~ng thlilngs,.

to crafts, Se con d I ba rter a nd conversat i 0 n .a re more

W hi en ~ post a p lctu re o'f' a se I'~'- made la ptop i m porta n t modes of exc h ange to c rafters than

s.1 eeve on my we b I og, d oes th at mean that, my rnon eta ry tran sactl 0 ~IS. I Ii Iml P'~ rt b its of my kno'w-

laptop sleeve ls now "on the market"? M,an.y of us wou Id proba b I Y say that the ,8 n swe r d e'J::H;~ n 0.5 on wh et ~ er ~ olfffe r to sel I my :5,~ eeve to r a price.

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In t~is story, the self-made laptop sleeve Olin Imy blog is clea rly part '0m some system of excha nge, S'ti ~ I 'r it seems that i n this syste m of rna kers, users,

hlOw' in exch ange fa r yo u r recogni~,ion ,8 nd advice. I maJY ,8 ~SO' swa p my la ptop 51 eeve, to r sorneth i ~g t hat you have made. To, sell my !ap,t,op sleeve for money is. ~ ust on e option ,8 mo ng m a ny,

Th i rd, lin ks determ i ne the crafter va lue o,f an ob]'ect. Cr,afi,ers value ,object:5 'that can teach them something new, ,A, product rich wlth stories about its origl n 'I' maker; rnateri a ls, ,8 ~d teehn iiq u SIS. of rna rn l]1= facture is i~1fiinit~ly more interesting tlMall11 a product wit hout a hi story'. For ,8 crafter, a prod uct 'without

I ~n kSI is 8, dead product.

La:s,~,ly, crafter d ema In d s ~ O'W5 85 re cogniitiiio n,

than classicalecono rnles wo'l]ld haw it. W~, airs, used to 1thlnki~g that:

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»), price is determined by supply and dernend. )}, and. d ernand can be IfJ-~ rchased (sti mu I ated t h rough marketi ng).

BQ]t my goal wasn't to profit. Mun,ey drd not

a I WCJl:lS cha ngl(a ha n ds, t he re was no. I11tH9 d to negoti ~ ate a price; exce pt on Etsy. and nothl ng was spent' CN,] marketing.

Ifr' w1e st'! II want lito. ca II th is syst-e,m a ma rket, we need to update the defi'rlitlon of the term.

recorn me n dat ions. t ha n rna rk.etiiing do lla rs :5J:M!;1 nit on me dla space, Compantes who haJv~ dabb led i n purchasing recommendations 'wii'll keep burnlng t'hJei r 'fi nge rs,

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K lops is 81 sex:y beast, wi'[h curved po,il~ty he rns and a bottom row 01' sharp] agged teeth.. His. ha ndsorne fe lt-lined button eye

catches m iine! :allildi II ad m iire' ~ is po ~,ye5t~r 5tr~IP ofJ' man-fur thatruns from hls ch~n to bellow hii's navel, H e's ti~'H9 LJ ltlmate eye 110 ps, ,8 II ~dy~5 monster, iiif you wi IIII ~I' at I east dlcoordii ng to hls creators at CreabJ re Co-op ,(cr-eat LI reoo-oD.com ll' 'who ru n a boot ~ at the an nUl8111 Las ,Angellle's, Bazaa r Biza rre, ,8 bustl i I1g; craft raii'r that 5e,1 ls eV1elrythii ng' from kn ltted foe d b) la mii = nated purses to, magnet boards made 'wit ~ vi ntage fra meso I get to the, fa ~r right ,after the doors 0 pe n, and a Ire~,d'y lt's mobbed with peop lie. ,As. I rneke my waY' down the, lo'ng a isles of vendors, I n~all lze that ha nd-stltch ed dolls - wlh leh range from adora ble Japanese- ~llnfllJllenced an ilm a Is to IIh a Irf='clral~ed fuzzy creatures that: hover somewhe r-e bemeen cute

an d creepy - are attraeti Irilg swarms of people ,8 nd seem to be, one' ,ofr the hottest cat-ego ries aft the faiiir,

Accorcingto lR.obert Kallin of Ets:y (etsy.com). an onl'iine, marketplace fur ha ndma dIe s]uff. the stttched doll t re nd sta rted in 2003 with the, ~)O pu I a riiy

of Uglydo~ls (ualydolls.com)" Six ,Y"lears iearllilier. Su D'1- Min Kili m, j ust out' of art seho 01, stitched her

first Ug1lydo II (based on a drawing b:Y' her boyfrie rid, designer David Horvath) named Wage'! a pointytoothed ~ ,orange pi tl shl creature who we~ rs, a b I u e' apro n. Accordi rilg to his, bee k story, Wage we nks, at Su per Mart e.ve'rill tho lU81~ rna n agernent at the sto lie' dcesn't kfilCJ<W of Wag¥;],'rs ,existeruos, ,and 'w~en Wage is omf-duty~ he tries to make frlsnds witttl fire' h,ydrants,~ phone booths, a IiiIdi ,a nyt h i n,g 'e I 5e that looks 10 rae I'y'.

Kim and. Horvath's first order was with Gia~t Ro bot ~ a n As ian -Ame rica na po p-cu I't u re shop i Iiil West L.,A,.! who asked 1'0 r 20 Ug Iydolls.. Those, sold ou t i n 0 ne day~, so 'Gi i a nt Ro bot orde red 20 m 0 re, t he n1 ,50. Th e order s hot up to t500 do I ~ s 'with i n 18 m onths, and Ki rn's hands began b~oodiliilg from sew-

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~ng them 8,M herseh, Thafs when she decided it was tl me to hire hel p, By ,2003, Ugl,yd.'o~ Is wtlre' ,8 bona fi de h it 'wlt h eo liege st udents and 50CC~ r mom s a I 'i ke. These days" ~S,O,OOO Uglydo lis ,8 re rna n ufactu red ear: ~ rno ~~h i ~I Chiina I' a n d hand- stltch i rnlg dolls is ,8 cr~1fiti ~lg craze,

HI u nd re ds [of' eratters use the, i ntern e,'[ as t he ~ r trading post, where they buy, sell, trade, and

ex,c han g'e ~ nform 81 t~ 0 ~ on these we,i rd I itt I~ dlo Its. Comlml~ ~ uties of c:raft-ers aJr-e shar'iing th'ei r c'r~a.tio inS and 'f~ eo i nlg O"ff of [each other:·s id ~as'r ,g[~n~lrati nlfi mdnl~'~rend.5Ii~[~ kn'itted bear'S, iln striped SW~8jt[~r'S" ~In i'tted 'Ybd a s ,a no zo'm b i[es~ cats wit h two head S r ~.a Ind~-stit'c:h e d body pa rts, (] r c r-ocheted [eu peak.as.

Eiltsy recently hosted a co nteslt t-o r a :s pecific style of s~'itc.hedll dol ~ ~n own diS ,a'migur-umi. A,ml~gur~ mil" IS a Japa InHase wor-d meiBn 1 n~ cr-ocheb:~d 'Or knltted do II. Tin e' ] u ry i:S, 0 u~' ,a mong' dlo II ma k,e rs a s to whe'the r t he cuteness, and 'w,eii rd ness rOlf these c rea't~ res are pa FIt rOm the defr~ niibon., b U~' Ka I i ~. orga nii z,ar olf lE tS'y~s am ~gu t'u mli C(Hn~'es.t." enco u rages, ,antr.a nts bJ desig n .. ma:s.~ ~ ps and mluta nts:~ Contest entries i ~cl ~ded butter '& toas.jlt, a p~ratel sqLl~d;, a ~'urtle bird. an

a ngry sheep, a ~d a coffee bea n, The pi rate sq u i(~l took fi'r'st place,

Ka Hn s.ays a nil igu ru mij dolls a re the most P<)Pu ta r items on th e Etsy slt.e,~ 'with a se II rate off ove II 50%,., T ttl,ey go for a riI~where' frorn $10 to $100~ b ut w'i'th ce rtiticatles of; aut hiS ntlcity, Ka lin bel leves the toys, could be big business claimiliilSi UAmigunJmi cou~d be the, next Be,anie Baby~ on Iy handmade"

T he m ost po pu I a r ssl ler on Etsy is a c raft~r known as Goullmet Am lguruml, a,. k.,81., Bet h Doh erty ~ whose own sits i n c~ udes b i kl n i -elad bea rs ~ SQ IU i:s.h(y bea n -fi II ed s na i I s~, beat n i k: cats, and ,sc rna mli ng p IU n k gi rls, A, pa i ntsr wit.~ a fi ne arts degree, Doberty to ok tJI p croc bet i ng to u nwl ndl am't'e II sh e was hasp ita ~ i zed wit h cr ush i ng m ~g ra i ne beadac hes, When she fo u nd lin ks to j fJlpanese· am igu ru m i sites 0 n crafts.ter,org", sh e' began rna k i n,g sma II croc hete d an i rna I s, ~~ fi rst

~ made a d u m py ~ lttl e -cart" she says, but ,e-vermttu ally grad u ated to. ~ i ttle s rls and. snal Is. Doher'[y adm its"

!. ~ 'rn em barrassed to. te I ~ pea pie whlat ~ do. ~ have m.o ex plal n that th ey a ren 't h lde ou s"

I~ fact, it's jus-lit, the' opposite", Because of' her attent ion to deta i I ,8 nd exq u isl te crafts rna rn s hi ~ p, many othe r do II rna kers cite Do ~'H;;ltty as an ilnspi rati 0 n '" ,A pie rtect lo n i st. Do h e rty' ad mire's J a panese

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m~ ~d s pend ilng lots of' [lime on a srnal I piece, snd lit':5 those little details that rea~ly ,appea~ to me.'

Doh[erty also claims Andy Warhol among her

i nf~lIence.s.. ~~ H 1"5 WO'r~ isn't mY' favnr'i1lt,e, but I a.dm'iin~ his attitude bJ'ward art. He blended consumer goods with art." Doherty see rns to have a knack fo r this. as well, Kaliiin says thait not on~.Y are Doherty's do II 5 the best se I le rs [on Et5y~ t h[ey are' usua I ~y 50 I d wit h in ,;2'.0 m i n u tes Q[f bel nl!5 u pload~d"

(~iUi3 m~bor1l1 Jess. IH utrch iso ~, 'wh 0 11 ow I iws iiin Sa ~ F" ranc.iisco ,a Ina is kln!own ~nr her h ~ n dreds a,f kin ittted r[ol:) otSI andli cute ersl8t La re~s,! do~'S,n 'Pt like, '[0 se II hr~ r goods", ·'1 pr~i'~r that' pieop[~e ask, me how to mak"e' 81 toy r:ather Ul811n how ~'O buy it ~Dlit'iic811Y', it's. a natu= ra I ext'ensiiion off: ~he D I 'V th~ ntg." H utch~:so[1n explail"ns. ;i'We ~Iflft to m a k,e stuff as Ih Ul rna ns., and it' m a k'es,

Knitwi zj[imhi:es and their tJic~ (prec.edmg ~ Q.:r(! ~ by Ha'l1luJi Sitnp-SCfl1! uiIto'r ,o.hsesseil" with George Roni.€Tr/s 1978:

Dawn, of th,e D-eat'l, ,Irifluemed .by Jap.an.€:5e' wF~' these robr:m (Hekt) tb""erg knittm by Jess HUll:hi.ffJ.n! 'WIw ~s Degn, rrutlting ,top :$;~ce :iM UJa'S a tiel. ICutE' wiln an €.~ croc'helxil r.abbi~' am.l lti.mh' dolls (page,9J1 by B~th DQherly- ,are e.utmpks ef what Sclut'

sen se m,akiiing stuffed toys, creartiing sOlmlethiilng ~llJrract~o nal i n a n em:ot'ior1al way'!' something' that has an a rtiiistiic q ~Iali ity to, it"

lln II ii k'e Doh,erty, H u tc hi i so n d ldn 't study art iiili1 school. Du rl ng a period o~ unern p Iloy rnent, her siste r taught her to k~ it 'Onc€!: sh e' got tilred m Imak'i ng sweaterS'I' ehe 'tho ught, ~~ What if II k Iii! it a ro bot?"

H utch lson cou nts Dli sney concept artlilst M,a ry Billa ir a,mong her ilnflluence.s" B~alirr was the: concept arti st '10 r Se\l19 r,a ~ Dli sl~"ey fi I ms ~ i In C ~ u d i n,g A uce to 'Wonderland~, Cinderella', and ,~ter ,Panf. and! w,es the d€ts,igin'err ()w the D~sney'land attraction lt's a Sm,allill World., Her colorfu I i Q Uli r ky a bstraet work, ~nsp~ res mlan~ stitched doll makers,

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Hannah Sii'mpsorn, a Briiliis~ pu b wa:rlksr ii ~I Oxford, Ellgjland, gets.l0~OOO hilts a w~ek on the Fllickr pi51ge, d ~ spl ayiiing he r k rn itlt,ed Da'wn of'the Dead' dollill s. ,A, rn,ovie~ r S iilm pso 11 s.talrte d k.~ itt'iing d ollis ,8 ~ itUe ov~r a year ,ago. 'ObSi~~sed wTth G,~orge IRolmlefo'~ 1978 ,Dawn ,of' th'e Dmd, to the pOli ~1lt wh~ re S ~Im pson owns iib~lr 'coriiiss of the horror '~llick, 8.rnd t1 as. S€H~~n m at ~'ea5t 50 t iilm,es ~ the zombies 'we r-e her fi rst sta b ;m dol ~ m;akjin~., Winy the hJi\Na a1fif;a~ r wiittl Dawn of the ,Dead? 8ilmlpson rea ~m~'y expla~ ns, "i'They' re tulS, 'wls"re, them,;;' refrielrJring' t{) the fi Ilm's t] nde'rlyil~g message ofr' consu mer"iism, oonform iity" and priilm.a~ fear.

Once Si mpson be,gan kniiititi rn~ dollls" she cOUJ Idln ~t stop. IIIn ,a oonstanrt rus.lr~ ~'Ol malke' more. :shle, knlts on WM9r dalY shift' at thei pub and ibriings her woo.~ evelfYwt~ ere, she go eg,. Hi,elv ~ at,est project iii::;; kn iltlt'i n,g tih,e

band, The' W h ite Strii pes, Next ~ sh e p,1 ans to recreate cheracters from ~ he, Star Wars movies of the 7'Os.

Gierman alrti:st IP,atriiiC ~al Wall her s1tr,addl~,e$ the fence be'twee'ril kitsch a rild art 'with her erocbeteo c martians that ars better fit to. siiltr iin a ealll~lery than to be messed on a sota .. Cii'tiiing M arce I DuG h a m p, Rene M,agrii tte, J e·Ur'ey IKOoo n s ~ a nd Vi ncent van Gogh ,a mong h er

i rnfJ~ uences, Wailier's pieces Ii nel ude co ~,~ oined teddy bea rs, SI s h a rk ole til c hli ng ,a hu main I e'g b etween its teeth ~ and dentures soak ilng' Ii n a gllass. jar.,

To Wall ler, erochetl ng Ii s a poll~lIt.~cal statsm e nt, She' contends that. wool lis consistently negllocted lin the art wOlilld and says'f. ~F.O'f course I take' advantage of the i mlage of I housewife art;r so. th,at ~ alit. jfi rst gllence'I' my works appser iln~,ocent ani ,a closer look, I~owever~ people 'willi discover a sort oJ vicious, ilrlon~,. ~ am interested in transferrl ng the ma~,erij,alll to another level"

Austra I ian toy a rf st J ake H enzle r has ,(11:$'0 become obsessed with ma,king kn nU'eci doll Is. B.elffo reo p~ cki nlg up the need les, Henzler's prl mary creative out let was dlii_gliltall lillm agl ng! but no, longer, Henzl er oonf'Bssed, ,! !'Whi ~e l'rn kn ittins one t.oy~ ~ get: an idea for the next: one a nd stalrt: it right after I' m filn~shl ed,"

Henzler's pl~ec-es a Fe both! funny a r1(~111t.~(}~g~t,provokilng., ,A, homage to the' Var1 Eyke masterpiece

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t.atel Y'I' HI~ n z le r has c ha nged his a p prose ~Lr corn p la i n ~ n g', •. , I; m tiiilr-edi of the c ree py t hirlln,g f'olr IlrOW'." ~ lils.t~adr ~re halS d ~cid~d to go' for st raligjht~u p eute,. Among !his late'st clr-eati'OI115 ar,~ Tr'evor th,~ E ffe ml ii ~ a:te Koa Iia a nd a 0 ~ e~'e~ted po I,a r bea r nlam,edi S,asha"

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o n Ily m at h e m at lcs event i n h 0 no r Qf' M1 artl n G a rd n e r~ tine famed mathematl c I an and puzzler (he wrote a co I u rn n ~ n Scie',(J!tiflc A,me'n~can '~()r al most 50 yeats) ...

H,er talk is about crochet' ~.g math ~ a subject that has ga r n e~ ned. h e~ r inc reas I ng m ed I a am tent i 0 lin ~ 11 recent yea rs, M IL1ch of' the a ud le nee i 5, we ll-versed ~n th,e geometry of the' hyperbol lc plane, but most pe op I 12' ha!v!e n't h ad. a chance to p I,a~l w'i th so m e o'f1' the best hYlPerbol i c m ode Is to came out of' acadern i a:

Taimina has crocheted them ..

M ode I 5, existed before, Ibt~~ they we rei; tali rly fra.gi lie.

She explains: ""Wililidlm Thurston msde a paper and ta pe mode I arc u nd 19815. In 1997, II was go~ ng to teach ,8 Cla5:5 and 'ftihQughitt:~ 'I can't use th is;' lt's fa II i ng apertl " So I decided to c roehet one.

With the rnathematlcal programming Inh~r~nt In

a crcc het patte rn " .. sh e' W,aiS db I 8! to, make 8 st LJ rdy, p~ la b Ie mode I ~ hat rea ~ Iy gets ale ross t h~ p Ihy.s ~C,ai~ ity la·f t IfH~ h.YlP~ rbo lie p I a n e I! e'Vsr~ to ord i na ry 0 [lise rvers, Her students w~ntr nuts.

lilt's not that you haven't S'B~n it b~fr,(Jr~:· she points

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by o,f ruffled lettuce, cUlrl.lt kale, the ri'lPpled EH:l,~~Sl e~f ill S~~ sl ug, "·We,II.! the sea s Il],g ~s not tro m my ,gard e In ,i'i' S IfH~~ laughs, . .s h ~ gCH:~S on to ex:pla~ n WI~,aJtt geornet rlsts ,8 I ready kn ov«: 'whi I~· .a s phere has consta rrt pas ltlve cu rvatu re, a hyp,e roo lie plane is the 0 p pos [te of a .spiler,e." ~a.ving constaln~' neiative, Gurv,atlJJ r,e." lit is ,always eurviln.~ away from ~tslBlt c:a~.silru,g the r~ppl,e W€, SEh~~ 'i n n atu reo a.fl din mat h text:books".

Havi'f1Ig the phys.~c.al models (~n hand allowed

lai m ina t'() explore nfJW idslas a~d pnJve mew' COIl1lrl9CUOnS" liThe oUler r,ealization is tha~' m,aybe t'~is can be a fashion line for mailthemalticialls!i' sh,ra says". tW'irling her skirt. She g,rats a big la~g~ and some

eager loo ks. M,ath ~ m at i ca I fas ~ lo n m,ay not have hi t the big' 'fti me yet; but the I ntersectlon of crattlng and science is. d€i'fin~lIr)el.)l O~ ths u~S.9.

Mlarga ret W:erthe ~ m, tor one, is th r~ II ed a b ()ui[ it

.A science jo LJ rn a I lst, she '~'C)i(A nded t~ e I nstltute for Fflgu rl ng i n 20.0.3 'with th e ~ dea otd rawl ~g iartt.e:n 'kilo n to what she, ca lis the, !. poetl c a no aesthetl C aspects .,' ()if sclen ce ,and m athemat I cs, Ta i min a and her h u 5- band gee metrtclan Daivid. H e'~ derson, were ~.mlong

t hie 'fi rst peopl e ii nvlteo to 119CtU re .. Ever s lnce then ~ t hie II nstitute has been talc k.11 i ng to p lcs Ii ke knot ~ heory, ten s,egrity struetu res, and paper 'u:(,J.ld i ng ~ as w1e II as c-onti~Ulil1g to explore h~perbQI~c crochet. 1 hey coordii n ate, I erChll res and exh Ii b ltlons, d r'aw i n.g t ~'H~ attention (:)it the art and desilgn worllds. to oblects llke Taimina'5.

Th'8 I nstltute has ,8 num be r of; exh Ii b ltlo ns comi ng u pin t h,~ next ye1ar (as \ivell as s u p P ortl ng her with a grant), lind uding the display of a eel laboratlve crocheted co ra I n~H~iI1 a.~ '~ihe lACE gal Ilery." lRe$]pondlng to 'fa i m ~ na 's wo rk w~'~:~ hy perbo lie .5 p8G~.! W(!J rt h elrn and ber sister Ch rlstl ~I~, ia co-d in~6tor I()f "tt~e I ~.stit~t~! st a rte d p I a y Ii ~,g aro u nd a nd crochet i' ng thel r own for rns, r ncl u d i Irng sh a pes th at ~Qr(J ked ~ I ks k~ I p a nd cactuses, '''We ~~d them arranged on our dlnl n,g room ta~ 1181:' say.s W~ rth e i rn, a n Au stra I Ii a, In ~ •• a n d as

it ~l'BY ,gliE:lW1, Wfj rea llzed that 1~ looked llke a cordi reet" .A crocheted r~e'fr' 'is no colncidence; like kelp, coral reefs h,ai\i\e hypE3rbClllle geoms,try- 1~ them.

Th e' s i'sters sta rte d i ~vlt'i ng P'BO P 118 to co rrltrli bute pieces ot ~ he' r~e'f.. a nd so on had so many s u brn issi ons that 'they ,elilded up in ~'hre J)o5itio~ of eurati Iilg crochs't'_ I In th e p rOOBSS of I ooki'nl~ fo r .a spaoe ·to, le_;xh i bit., t'hey werle surprised GlJtld de·l~g~ted to 'find that a

n tJI mibs'r of Cith elF' iliext~ lie ,art~sts. we re a l.so ma ki ng rOo ra II re·errrs in d '8 ps! n den t I y. Th s! .s hcl'w i.s te ntat i v!s I Y btll ed

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~i I 've Got a Co ra[1 [Ree''''' Too" a rld w~ II i[ne[1 uoe d iffe-rent art lsts' interp retat i10 n s.

A I[ I[ ow al S i!j dden ~ craft mat h. and art are co[mli ng bJgeths'r in 'w,ays that no one could bave pred icted, Or; as Werthei rn puts, lt, '~':crafts. have become mechan lsrns for [m,a[kJng' rea I[IY ij nter,sst.iin,g- ,a[tJ't:~' On the other :s.~de .olIi the At'l[a nt lc, LJ nh/€:rs.irty of Bni sto[1 resea rcners Drs,. Hi[i nke Osi nga and iBernd Krau skopt a rn fincH ng out the' same tlh i ng, Li ke Ta[i[m i na ~ Osl n.ga orlgl na ~ I'y cro chetad i n her spare tme, but she and Kr.aus[ko pf re:aI [ilZOO, th at th ey cou ~d ap P~Y' it to the i[r rsssa rch The resu[I't was a crocheted [lorenz, 1lli1;a,i1l[if'o[ld, wh i[ch ls a repress ntatlon ot c haos in the farn O~$, [~orenz sy.stlem.

The [lorenz rnanlfol dis am example 'of' a cornpl icarted s Uirf'alc~' t ~ a t shows hi OW' c haos a rri ses [i In a syste m that c:~anges in tme, O.s,~nga, el~dI KraUisko pf

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deve lop co rnputer methods, to fi nd a nd viis u ~,I lze su c[~ surfaces. {lOS inga gives ,8 n exam ple: ~~ Such a surface rn ay consl S'[ of ,8 II possi b Ie posltlons and ve loci tiles. of a spaces hillP such th at ~t, reaches a specific point" 'he work has, appl icattl 01111 S, ii n leser diyna rnlcs and neu ro I ogi ca I research 81S wel [I.)

W hile their work centers on computer rnetho ds, the, crochet [project was !~ d r~ven by tJlhe need to, see and 'fee,l[ the, rea[l[ tlli ng ... we rea Ilizle n ow' how mu chi art~$t.iie va[l[ue the crocheted Lorenz rna n ifoldl has,"

The Lorenz [project tu rned ,o~t to be, ,all11 i ns pii'rattii on for arrtt~ sts, alnd ,8 grl~at pu b[11 iie ,ou~.rea ch t,oo I" It; 5 st ri ki ng how eager!ly the5~' malth~'matieiii~.ns shar~· t he'ii r plrolces:s,~'s'I' t ru~ to th~ 0 pel~ ~au r'ce roo,ts 0]: ,e ndti ng. ," [I t 'W~,S i m port'a nt to us that al~Y'O ne s.rno~ 10 be arb lie 'bJ repeat O~ r er[~~t'iion~ but we' were actua II[y 'worriiied that nobody wo ~ [I d trY,;,1 I' ,adilm its IQsiiinga. so th,~y otfre r-ed a Ib otit'~e of chs m paglriN:! to t Ih 13' f:iilr'st' person t:o c roc he,t ano~her man ifro[1 d.

She, sMolU l[dtJ1't have' [been nS'r'ilOlls: they got three response's. ~1tJ1 tw-o 'w1eeks.. "'Wei lealnnt how the uSle of Inandc raft for v'iisQ]a~ ization m a[kes ('Omp~iex mSJthemat~ ~cs ,extre,me~Y' Cllccessiib ~e t.c) th e' genera I publ ic.·~ she says. jj It s,erves, (lIS ,a n ,e.ye,- 0 pen e'f to p'eop,le, wino thoug~t math errnath::s wlasn~t' frO r t~em,;n

Draw'iing more people, into geometry is som:et~iing Dr; Sarah-Marie Belcasbu welcomes" A youn_g. ensr,getii:c assista~lt profesoo r at Smiith Go~ Ilege and t&ile co-d iirocttor O'ff th e H am[pshirte Go~ h~,ge S ummer Stud[ies iiin [M,at~ematics program ~ she, bewali~s the' state of universidtjl geometry progra ms. '11'We'[~, lucky if' a given [i[nsUmution has. one IUjndergradu ate ,g,eomeby course,~~~ she, points out. Her homep-aget;Jomidais~ark. net he s al fascinating col II~ction o,f' lin[k~s to ~xamp les of rnethemm ieal k~ ijUing,~ croc1heting~ and fibe r arts, and is one, om the best resources on the state of 1!lhis emerging neld"

Be lcastro k n [i ts th i ngs. most pee p I[e 0 n~'y vague I[y remember lIirom hig~ school or c'OI[[I,ege' math classes: t h res- ho I[ed toruses, K[I e i[ n bottl es ~ a nd pro] ectl 'Ie [P~ anes. He ii K le i n bottl e hart looks [II i[ ke scm sth i ng su rreal lst tash lon designer [Elsa Schi a pa re[I[~ i wOlJlld have sa nt out 0 ~ t hi e ru nw;aIY':I' a rn d s hi e po i nts 0 ut

t h a t mat h ~ ntl ue nees tash lo n rn 0 re t[~ a n 'we' rn a,y th~ nk. Every tme you sliip on a. bias-cut dress, you· re lPay~ng homage to [M,ade[l,e,i[ne V[ionnet w~o invented. euttl ng ac ross the grai n of fabric 'ulor :5~ perlor drape and considered herse lit a geornetn C ian .

'he' confll[ue nee of fash lon and math ls m a[k~ng' w,aves ~n the book world'I' too, Belcastro and her crarfting partn er are work~ ~g on a proposel for a boo k on mat~ema1lt,ilC5 and fi ber alrts~, aimed at crafte rs

81n d mathemenetens. Knitting Na'ture ~ ,8 book [b~l

N orah GaltJllg~,an" was just pt]lb~ lshed thiis [past su rnrner Ib~t Stewart, 1a I[bolrlil and Ch~ng~ and features skirts, sweaters, shawlsJr ,and shrulg5, i ~~pin3d, by 5tarl~:sh, tortoise shel 15~ 81n d h on e-yoombs. "hie, ~ ~~,ersoct~on

of kniitti ~g arndl math see rns to Ib~ "out th e re ~ n the

ali[;; as she puts it) [N,~x1I:, y~a r w~ I[I[ see the a rriiva[1 o.f

al ~ong'=~w,aiiited book, 'om IP8'tt~'rns. edited [o:y Sa bri rna G5c~w:8ndltner, ~Jlhe feu I11d~r .om kn itkn i~ . !net ,8 n 51 rt, and crailfrtiing 'l iin~' th at has prl ~t~d patterns for geodJ~sic harts ,and ,ASC[I[ I[ 'weavii rig.

Whiii[le' a 1[[1 these books, m[~y have ~ee'med oom'~ [ple't~'ly on the 'fri ~,ge ~I ]'~iW' ,yea rs ,ago~ th~ tiiim I ~g Im,ay be j us1 r~,ght Geolm,etry has ~Inr~v~d. Clr~1Ifrt ~.5 coo~ .ag,a i ~I .. And maylb e those Im.ath e~,asses 'wi II start fr"i II i ~g ~IP now. ,X

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~o've the' ldee o1ff scree n pri i1~j r1g, but m~ver qUii~~ mastered. the processes of ernulslon, dark,roo rns exposure tl rnes, powe r 'wa\sl~erSI' props r ~n k cons ilsttelnCY" a nd proper tli It of the squeegee. So, when a few years ago ,a Japanese art~s~ friend suggested I try her screen printl ~g system brought from Japanl~ ~ was al ~Iittlle' Illeery .. ~!. rNJ 0, lt's easY';'~ she inSlilslt.ed",

She described Pril~t IGIOCCO as ,8 self-contained QJ n ilt t hi art both exposes and prl nts 0 n pa per cards, cornbl nri ng the basi C prl ncl p les o'~' screen pri ~ti ng and IrQJ bber .stalmping", That 'was ,8 III I n eeded to plq ue m[)t inten~5t and trolill onlme for a klt o,f my own.

Ailithough there were 81 'f:ew 11M ig~ -pn ced ~ lstl ngs an e lBalY ~ aifter a n extensive on I i ~ e· sea rch, II was abl e to sec IlJI re a k lt tro m ~ n "C.:I rt 1f"''''"O' r~' If" ..... u·eoll-y" alnd-I 'i· ..... lJo"'aFII,JI."'",~ln :;jj~: . 'IU' .' '._ ..•. - II y' . (;ill' Clil·.·;;jo !L •..• . [e. ,;jJ iLl.· ~'Ib. > .' '._ . .- [ U!lIu ,b'O!L IL'CO .

she lves for ~.p proximate Ily $,150,. Once ImY' Goccc a rrlved, lt too k IIIeS5 t ha n an he u r to rna ke' my fi rst set. [of prii nts: the 'i~,W~ ~r~ wh eels" fll,ow~r design on the, back. (]f ,o~d IP ostca rds,

U n ~ i ke sc reen p rl nt i'llng1, there are 0 ~I~Y' fou r b aslc steps to the Prii nt Gocco system: make you r dlesig~I~, expose the a rhwork ins lde the rrtaehine us ~ng briiight ftas h bu ~bs, iiinl~ the, scree 1i1, and prl nt usl n(g the· screen ins-ide, t he rnsch ine",

L ~Ike alii GIOceO owners, I showed offi' my mi rst set of prmts and ~it to eve ryone II Iknew. And, Illii ke so many othe r Goeco geeks, I 'was eV~11i1 able to corwl nee my ~oGa I art store, to stock the sys'b:~lml a nd 'its ,aGCe5S0~ ries, as. we II~ as ofli,elr classes, Durl! ntg mlY i n iti,alll 'GOCCfJ on Il'iilru~ mOira,)'" III a lso found the '609~'m'e m ber- strong Yahoo 'Gooco gJOI~ p. a trSi8SU r-e tnlve of Goeoo i nibr~ mlation", ideas ~ an d s.waps", 1 here' i:s, a Iiso the mon~ recent IFII ~ cl~r Gocco group',!, wilth 189 mem bers.,

G DC-CO h as belen ,8 staple iln Japal~ si noe the 19705, w'h e ~ ilit ·w·a s fililrst mlSJlrketledi as, april nt Ik~t that the w'h 0.1 e' fa m i Iy cou Id enjoy. ~ n the pa:s,t few' yeaIJrs,;

i nte rest Ii 1r1 th e' G ceca syste m has been stead illy lncreaslng i riI the U nited States~, as artists, designers, zinesters, and craftsters d iscover it, fue,lledi by on ~ ~ n e' word -c~"~'- mouth. Enthus.i asm tor G()CCO ~Scontagious. The universal first res ponse to seeing a G occo in a .. ctli on is "I gotta ge't, one' <ow these I ~,

lt's no surprise to IGIOCCO' entt~l].siaslts that near~y one-third of Japanese households own a. P'rlil~t 'Gocco~ tJI sl ng them reguilially to pri nt persona Illi.zed ho ~ ida.y- cards. orr i nv itat tons, 'Whtd Ii s surprlsl ng is the II ac k of great success tor IPr~ rrt Gocco outs lde Jepan, save fur au r own legion of devoted TOlllowers.

Wlilth all thls growing mterest, you'd thiinlk 'Gooco~s parent cornpa ~y, R lso, WCH.~III d i nerease PIr'O duct ion, rnarketl ng! and sallies ~ n the United States, but O~ the e·ontrary! lR:i:so decided to p I!J II the pll!Jg on us shortly beifi,on~ Ilast Chrlstrnas, T~,e mach iines h.aJ\fi~ been di s~

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connnueo, WI-- rmrtec S,UlPIP ~~5 anc accessories Oln

hand '" ill .S. :5UIIPP I le rs have al~ re.adly ru n out of stock. on the, falm i I la r powder-bl ue B'~6 Ikit~, and prices for the rn B1 re s ~yroc:k-~tiing ani ~Bay.

So II wonder; ca fil Go ceo, be save d?' No one is certaiiin. Wlith the dfscontinueliltion of Gocoo here" many worlldw~d~ fans speculate about the tuture of the system i n t he i r own countri es, a nd IR i so r:e mld1li ns tight ~ I i pped ,8 bout alny futu re pl ans .. MIl' own fan ~ site, savegoc co .co m. attempts to keep ato p ilthe latest G occo news and the, effo rts to save iil. Once' mjt slte receives ':tOOO Sigl~l~ii ns i n the guestoook, 1"11 approac h other e-oml~\anii'es 'wh [) may be, iiinterested ii n mal~ufacturi Ing it. fingers, crO-ssed ,and ,~() ,~o Gocco ~ X

J iii II j8,lii So$. > (::)()mfi(l'ii'tt. with both h:alnd!Cn~ft$ .alt'ild tte,chltlo I o,gy can be '~racedl t-o, her '~ech~itink[ern'r dad. who w.as a Im'emiber of tth~· Flomebr'ew Camp ute r Cllub. ~tild her mom.,. who madie alii1ld SOld cr.afJTs each Christmas. Visit her siibe at b I i 5'selfii ,00 m.

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Many of these toorks are lim~ted edition prints highlighted in ~ we. Heart Gocco, » a shoto organized

by the Wurst Gallery in Portland; Ore.~ intended both to extol the delights of Gm::.co printing and draw a~neH to its potential demise.

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retro oi lcloth mor totebegs, and Betty Boop 'ull a rnel 'for p~ lloweases,

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morns, These a re seamstresses WhiQ a re terrified to rna ke so rneth lng to. w'e',a r for the mise lves, lhey' lie ~ idi ng out i n H orne Dec, because the last ti me they made 81 d ress, it wa s such ,8 dilils.a ster they" re sf [II I[ trern b~ i ~lg wUh shame,

What was the problem? Why dlid they never attempt a jl(3lcltet", a pal r of jea ~IS - a T- shii rt, elvel~t? The answer ts i~1 CHile' dreaded word: curves -m,he, dh:1 bo[I[~ La~ d.es.iglin of the ferna le m~gurEt Aside from a[11 the adolescent angst U~ey cause, curv~ ng bodies present the fiirs1fi, rea ~ challenge to the, home stitcher,

The c ih lef CI~ I prits a reo fou nd ii'n the, ILl n stated pr~ro.galtives of the most 'we [1[[1 = known [pattie rn corn = pa nles, T[~l~Y don 't advs rt~ se ~.hii 5 fact, but, VQg-~ e, B~Uerii'c:k, Simpl~c.ity.r McCall;s., and] Ne'w Look, a[I[[I[ deslgn t h e,i r pattern 5 1'0 r ,8 B'~eup, no matter ho'w ~a r-ge the chest m~81$U re rnent, You cou ld ,C ut «Jut

t ~ e tissue 'w~th al -4(t~ bust. a ~ d iiit 'wou Id stii I [I be d11 B=cup: this is astound ilng' wlhen yo u thi n k 0" how f,ew wo mien Belt] a I~'y fit that' measurement.

TI1 ese sa me patterns a ~ so p 1,8-(>8 the apex of

t he bustl ii In e (where you r IWI i pp les s lt) at a h lgh angle, lPoiiiln~'irl~' at the stars", [If you're, more at sea ~[eve ~ or be ~()'w. the f n ished gClllrm e nt is, ,10 i ng' to ~oo k r~ d i cu lou s,

Why do they do this? 'To be honest, desiiJi~r~li ng for the 'fl attest pl al~ e is t h e s imp lest, most forgiv Ii ng' asslgnm ent, l[lIt a I so' a I ~ ows fro r th 19, most va r iilety. When they say 'that slen der~ boyish figu res look ~hie

best. ~ n h~gh tash lon, irs not a I le, or even a prejudice, ,A, tremendous va rie,ty of clothes look great on hang[e rs .. I f you have that hange r-[I[lilike [I oak, 'yOt~1 shou I[d. try ,e,very' c razy otJrHit u nder the su n, beca u $te' lit w il[1 ~ probably 10 ok swe[I[[1 on you",

'Curves req[U1i re more care, and more di sen rnl natli,on as to what wi I[I[ f~ariltter. Th ey take' longer to dr.aw", to cut ~ to .'5£JW - the,J), are sli mply more labor-l nt,ensiva.

Have you nof ced how b fliid, til [I des ilgns in recent yea rs have, focused O~ sleeveless, strepless gowns'? They'!'n;~' a~[1 the rage, and irs. rotjust because they're sexy or romantic .. No, tt's because dralwlil~,g alli1d tai lalr~ng a s/~evel (a huge, [curve, if there ever was one) wou ld add a tremendc u.J:S- cost to the, dress, and so designers [I i kle 'V~ra Wang rea[1 ilea. that the prof~t margin lay iin euttng those, darn thiings off.

15 there ,amy hop~?Ye5", and! ,8 'w~I[[I~drniW~1 pattern by someone who has de'vn:ted th~m:5elve;s. to curves, is ~he place to begln Don'i't reinvent the whe,e[1 unless Y10ll re en rol ~'iing at Pa rsons ,8 rnd need the exerci se,

Popu lar patterns from corn pa In les ~ i[ke Burdal, Hot Patterns, and Kwi k Sew a,11 feature designs that ,aSSLJ me ill halt as [one gets b iigge r i In :5,1 ze, 'the CD.] P'

:si ze s h OIU Id change wlth th ~ chest m easurerne rrt, Siiilm p I ieftY' just oill'fered a COUIP~ 13' [off: expe rl me nta I pl'i1itterns wtl ere' ilihey offer different CHI[P si zes (nne' trendy ] acket ~and one :shiiirlll"~dress.).!, and I intend to fr~ Dod them wii'th e InN:OIU rag'iing [I etters,

And. then there's Fit for ,Real ,People,!, a Im.anua~ as t]lnpr-ete,ntious as iit SO[t] nds, I[t shows y10u how to

slas h. spread ~ ,8 nd tape anY' pattern tissue i nto su brnlssl on! You "II be iill a bib ergasted by how gn~aJt the models [100 k whether 'they'~ re ,6 fe et ta I[[I[ [or 80 years. old. to p heavY'~ pear shaped.. or Found [as a barrel = al~ ~ beca u se ~hey f na Ily have so meth i ~,g that fi'ts" X'

··S SILVEIR-COA_ D T ~EAD AND

A MIC,RO __ O'C,E,SISO_I~ IllO MAK I

... I built this shirt to experiment with wearable computing and electronic technology, and realized along the way that the basic materials were actually quite easy to work with.

There's lots ot room for creativity

at all levels, so I was inspired to write this do-it-yourself guide. Although challenging, everyone should play with this stuff! It's great fun for both geeks and divas - build a S·- parkly fa shlo n a cce ssory ~,,',~

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and program it with hacker animations .. Eve ~n:-:" bett 'e"- r m a k'~e- i,t~ a grou -P-\I p r~'-o"'- [e c t

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The code ~ - ~ rote st art s a "glider"

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(a figure in the Game of Life universe) t h -'I a-: t ~m' -"" ' 'a'-: -r"-c-' h' -:' e- ·5-:' a--: ro"'-:' , u~ ~ ~n' d ~y": 0- 'I ~u~ ~r' g"-\ i'a"'" ~r'" ~m"-'" ' e-"I -n: ' t

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forever. Play with the code to get other life patterns. You're guaranteedto turn

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)} lfh-e We;:stiiri! Sharli~ll'ia i ha@ La maj~ti'c IUEID st~i reass compl~,~' with it$; own :OOW nd ~fJ1d light

's.how c,r,eated by Co lor KI ne~'I¢$,

)} IfOIi'the' la:st 3D millio:n ~1iS. I)utter~ les h~ used! 'the, :same m,e'tho~ as lE[)s ifOr- errnrtling light.

» ror ,star Wars: Episode, n. JUtac-Jk of' the' CIOJ,M~S {2.o02}" tll1e LED lights ,on the' bac~ cd tll1e done troopers helmets dji'spl,a,yed '''1" HX il138,~ [p;ayilllg homage to di'rectOf Georgie lucas,; 1artf1!O!us stu de 111 it movi'-e.

)} I !fa the! earl~' 19'70s. Ired LE Ds werre used iinl the ffiirst d'igiltal ~ches I ike this Hamilton F\JIlsar,

Fa r I iln ks to these. and othe r related stories, ~hec1k out crafbine,oom/Ol/led.

Leah Buechley is a Ph. D. stu de nt in con; pute r sci en ce and a rnern ber of the Craft Ts ch nology Group at the Un i lIerslity of Colorado at Boulder. where she has found a place that she can unite all her interests, "I ,get to play with computers an d sew i ng mach i nas, e I ectro n i cs, tab rics. and bead s: heave n!"

PROJECTS:: lED CLOTH ING

E:A]I S i lver--coated thread membe rs.S haw-ca/Ul b i kl th IT'~adlorde r. htm I

EE] AVR pro,pammer D~i-Key' part ¥tAT-sTKSOCl'-N ID

IE~,] On/off switch Digli·- Ks:y' part #401-1000-1·rNJ[)

[.N~I Garlinent or II piece O'f fabric and a pattern

[F]I 9-15VDC power 5upply For your 811<500 pro.grammer, Availalble at IRadioSlhadk"

I[JI] ,30-watt Dr hi.gher soldering i ron and lead=ffee s'Older ~e'm em ber: Keep it I~®ad=fflf~~'!

[~ Sewing need le, fabric marker, bottle of fabrrc glue

[,all Surface mount lE Ds ]00. or as Imatny as, you'd Iii Ke'- I ucs€d .S! :sulPi€r'=ill1l~~lfIsity ri€\dllLEID (lD'igi~~Key part #67;.1695~1~ND)."

[GI] UlSB seril8l adapter and i neluded ,50flware~ llhlis. wi III attac h yotll r' proglrammer to your compute r,

[)RJII nsu lating backing fabric (mot shOWtil)

I[K] u1timeter

[IP] AVR ATntep16 micro .. oontro I~er DigH<ey parii' #ATM IEGA16L:-8,PC'-INID

1[1.] T square 011' nder

[.DlII C socket for your m iClI'OController [)igi-Key part -#A9440 - N D

[HI] Battery and holder

I used a stendard 6'1 camera ~ery- For the ho:lderi' use' Diigi-IKiey part IU08KK-N D.

FOil" ItddUmonal inifo ,abDILR milrterials

,and equ ~pment", wlisiit c~z.ine.comlD1l1edL

I[M(] As$'Onmem of si lver and brass crlmping beadls At least twi:oe a 5, rn any as ,yo~ hlave liE D,s.

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BLINKI "', G TANK TOP

1. DESIGN ¥OUR PATTERN

:1a., ID ec ide on the n u rn bier of LE,Ds YcC>lJI 'walnt. an d th ei r general place merit, I decided to se« a simlple tank mop, an d ~ chose' to pi ace the L E,Ds eve n Iy across my' to p eVfZjty 211. Si nee' my tank top is approxl mab:;;~'y 2,8!~ arou r1d a r1d 12'!~ tal~ I! I needed 84 llEDs.

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T 2. MAKE SEQUINS WITH YOUR LEDS AND BEADS

If' ,you j reo not lLIp for soldering, you can S~ bstJt~1It,e tradition a I through- hole LEDs; for the :SUJ n,ace mou nt l EDs'I' tWi5ti ng '[~~ii r leads i nto spl rals to, mak~' ,[~~Im stltehaole. R:ead about thi:5 techn iq ue ,8 ''io.i' ~::i'~'~~I'~~~~~~

,21&., G et crl rnpi I"nlg beads and S~ rface rnou m-tt ,YO UJ r LE Ds, U s'i ng ,8 so lderi ~g iirolln 'with a verY' clesn tip. place the' tip of the i'ron iinb) a bead, IM,~lrtt some solder Oll11tO th e outside ()f tne bead. Wi'th the, soldering lron, d rsg the bead LIP to the LE [) as shown (middll'e right). WtnelfD the melted solder touches the LE[)j'$ contact, the bead 'wi IIII adlher~ to the L lED" Uft th ~ ,s,older'iing iin)f1I 0 ut ()if the, be-ad.

IN,ow take' some Im'~8;S~ r-es, to d isti ngu ish the emil ode lead {~ ) from the anode lead (-IF) ofr: leach lED", The cathode end is .often m 81rted with a green liiine' on t he from or back ofr the 6urirace' mount pac~,(age., 10 distin~~ ish the two, so I dar a. brass crl m p-

~ ng bead to the cathode lead and a s ~ I VSf bead to th e anode, leed 'for each IlEID.

2bll Selder beads to t he leads wor 'yOU r battery and :sw11~ch. so that t hey can ,EI I so be s!ewn 0 n, This is, the switc h seq UJ i n

TI P: If you r ,soldering iron ti p is dirty., jt wi II stick to thee bead and make the ph very difficult. If til is is happening, you should c~'n OJ' repllaoce your tip.

PROJECTS; LED CLOTHING

3. SEW YOUR LED PATTERN

3a~ Wlt~ a marking pen, mark the, ~in~s for you r LED pattern on the

ga rment, Also, mark wltll~n~ yo~ w,a nt yo u r m lcrocontrel ler (~C socket) and power sup ply to be:" Yo u wa lilt 1611 grid olf condu ctl ve traces whem the vs rtleal tra css do not tou c h the ~ 0 r i zonta I ones. A slmpl €: way to do t hi s is to put one trace 0 n one side off' the fa br~c and the other trace 0 n the fl i P sidle ot the ta brlc, uti I lzi ng the' tab ric as a natu ra I ins ul ator, The lines. 111'0 r t he vertlca ~ traces shou Id be on one s ide, om you r ga rment, and the Ii nes for the ho rzonta I traces sh 0 U ~d be' 0 n the oth et

I m arked b at ~ sets c .. f ~ i nes on bot h side's of my tank top to make' sure

my lines 'were we II pi aced. Us-e' a T

s q ua re to ,g'et good rli,g ht angl es ,8 n d

s1lt.ralight lines.

3 b. M1 ake a bobb in of s~ lve r-coated t~ read 'for your sewlng mach lr1e", and put it. in the machi ne, Use a spa 01 ()if ordi nalry th read for the top 'thre'ad.

U.si f'11!5 sl lver-coated th read 'iin th e bob ~ bin ofl' a 5~'w'iing machine will ,8 Ilow you to sew cond uctive, horlza,~tall traces on one, s ide of your garment and conductJv~' vertlca I traces on t he other side, As. yo u sew, the bo b bii n th read \lvU I rem81li In on the IUJ nderside of 1ltrnl~ 1fabriic. y()t] are se'wi filg"

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Q: ~ If I nt conducting rtlcal traeea on the back. wbN should I draw my lnes?

A: You should du,w th ,m an 'the epp05H, side, rh ,froillt. The! lin •• :JOu dIM,W w\l1~ be faclli'll up IS y:Gl!I sew so .!tat 10u an ifGllow .ltem .. 'DIe, comi,uaiva tlnllC1f!Ij fram 'llhe bobb id tllllrtf!n'd~ wl~1 II 8{1I'I the opposite ,sid., O'IIIiI., faiH'lc",

3c!! Sew 1 trii'al row-colulmn crossing,~

and, " '['5, g the m It'~mgt-,t;!!-r t -0' .: ma," kg s· '~

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your threads are bellog suffliie:i ent I,Y

r ns u tateo bY' the fa b'ri,c" I't you r fa b r~c r s too th i'nf the bo bbi n thn~ad may be pu ~ led th ro ~g h the ta brlc, ,a riI d you r crosstng traces may short out (see r€dated side,ba" on P'age (2)1"

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If 1D~ere is, contact at your iln~~rnectio ns, yo~ wH11 need to 'talke action to cor r€1,ct th is, As you are sewing out the tracss, you shoul d stop 11:. he sewing mach lne _just beta rs eac h ~ntersed lon, an d~ Wii~hout b rea ki ng t he tlh read S I' move yo 1lI r fabric- past the, ~ntersectJifon a nd resume sewl ng .. , Th i s w~ II i r1SU re that the si IV1ercoated thread stays or~ ttn e proper $Ii de of the mabric: at eac h c ross i ng,

3d ... Sew' out your vertical traces, F~ i P

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You shou 10. strop ,you r pattern stitches ,8 few' inc hies fro m th e I C soc ke,t to leave room tor the knots you will ma ke w~ en siS'wi rig the socket on by ha nd ..

NOTE: Here are the top and bottom 'views of my partiallY assembled tank top afteT I sewed 011 m:y traces.

[PROJECTS:: lED CLOTH ING

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mlc rccontrel [Ie'r. [Fo~llow all,ong' on the pin layout diiagra m 'ff,or the' ,ATme,ga16 chiiiP'I' sh,own bellow.

A[I[[I ths P lns [I abeled PAO- PA Z IPBO- PB7~ pea ~ PC 7~ ,and PIDO- PD 7' are' genera 1[- p UJ rpose i nout/ou tput pins that

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ca~l .. e, us€! ... _o power $ an::. _ e Le. : tee m(y samp e co_.~ an:: .. ea:_.er .1 ~s al~, cr,a zlne,com.. e J)

see hlow to refere nee and control i rldli v i dua I p ilns. wli'th your code, You can dow n load AV[R rnlc rocontrolls r datasheets from craftzi ne.com/go./avr8,

4!b'!! Use the fo[II[1 owi ~g di agram as a ,g u ld e' to tell you which thrlsad goes to wh~,clh socket (~m you'I've: chosen a di'fmrent nu mlb er of rows or col urn nS'I' yQr~ ~'[I ~ assign them to the FA,- PO P ilngs sornsw hat dI~f'ferIS tJ1t~.Y . .)

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IPROJECTS; LED ,CLOTH ING

,4c~, fri m the pij' n s off m he botto m of t hs ,S',·.t"IoIC,: : k et ~ nd n' II oN a- rrr,: Ji-,a' PIC or

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at her maten a I blo cki ~g the h 011 es, II f neeessa ry i d rl II out the holes so that a needte cam pass through them, Po$It~on the socket where you 'want It on ,your garme nt and stitch it in place with s i lver- coated t h rsa d, se« i ng traces from each m lcroco ntrolls r

socl .. ~,ji.. .""' .... the oatts rn traces vnUI ~',~~~Jn..JI ~~:~'~~l ~u u -~' ~~~~,~[~-' - ,~I~. ~~~ i'~'-'-- ~~·"~IU!!,

You 'want to, ma k:e sure that, the 51 ~'V'@rcoa ted th rs ad ma kes co ntact wilt hi each soc ket holle, but also be' ca refu I that no two threads cross. This is

a delicate job that requires some' peltience'", but if you're used to do i nlS so I derl ~g or a n.:y other rnetl culous wOr1k~ it shou I d be no. prob I em,

[4c;I.[ Mak[e' su re that yot] ti e' your knots 'where' there' ils am ple room fa r them (aw,ay fro m t til a 50'C ket) a no w'~ e re they"re ~e5S I i ~ely ito cause shorts wit~ ne lgh b orli n:eI traces, Coat. each knot. with fabric glue.Thls 'will keep knots from 1fir~y~ ng ,8 tJ1d [co mli f1~ u nt~,edL

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Q: Wh t Is • short?

OCCIlII'S 'wheJll th pOS!llive termli 111.1 of

• 'oweit' -.pply Is ccmnedad. direct" to the n~ive 1811m Inal of ill power

II~~ On your :lhlrl, II 2 ne)pilorIilna: traces are ilouchmq while ana at lII.m Is 11m.., CllUltln) and lib' etber :

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5. SlEW ON YOUR' LED'S

5a,~ Attach th e cat ho de Ie nd of lea c h lED to ,a rOVll! and t be a node € nd o:f leach lIED to a co lu m n "or vlee versa). If you did not take steps d uri ng the SIC Id €! rl ng phase to d i f'f,ere Ii ttate t hie cathode from anode 1~',8Jds" you will

h av~' to rna ke t hs d lst i net lo ~ now.

T hie earth ad @ en d of; the: LE [J i s o~te n m a rksd VI/it h ,8 green ~ i ~ ~ 0 r1 t hie front o r bac k ()f the su rtace mo unt packsge. If you ~ re able to I11li,nd th ls rnarkl tl,f; des pi '[!9 your so I d erl tlg" .yo u can use lt, at hie rw r se, II earn to d,i,sti n.gui s h tbe d i rectlo Ii1 from t he ,a~ p ea ranee ot the face o'~ 1~ h e l E.ID .. fest one by run nl n.g a ,C u rre lilt th ro ugh it '~or refere n ce, 18 e

C' >';i; refu II ,"'"~ II I,ee' <';lI 'jJ.FI;II.ji.~ LIi'~ ~ IFrI d i"'"tU rr'9' nt I ',elil ' , II", !1. ...... ' !lA'~;' - Ci 'ilou I !LCl8O;:;: ,CJlli II "', .;..., -, II '" III II '

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5b. 'WIh i Ie s,ew,i ng~ tske care to rna ke go adl GO ~ ne ct i o n s betwe ~ n yo LJ r t h rea dl a n d each bead I 00 pi ng t 11,~ t h rea d thn'Jug h each bead seve ra I t,i rnes, as shown here.

T he fastest way to 5f:J'W ls to st it-ch each row and, column contl nuously, not stoppl ng 1:0 tte Cllfll the threao ro r ea c h lIED. I n at he r words I' sew

r n the cat Ih ode ~ lin d O'¥ one LE D~ a nd SifJW It] own you r row to th e Ii1 ext LE [) cathode w iU~(~ltJl~ cutti ng y(~ u r thir~61 d, However, t h r s m a kes re plac i ng bald I'y' sewn or b Fa k,~ n LIE Ds h C1 rd Sf! 51i nee you'll have to cut the continuous thread and U~ the ends off in the event of a problem,

AI'terrH51~iveily" YIDU can sew each LED o n ind i1/~dua Ily" Ttl is wi II Ina ~e' repa i rs easier, b ~t you r Sie~vi ng 'w~i ~ ta ks' much

I onger .. I ch ose the' 'fi nit 0 ptio n fo r faster sewing but I did have to replace a fre'w LEDs ..

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: broken si'm;;e ~ sewed it., and theY'Ve fiBn 'withstood e, few washin,gs..

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6. TEST YOUR CIRCUIT

6a~ Using' a multlmster, make sure none of yo ~Jr traces a re shorn tJilg out w~th 0 ne a nether, and a II of them are' ~ead i n,g' to t he a pp roprl ate L E,D rows and columns. Sillvler-(~oate.d th read te nds to 'f'ray an d ,give on smalll "ha irs}'

M,ak,e' sum there are no milnisC'~le co Il1d I!J ctl Ing ha il rs i nte rf~ri ng 'with a Il1Y of you r t ra ces,

6b~ Yo tJI m a.y a I so w,a t1[, to make s u re you r LED pattern is W'O rk i ng properly by attac h i ~g the leads of you r power supp~y 1[10 the rows and columns of you r partit.e rn i n tu rn.

Loa k at the specltlcaflcn s that came wli'[~1 you r LEllDs if yO!lJl' re notsu re whart pow,er 5JU IPP Iy to IUJs-e or you m ay 'T'ry ,8 II of you r LE IDs ~

My mlUJ ~ti rn eter (i'n beep mode) a .. ou bll es as a low-cu rrent, pow~r ~lIP jj,lty:r i IIIUJ m i nat~ng an LED \Iv-he n Its ~eadl5 ,8 re attached to the right th reads,

6c., Once, you ';'ve done some tho rough testl ng, ,gil UJ e ani n S ull at i n g backi ng onto t Ihe t races yo UJ sewed lor yo LJIr II C socket, 50 that y'01~ r power supply 'wi ~II be ea sy to atta chan d these t ra ces will remal~ in place without fr;a~ii 111 with wear.

7. ATTACH POWER SUPIPLY A.ND SWnCH

'7,a!!, Se'\!V til e' swltc h an d power su pp Iy' to th e ga rme nt,

'7lb. Glue 81 n i nsu lat i ns back i ns ove r yo~ r power s u p ply a rnd switch traces so' that you w'~ II not aecl dentally tu rn on YOtA r dis play.

HI ere is the in side view of' m~ tan k top after ~ slewed on the power supply. Not i ce t he i nsu ~,a~,i ng bac king that was appl ied p rlor to sew'i ng.

y,o~·re donel N,ow' P rogram yo~r microcentro I ler (see~Lajfttzirl ELcomLGlLJLerl fa r cod [ng examples) an d yo [1' II be, '[~e I i,ght of' ~h e' pa rty.

T hi$ shirt: ls a big' att-entti on ~ getter, Pea p ~,e W,8 n t tOI touch It and scrunch

it u Pi a n ell exam ine 'irtt up c I ose, Everyone wants to klnow howto wash it (ca refu ~ Iy 81n d by han dl) and whether ~t wIll 'work 'in the, ra I n (a I,~ 5,'!' no). I've, gotte n a II sorts ow b us~ ness advice, from tlh,e cynical ~ "That ~ I be makJng' those In Ch'i na for $5 a piece," to the, eAUJ be rant, ·'¥oUJ' re goi ~i' to make mllnons!~~

lt's been espechally fun to wear since I added an

i ~frar~d receiver to it and mY' frl end wrote a progra m for

h 15 Pal m Pi lot th at I sts, P eop I~, bea m patte rns t,o It. Peep I~,

h ave a blast wTth ttl i s, though

I i rnagl ne it ca n be potentia 11yr'i sky to Fe IInq u 'i sh co ntrol ove r wh a.~' yo u' re 'weari' ng~,

For Iii ps, 'Oltl troubleahoolii m,g

andl CU$tottft"i!z~mil you t ,p~Ment'j options for' (II slilMpler IpriQJedl1 ,Bnd Ihow: to .ake an eleeb'oniic sewitIJ' kiit~ vils~t emflZJine:"cQIlI1.lOllled!7'

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DESIGN AN LED PATTERN

Don't be i rntilmlidalted. by the

dl~ agram shown here, J ust take your ti me to study ~t as ,you read a~ ong,

An l [[ID ls an e IlectrQn lc device thtd em its. ~ ~ght when you (3IPP 1[,)' ,8 current to ~ t UI~ like a ~I ord i nalry I lght ibul[ib, however;, diodes 08[l1li ow current to flow iin on[ly one cHr~ction. That's a good th i ~g for u s, beea use 'w1e ca n use th ls prop e rty to p ()'w1e-r ,8 ~ot of [llE[Ds w'it ~

] ust ,8 'ff,~w electrlca I comecttcns cornii ng from the pins of the rnlcrocontro ~ ~elr we; II be us ~ rag",

The psttern shown above w'i 1[1 5~IPP~Y pow'er toX number [o'u' LE Ds, usl ng' ,2 tiiilmies the sq Ll8 re root o,ill X n u m ber pl ns, Fa r exa m pl e', yo u can powe r 100 LE Ds with ,20 pins. As you can see' fro m the d lagra m. t[WH~~ l E Ds a re a rrnlnged in rows and colu rrns wii'iIDh the a node (i') end off: each LIE D attached to a r-o'w ,8 rild ttl e catho de {~) end of eac h !lED attached to a col u min.

[lEach row al~dl colulmln is the n attached to a. pl~n. allowi ng the mierocontroller to control each LE D i ~divid ua Illy", Suppose 'w1e W3lnrlt on[ly the l rED at row' 0 colu mn a (LEI[) [RO CO) turned on.

To accorn pi ish th ls, we filrst turn ,a[11 of t[~ e' IL IE IDs. off by setf ng al[llll oil' t h e rows to grouno and. a II ()T 'the colum ns to +5 v<)~ts'!' ,applYl ~g a reverse voltage to ,81111 ,of the ILlIEDs", Then, to tlJllr~ on lIE,D RO CO~, we set RO to +-5,V and C,O to grou nd ,. lEDI [RO CO is the on[lly [lED' 'wlit~ current ru n ~ i ng th roug ~ lt, 50- ilt 'Wli [I [I ern ilt [Iliight. lh is type off' d~siiign al ~ow:s. us to control each [LE,[)' i n dividua Ill~J.~ but does not gr~ ~:S cemplete flexi bl Iliity.

For [exam[plr~'l' it is. im[!p·o5sihl e' to sl m u ~= taneously tu rn [C)ir11 only LED RO ,CO and lIE [) Rl Clr because iil would ,8[1:50 turn on the other t,WQ l [Ds iiin the parttern.

But '[hat's not a P roble rn 1fi[or us. We can stl II flilash cornp Ilex [patterns and aJniiim,atii'oIl1S by exp I 0 iti ng' ,8 blologica ~ phenorne non known as persl stenee of vision.

To rnake it i:l1ppe'i:l1lr as tho~gjh LED RO CO and L E[D [R 1 C:m a rs on atthe same t~ me, we, q 1JI1~,c[kly wi ash LED [RO CO iiiirst and then LEn R'] ct alrld the n repeat tlh is cycle for as [I 0 ng a s 'we' 'wa nt the iim I ~IS~ on to appea r, As long as ou r !eyes. ca n 't detect the f~ iiic ke r (a ndl th ey

ca n 't in ou r pro] ect), Wf~ pie rca iivle

on I[y th e d lagon a ~ [I iii n e' of I ight,

Fi,I., k Wilh [co' s-et'to ground aind[ R\O set to ~5V" cl!ll'ilfenl' ean~t 'Inlow' throughl LED ROOo..,

F-~ _. -B· -W- 1it-h ~n -""""iI.- 118'.. :.: . '1.'. ",,,,,I :!ih:11l '[L'D'

+;5V' and IUJI set tOI,gmund., current now,s, thr;eUlhl LED ROCQ..,

N O'[TE,\:: 'The, row/column wires ,dlo li1[ot ,adua1lllty oolilmcl one anotih:er at ''l::lit-·· inte--- ecti :;ns.

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and des ig~ s fo r ~ irfe.

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,pn;@r:ales ;numinated patlem&llnl tn!$,polHe_. milli!!'rm.!n_..oomj"I'um'il!.!gp.piLJhbn~

» ,J~Ret: Hannl1ll'~ted thms, faux full" 'wstt 'W~~h LJEDs, that pule in va~lols IFliltt:ell'tnSi 5!raltzimle.p./u/fuVled

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sti died o~ 'er a lifetime l.ike P' la 'ing

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the game Go, you can learn the rules. but very few people will ever understand it in a. significant way. Perhaps you've already dedicated your rife to some other equally rewarding pursuit. Well. then II can offer the low-rent 1,9605, suburban cul-de-sac Danish modern via Sunset magazine by way of Home Depot garden with a vague Asian

i n :'-f-~'~ -u-e"-' n :1'C~'-'e'-" ,'. lt ~W'·::IO~ 'U~ ild b ,e"-" c rim iinal 't~IIO~' call

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» lhe classic 'tJiki mug gr>eW' iinl pOJmlariity ln the 50s, and 60>5, ~nd ls now the perlact ~iitschy !,'Ccesso:r_y for anry lliac!ky,ard

e.n, wikivedi~ ,orl/wikifliikL1TI£!S&

» lhe tS!JJkubaJi is ffo'u nd in Jitlpitlnese, tea, gameTtls to ~purif~;t' oneself b~ r-esriing a mernent aJmll \WaS h i n.g your hands,

C r11ftzi ne.com/goJtsu kuba i

}l. The YUIKimii" a IP'OlPuilar stone laJnrt!e rn iinl Ji:1 palileiS.e prdemi, is also caned. the "s noW"~vie.wiif1l~' l!!Inilt'e mil beeauss ilt'S· mOlt- ca p'UUr9'S, '~he falllli[n~ ~nOVll so' w*,U.

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[IHJ] Hose bib to v.. II com pres:s:iolil lilltlnl

["J ED IP'.ellStic IP'.ay b-iI II

I'i ke you 'fJi'tJ1 d it'i 'the metal cage at: 'farget

[E] Bottf.e of liq;uid cement eelor

[E,] Needle vamve~ 1A II Make S~ re it comes with ,2: co m press'io n nu ts,

[,M] 'Gravel (oplionam)

EFl Bamboo pole

[,N] Spade

[J] Bowlillilg ~U

[:C~ IPlasti C: bucket

[G~ Copper tlllb1ng ami tubing Cl!llt~ r, ~ ~~

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The basin ,o()IIII,ec'ffi the' wste r from the dlri p piing ba mba C) "~'D U nta in. ~~a't~,er ttl an [JIJY SI() me sort of receptac I,e from the' loca I gardeni ~g shoo, cast )juur crw n basl II in your ow II 00 lor a nd ~'O you r OViln s pee ific~tk) ~S, SO on you I' II start: look i ng: at 000 kle sheets and Iupperwa.re ~ s cone rete mold s to rna ~e ts ble to [JtS I' stepp i ng stones I a ~dl mo re,

la Ii Create the me I d [j,y cuttl fig ,8 he I e 'i n a 15 !II pi ay ba II h3J rge eno ugh to

sq I!J 916z!8 a j u n k bowl i rn,g ba III i n sl de.

I p ro ba blly' :5 he u I d h a vie bo L~ght: t he

S lPonge,8 ob ball as I f'elt ,av;Jful c uttl tlg' Poe h 's face,

,llb. Witrn t he bow I ~ n g b6111 ~ n s i de 'th~' m L),I d!, po u r r 11 water 'h) get a se 11.s,~ of how much concrete wil~ be needed, HrJw much ls enough? AbL)ut,3,'" looked good to rne,

Ic, IAa u r' t h ~ wats r fro m ~ ~1 e m o~ d i nto a bu cket a iii d mark t h e water hS'ight That gives yo u a pretty good est ~ mate of 'lthe concrete req u ired"

Id!!1 Flil bucket with dry concrete mix to ~h" below the line - about :~ cOf a 50 I b, bag, That reo d €,t,e rge rat bott~e ~:s, filled wlth llh' quarts of water w~t~ t~ 9' dye add ed, Add h a I'f the wate r, mIx! add a I lttle m 0 re water, m i'x ~

and kee p add i n,g' water u n~,i I a II the concrete is 'wlet like thick oatmeal" If water is sitting ,on top and won't. mix ~ n. you ad ded too much wats r, Jl ust sprln kl e' ln a I ittl e mom CO~ICJI9bl!,

Ie~ Remove t he bow I i n,g ball ~1I0 m the pl (1:S,t i c mold, ~,tiI,e,tJ1 scoop con crete ~r1to the mold. You can dump any ~eftover con crete i nto a C81rd b oa rd box I i ned with a pi astlc bag! just like t he p rofesslonals, Or you can leave it ~ n the bucket to sol idli'uy like' the lazy

pe op Ie! In elt her case! thro'w ha rdened concrete a;way rath er mh a n t ryi ng to

fl QJI sh lt down the tol let.

If. Once the concrete 15 in the plaiY b~ II mold p. press t~ e bowl ~ ~g ball I in to create t hie ce nter de pressio n '" Not ~1·IFia' verv 'I;"I~-I-I? lio'-;· ..... w- et? "'lI~il .. ,~ I"ii,~ II·t

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t ~ e ba U~, add a I ii'tt I e more' eo n c rete, mliiix., d ro p ~ he bowl i ~Ig ba II back, i n ,8 n d a II ow to dry accord i fig' 'to i nstructl 0 In 5 on the concrete bag",

NO-TE: I .dld-ed about 1J.i of boHr. of C&.rcaal tire to th. w.t.r, but ~ should h ve add d '!II bMlI Ii'!lS ~ would have prelet'red the concrete to be darker.

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PROJ EeTS:: JE1I" AGE GAR DEN

2. MOCK UP THE. DRIPPER

T hie d rl ppe r 'I s made from a le ngt h of ba m boo that h as, been c ut In two and con nected to form ani nvertec L

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,9, __ ape. ' __ eng _ 0_ u [_In copper ,.tJ .Ing, con~ec J~ ,o a near_ y we. ~sr _ap ,a~ '_ au _ ~ _ J~ __ W~ __ a, va_Vie ~O con _ro_

t hie 'f I OW,~ is routed th roug~ the i nte rlor of the d ri pper,

2a~ B etore buyl ng the bamboo, play wUh d iffernnt arrangements 01' the'

m alor co m pon snts to flgu rs out how' the ga rde n shou ~d look a nd how m uc h bamboo wi II be requ ired. For my garden, the vertkal upright 1 ncludi ng subterr al~ s'a n portion! 'was 4[1 long, a nd t he hi or lzonta I dr i p pe r arm was .22'!1.

2-' b. N O"W" ·1'" ~~ '['·1 me to b·11 ~''i.1 ,!Il-~ e ba m boo

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S[y pi an nling ah ead ~ yo IU ca n have you r local ba m boo sh 0 P' CUlt to th e cor rect size for you. ~ f you arrive' U nlip repsred

I lke rne, you w'illl need to h ac ksaw the bamboo at home.

2e.[ R,efi ne you r pla ~,5. [) iig ,8 hole

abo ut t' deep ,8 ~d pas ~tii on the vertl cal~ u prlgh t to fi'gu r-e au t f n a I placerne lilt Ta ke measurements for the d rl p p e r

a rrn I e nglth a nd mark the u prlght f-or drl ~ I ii'ng- ho I es,

3 AS-'S'EMIB'LE 'THE IDRIPPER

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lnterlor walls from the drippier' arm. Do the same for the vertlcal upright! but de n't kn .... -I ... the I'ldl '="'fll

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31 blo M easure the d la meter of' th e d rli,1P IPS r a rm a ~ d use: ,;3] ho lie: :S.aw ,()'f the same size to cuff: a ~'HJh:~ ln the, vertl c®11 u pr~g ht.

3c" Cut the tubing to length .. Tubing cutte rs work ~ i ke magic 8 n d a tJ',e haro to beat to r 10 b UI c ks, T i ghten !' S phi!

t i ghten aga i n ~ and m ore $IPi nn i ng 'wi III resu I'tt lin di pe rfe ct cut"

to remain c~osed to k,eep your dripp er fro,M 'fililing up wi'th r,ain and scary bu,gs ..

[PROJECTS:: JEll" AGE GAR DEN

3d .. Nlow we,"1111 attach to 1!l~e 'water source. Mle rtifta ~~y~ t here ~s a stan dard

Il.. i""ii~D to 1 I' U rof"iom iii FQ~1i!' .;"'i, "n' ada iii.to.. ~"'" !11!1v,~~ 'v '14 "",v"" "1i""1~ w.;i;10" ': ' ~~' II;;; !I'I' ;,;..v'

you can connect the' dr'iipper to ,any

sta nca rei hose b~ b. Easy ~ S II ide co m ~ pressl 0 I1Ii nut a n d steeve over tu b i nil,g. Then put tne 'tubin,g' end in the nose ada pter, T ilghte In 'wlilt ~ ;2 wrsnc ~ es

3~ Con nsct the needl~ G' valve, The lA,n need le va Ive: cernes with corn pressi on fittlilngs them, ar'e tlghte ned. w'ith the same 2 -wrench tecbn iq us,

3,'. 'The needle valve' wli~151low thewater to a, del ilg htful, relaxing d rl p that 'wouilid drlilv~' you msene if it were, com ilng f rom the kitchen sink,

Dr! II a, hole 'i n back ()f the vert iicalll

UJ prlght and fe~d the tubi ~g th ro ugh, as seen iiin the, iill ~ LJ strat]o n O'~ page 7.3.,

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:: A: AcbI.UYr you can m It for u.nd $100 .. The most :'

::: expensive item is II:he bamboo .t • budget-busting $45 while till! :

: :I of cement casts mere $4.. To :save • boul $15" scavenge r. :

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• B u tolllatic ~t:e Inakl!r copper til bing and Iludle valve hooil:lllp kmn ~,

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t- b .• inQ' th rO.··I. -'O"h the 'inti erio r of the

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vert,j ea I u prig ht and t ~ en th rough the drIp per arm.

G I u e: '~~e d rip per arrn sea m with liq u idl N a i I S'r. a rld then sea I ;;,11 the ba rnboo with! hi i,gh-gloss s hellac,

With the d ri pper done, drop it in mhe ho le a ~d fi II with grarvel. Or if you have 2 sweet but Ulna pologetl C' dogs like I do, mix QJ p a batch of i eftover co ncrete from lithe basi n pro,'ject

FINI,SH EJ

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'Cane and Basket Sup ply ca~eba sket.com

Fu rther Reading

Sunset ideas torJapanese G'amen-s

by the editors orf Sunset maga zine and Sunse~' Books

Jap~nese Touch 'rot Your Garden

by KiyQ,shl Selke, 1M asanobu Kudo" Heruzo Ohash i

It The first tirne ~ saw a knitted boot in a magazine, I was inspired to try my hand at replicating it. The plan was to transform a pair of existing high-heel pumps (that I bought and rarely wore) into a pair of knitted, knee-high mukluks that I would always wear. I knew I ne ed ed to m ake ... ·· evenly spaced hole S'"

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around the base of the existing shoes t:o anchor the "cast-orr" stitches, and that I would use a power drill to do it.

The bulky, rugged wool I chose provided an appealing contrast to the slender spiked heel. And as I rotated the shoe around, engulfing it in knitting, the

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process e _. cuneus y ,sc,u~pl--ura,~ ---- an-

more like what a potter would feel like at his spinning wheel as a wet lump of clay is being transformed into a fine vessel.

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» The ,earliest pair O'f I .. eaither shoes

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madle.lrr.mll sheep Itlide~ '!NOm by'

a mummified ~-emale corpse di's/' coveredl inl the ruins of Ul1e anci'en1: kingckmn O;f boll..!l~Jni in G~'if1la, craJtzil'1le.comlgol1ou!an

}), M~fY' Janes aJreni"t just fur l'ittle. ,~~lIls anymore, Kli'liitted ones can be fu n "to mtl! ke and wear around 'the house,

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Are riJtade' ~or '1Na1 king;' debuted at ,~1 in .l[9fJ1ti G.o"Go boots, beca me a s;ymbol of fe mal e'

em pOovre:nment ~Iil the' "60s" crafll:zifile.com/gaihafilcy

Ti 11ij1 Mlafll'iln, a native of Los Angeles, Ii 5: add i cted to, knittl ng tl irty bra i II e sweate rs, rnerm aid. 51< i rts, an d tick le d reS5:€'S (holes where, the ticklish spots are), She also produced the: permanent exhibition iiGarden of Eden on Vvhee·ls: Collections from Mobill,e Horne and Trailer Parks in Los Angeles County" at the MUSJeum of Jurrass!c Technology in Culver City ..

PROJECTS;: KNITTED, BOOTS

t:Al 8 oz. merino roving (yarn,) I'Fi ;'AUlitiUffiFi Forsst"

or color of cholce

[I] ¥l"' 'wide Post-It brand C!OVer-'up ta:pe

(o. r 'otlher' low-tack ta pe)

[.II] Fle.Jb e measuring tape.

[K] Permanent marking pen (0 r 'tack: or push pi n)

[,B] 1 pall' SiH, 71/.1:

, aHimo, uA'nili&.;e'~

or shoe of' c holce

[Fj) Crochet' hook:

U,S. size 10 or "J"

[I,t] Ap,proxImate,ly' 19 double~pol nted needles u.s S12)e 13

[G] ~rII' drill bit

[Ii] ¥a:ir drl II' bit

[,D] Power drill

MK ITT OSE GRO'O'IVY' BOIOI ,S,

1. PREP THE YARN

:la. 'fa ke th e' 8 oz. belli of me rl r1,O rovi ng in the' color [o'~' you r c holce and. sp I it 'the e nt j re yanja,ge, j nto ,2 stra nds by pu II i ng apart r start j ng at 0 ne end, to rna ke ,2 be lls,

NOTE: The roving naturally splits apart in 2 fairly equal parts, but you may need to coax evenness a I Mia. Don't worry if it's not perfect - that's part of what gives the boot its, texture 8_nd, unique beauty. Roving is unspun wool and may seem fragil e, but once knitted" it's qu ite strong,

:11"" Sp~ it both balUs of th ~ ro~ij filg a pa rt aga i n to rna ke 81 total of 4- ball Is , and then agalin to makeB balls. If the

rovl fig brea ks a part, you ca n sl m p~'y moisten 'j t wlth sa I 'j va [0 r water a no 'Vl,g[onJusly rub the, 2 overlapped ends. toget he r between you r pa I rns (crest- 1 ~g heat) - t hls wIll perms Inent Iy 11\~e~f j,

the rUiv'lni toget he r;

NOTE: At this point, I like to arrange th e balls of roving accord .. in-g to thickness. I use the thi nner roving for the beginning part of the project to avo id "~fat feet:"

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IPROJECTS:: KNIITED BOOTS

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• MARK THE, SHOES

2 10 D..-.. JIi. lit "'" ~ th t .. ...iI

_a", r\ U FII r'uSI~.~._ 'u.ai pe~ aJ~ong l!, . _Ie OlU ~s,lo.e·

bottom part ('ii' ,0·(3]' ",,·a..11 ,C'a...III"';;~ 1111p' il'il.o.li" "m' .. ~,~.,,~

Uv __ v _I ,. iOI._ v~ IQ., .... ~ I! ,~,~ I!v!!';[' 1/,;11 _'!I""I;i'!1 ~ .!I;;,IIII'\

~ng a .%u ta III ~~'II i ne" a rou nd the bottom

of' the shoe 'To~ r 14,'I! 11'1 ol 00' o.~ of ta Ifii,o !I .. __ !y ~ .... ;~~I Ib~ '1~ - _ ~. I~' : ~-~ V _~~~~

to conform to the curves ()f t he shoe,

.2:~ On each shoe, mark the center of the toe box (ey~ba.11 I't) JUst. above the ta pe I ilne"

2e·. Whlilll e~ 1h()ldli ng the m sasu iii ~g tape I!J p to the tape II i ne, malke ,(1 mark SAt to the left of the center toe mark, just alb ove t.~ e ta pe Illitne.

2d. Conttn u e mark ~ rng ,every % .. up

to the' center bacl~ sea m, 1D0 n't m a rk on the back {or any) sh oe sea m, You n ow have·lr6 rn a rks on one sl de of the shoe (not. lillne Ilu ding the center mark).

2e .. , R'epeat steps 2c andl2d on the

1i·I,o-h'''_ ~ ~,"'; ~ vo' 1I1I ~ILI-. ...... uIII d· have 3-:C'3'~ tr.t"'C.:I11

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marks (itnc~ ud i ~g the center toe mark) on each shoe. Rs'move the tape,

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3St. Drillill a 3Y]2 ~i' hol e iiinto each msrk, beginn'ing' at the back. of each shoe,

31b. D rl III stra'iigiht ttl rough the up per. These holes 'wi II be the ,. pi lot holes. i'

As you get to the toe area, be careful not to d ri III i nto the toe ii nso lie.

3e·. Dri I ~ a I ~ marks on both shoes .. , Then replace lithe 3/321n d ri ~ II biiit w'~th a. ¥~2til bit and re-dri ~ II ,8 ~ II h oles wiiith the, Ilia rger bit. Ag:a i Fa. never d wi I ~ i nto any sea ms,

3d., With a lA'n d rill I blrtt. re-d ri IIII a~ I holes om both sh oes, IDu.s,t' off shoes,

NOTE: Take care, not to dri~ I into a n)'" ~nso~ e or m ids'D ~e materia ls, By creating the marks .3fa~1

above the bottom of the shoe upper, 'we have most 111m1,. avoided this possi bi Ii ty.

Also, be more careful with depress-ng the drtll trigger when

drill ing with the larg.er bns" which ~·grabn more

forcefully' and qu icklY than the smal elf b~t.

4. 'CASTON

AI .... , F h h 'i- II.... b II f' ,

~" or €'aC-1 S- oe, rase ana 0 'roving

and C,8i,st on (more I i ~e plckl rig up st ltc hes) I' begl n1 n i ng at th e fi rst ho I e

t .... the 1';;:;":ili,j!..1 1'0-' f the center 1i-.,-:JiIC- k seam

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4b~ In s;e rt the: eroch et ho ok fro m th e o uts i die, to th e i ns ide .of th 9 sh O~ _ The yarn is wa~'tingi O~ the inside of the shoe, to be grabbed by the crochet hoe k ,and pu 1II,ed thro ugh (f\orm~ tilg' your fi 1St [loop ()[1 ths outs ide .of th 9 sh oe).

4c .. Sllllid e t he loop onto ,8 sl ze 13 I[) P'N (do u ble- po 1 n b:~d n eedllle)" P'liek LJ IP (pu II th rough) t 11,9 next loop (len of the: 1'i rst 100 p) wlith the: hoc k a n d place il~, 0 n t ~,9 same D f'N" Do n 't pull [I too tight: and P LAo[ o nly 3- 5 I oops Q n €'8ch needl[1 e"

4d .. Ke1ep p ick.ii ng u p, as b efo re, unt ~ I a III holes have ~ 11100 P corn i ~,g o ut of them.

,AI· '. CC', ,(1.". ,'. 'W' I,l..;., .-,-' - t -, ' '- ':'., '.- -"1' 't·, .. el' ' .. ·iUl!L yarn, ',' . IIII en ca.s. -on IS camp ,e, ,e

'!;.;!'if'! II II" I [I Il-. "::ii'LI,§, 2 ta "II e C," "'J11i1 n roxl m ~ te II'vll l~ II!

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each) i nslde ot each shoe. We"[11 tie t hes ~ talli ls in I titer.

NOTE: I use 9 DIPNs, pair shoe, at east-on stage"

5 I KNIT THE SHOES

R 1 [U ' ""110- , Ill, I" Il-. *' ow' - -~:·c \51 ng a SillS ,.lb. or ..J erOCli-II~IL

hook and til b8111 OT roving, ,',' knit' the f~ rst row' ot st ltc h I8S by' pu [II i In g 0 ne stitc:1h 'f~lrolJlgjlh w'i~ h the crochet he Q k and place It (transfer) to a DIPN. After tne last stitch ot the ViBry tirst n)w is knit, cast on one stitch by

m ak in~ a firm backwards loop 0 nto the right-hand needle, Til is is your center back stitch,

[NOTE: The reason

'we. are, u sing a cr-ochet [hook, f'Or kniHing the fi rst few rows is be= cause the stiltc hes illre very t'ight, since they are lodged between hard DPNs and a fa,irly non -p I i,abille 5 hoe. The, st::itc hes wii~1 eventlu= ally loosen up around [row 2 or 3.

PROJECTS; KNITTED BOOTS

Row 2~, k14. ssk kl (cente r toe stltc h.

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RDW' 6~ klO~, ss k kl (c.t, s.), k2tog~ k][l,

Row' 8. k8~ 5S k, kl (c .t.s.), k2tog, kg.

Row' 0., Increase 11, k5~ S5 k, kl (c .,1: • .5.), ~2tog'r k5'r iltJ1cre'ase 1, kl.

Ruw 12. ~r ssk, kl (c. t.s.), k2tog~ k6. T~,e shoe ls ~ow completely covered, and the body of the boot has begun to ta ke shape"

NOTE: _k means sl~p. slip, knit and, Is a famous I eft-slantl n,1 deerease. K2_ is a common

right-slanli nl decrease. The different decreases make the boot more symmetrical-loold ng, neati and aHra,ctive..

NOTE: Now is a good time to tie in the east-en ends, by weaving them in and out of the drilled holM& The other two ends can be weaved Into, the purl side, of the

fa brie, as Inn ormal kn~ttlng.

6. FILL IN THE FRONT

6a., Face th e fro nt toe, area a ~Jd P ut 3 of the cerrtermost stitches Olin a D P N '"

6b., Cut the :~rn al the back ,of the, shoe, (leavIng 81 tail) and use that ball orr Y81rn to knit' ~'~ie front 3 stltc hes 0 n t~e DPN.

6c. l~ ~rrl the shoe so iDhe back ~eiel faces you r bod~r", I rsnsfer 1 'Open stitch (he IdJ by the, other D PNs) to each side, of th e [) P N hold ling thos-e :3 ce nte rm erst stitches,

6d,. You In ow' h Ci1ive 5 stitches ()[n the cente rim ost front D P N '" Pu rl t h o.S9' .5 stitc hes.

NOTE: This is a ,good t~me to weave in any extra ends or ti.ghten up any holes or loose spots in the knitting, since we are now going

to tightl" enclose the shoe.

6a .. Tu r n the 'W'O rk aga into face: t he ~ ro nt toe a rea. a nd t r,a nsfer 1 0 pen st ~tc ~ to leach side o'f tne same centerrnost DIPN.

~'I' \/,- - -" - - Il,.;,-- \ " 7/ '-, tlt -Il,.;,- -- +h' ,<il, - -- ,+ ot:- ont D" ~I'!.II K- ,·t th - 7' tlt -'h '

'U ' .. ~OIU now II lave: '.,- Sid _CuIi8S on l e C€filIl;.ermOSl Irun_ilill'll.m _ I_U'loSe ' .s _I_e es.

Yo u s hou II d now h ave 14, stitches 0 D1 a I ~ the D P N s a rou nd t he shoe,

6g", Facl ng: th€ back heel, add ,2 more open stitches to €N3Ch side of the ce nte rm est DIP N"

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£ ~I' 'lum th 'e sh ' ..... """ 40n tace ,"" he front to 'e ~ ... ~,~ "" i"iil...ll ~_~I...lI 41 1m" I"'" ""~ I"'" ii"1 i"'1.ii"I e4 '11"' ..... ~~~ ~,~ I~ -erA ""~

'U .. II, I II III .;:) U'C L'IJ~""'~, [I~" 'wi I II 'wi 01' EO, ..::II uUI ~UUl C, WI '!;5: Uf""GI I .;:)I~ 111Ll,.11~;:"f tJI.;:) ILJ :lllul '!;5:.

N'ttT E: At th ls po,i nt, ,au may harYe to break up th e ee lilt e,l' stitches, with more, DPN,s ..

7. GROW THE 8,001

7a. From where you left oUI, start kn itti ng arou n d 'for 10 rou nd S'"

NOTE: You m,ay kni't alIiO'1lJ nd to If' as ma n" rounds as you wa,nt',. dependi'ng on how mu eh ya,rn you haw

I eft,., But remember 'tol I eav@' [ontO'ugh ya rn for a 'Ii nal rib cuM: an d 'the b~nd-off.

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• RIB A,ND BIND OIFF

Ba .. A tter .You r last rou nd ls com plete dl~ begl n :8 kn i~ pu rl rib rPalt~rn (klpl) tor

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8b. Bindl'(J,n alii 14 stitches loosely and tle In an}/' r~maifl~n~ ends.

Voi Is I' 'YOIU"ve jlust ma"d,e :,D'UIF,se,lf ,iI IFUlstii'c pair o,f kn'if'Uied, ,SIOUICh boo,ts.

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It Those tired rice-paper shoji screens aren't your onilly option for creating division within an open space. Inspired by the classic tabletop ant farm, this design is nearly alii the fun of the living variety, plus you can sleep nights knowing there won't be any escapees.

For armchair entomologists this divider offers a seamless segue to share ant trivia with friends: Did you know t h a t a n t 5"-"" -y-a-" w~' ~ 'n '? Th e- y~ ~ c a n ~ ift 2'"--::""0>-:"'"' t i rn "-" e"-" , s

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PROJECTS:: ROOM DIVI DEA

MAIIJRIA1LS AMID TOOLS ED] Mjter box and saw

I[G] Hot g~ue gu nand glue sticks

[Al ewspaper b) IOO\!l~r EE] 36u)l;54.~' ,sheets of

wo rk surface 'for paiill1ltiill1lg. iflo!'! pi BlOgla_ (2) Do not remove' the

[Ell Jl1lJ. i. w· de masking tape 1P~(}te-ctiiw plasttc,

I[I!-Il] M edi IIImy gr~t sandpaper

[C,] large.. dry paintbrush [Flll.lectnic dri II with liz"

011" soft: wh skbroom and ¥D ,i bits

I[E,] 5 Ill. hag of aq u8I1I"1 um gravel

[;.I] Black a;eryl ic Pi! i nt

[~J Whjte spray paint IFarmula,tedl few pia stic"

[lJ Gray faux-Bri!l nim fi ni sh spray paint

[lM] Phillips screwdriver

[Nrnl Fine-ti ppedl paintbrush

[~ Wire cutlers

[All filh.l" pan head !ih.eet metal screws with washers (32)

[$] Square

[111 rrx3!! x61 pine p)anks (3) Look for flat., :s.ttn3Iilgint.

knott! 0,1 e-'flree boordJs.

[,U] 2·' wide ptdmtbrush 10, lP~iililt t~e 'firameworl("

[V]I Flat latex paint iFolr t~e 1irame:wonk.

[,W,] Wood glue

[,cl Carbon steel handsaw or any fins, saw to cut metal

[Y] ¥Js11 <Ii 28--4811 .spring tensJon curtaJn rods (2)

Computer, scanner~ printell" and paper, 2lhu drywall screws (4). cllarups. safety gog esl soft tow~ I and. glass cleaner (not showllli)

MAIKE YOU1IR IOWN~ IBIUGGIED-OIIUT RIOOM DIVIDEIR,

T me: A Weekend Complexity: Medium

1. BUILD THE F,RAME

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(meas u re m e nts gi ven ,8 re' frorn t h e longest m,i:tered] ends), Lig~tlly sand c orne us. aln d '9 d.g19S of the cut end 5"

lb IE' tl:>.. tl f' elL. 1'1 d "III blt

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rna 5 ki ng ta p e' to mark a le ngth of ,2: I~" VV;ith a pencl I, mark po lnts on the 110 ng sld e of; eac h of '[he 3,1 sect ~OIl1 S,! C e nte re d at ';0;!1 P F'i', n t 8- III tro meech end ot

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the narrow edge, IJ rl I,~ a, ho I,e at ea ch '(Jof t he marked pOll nts, us i rng the 2n m a rkrng 0 n the d.r~ 1,1 b~t as you r stop gu ide" 8 ru sh aWay sawd ~st fro m ea c h piece.

10. Clamp ll,ong trarne board to a, >-. table, and then clamp the, short frame

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'0 board flush 'w~tlh 1 end, clarnplng

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board, unclarnp the corner and app~,~l gil us' to both face's. t hen re-els m p a In ell

repeat for the other 3 GOrllEWE" and let the 'whole, th~ng dry'.

[PROJECTS; ROOM DIVI DEA

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2a_ Remove' 1 side of the protectl Vie plastic sheetlng from 1 piece of plexligjllass, lay the: plex i on th e ~hjor~ exposed s ild e ulP~ over newspa per,

2Ibl" Start, by C F'9atlil ng a horizon I i ne,

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end of' the Ip'~e:x,il,!, To mask the IhOIIi~ZO~1 ~ine and tunnels, tear the rnasking tape ~ n Iha~m II engthwise, and work~ ng ~n ssctlo ~S~, use only the tom edge 'foli the te,mlpll ate' lines.

2~ Fro m t h e horlzo n ~ Ii In e'~ C lie ate yo U r network of tu rmels, rou,gh~y 2:1!'

~ n wli dth .. bY' elthe r usl rng th is design as you Ii gUl~de',f. or creating you r own.,

2d[. 181 pe off' a 2 :V;211 bord er a Iiong the 3 edges. of the' p,~exi be~-ow your horlao n ~ ~ me.

NOTE: To cut plexiglass, score a deep Ilnej usllng a $Ira ~ Rht-edge., Sa Il1dwi ch the plexlglass between a stra Ight board (I i ke

a 2x4) a,nd a tab~e with the sea red line a bout lJ':z" away fro m the edp of the table., and clamp It in plaee, Put on your safety gog Il!s .. 'With even pressure and a quick downward, motion, snap the plexiglass a~Mlg the line.

3. IP'OUR IN THIE "SAND"

3a", Wlt ~ newspa pe r, cove r every= th ii' rug above t ~ e horizon line. IIIn ,8 W'!~ II -ve nt i lated ,8 rE:%3 SU it~bl e for sp ra,)" pdiiii ntl ng r. pll dice, the sheet. [of IP II~x i - rnaskl ng-ta pe 5,~ d e u IP -, over the newspaper. loosely slPrill1kJh:~, t~ e aqua rl urn grave lover t he face, om' the p lexlg lass, rna kl ng su re '[he grave~ doesn't c:lumlP or ,ew~r sol ~dlly.

3,b. W ~t'h tine' gra ndite f~ n i sllh spray palnt. spray the [19 ~tii fie prepped a rea, coating even 11_y and Illii.ght~Y' (b etter to do- ,2 II'ilght 'C04S1ltS, than 1 heavy coat). Dry co,m~[lete'I.Y" for at least' 4 hours,

3c .. Ca rsfu Illy II'j'jTtr th e pi exl u prig ht, a II oV(fi ng the gravel 'to 'fa III to th € newspa pe r. U se 81 dry palntbrus h or \tv h lsk broo m (0 r yo IU r han d) to b rea k loose any gravel t hat ,ad h €:red to th €, pa r nt. Golll ect the gravel and rese rile.

3d .. Brush the painted surface clean. and u sl ng th e' 'wh lte spray pa i nt ~ eV€!:5l Iy coat 'the: e ntlf,€ g ra v'e I -treated S u rfac€ of the p lex i gl,as s to ,a n even 0 pa c it~l Dry com pletely, then remove the

m a sk i fig ta pe.

itlalll Lay 1P8 i' nted :5 i de down, onto t~ e tloo r or ,8] large: work su rface, 'la ke the S~QD nd piece of plexlg I ass, remove the prot~c[iv'e p lastlc s heet i ng from both sides (or only one! if ~he sheeting is clear) ~ and, place sq tllarely Din ~op of; the fi rst, L~ghtly ta IP ~ ~ he corners i ~ [~I ace to kee IP pieces 'uro,m m ov~ ng.

4blll AgaIn! mask on the template TiL) r t!h ~ ho rlzo n I 'i ne, '[he, n etwor k of tume I s, a ~d 'tr!hle bora ~ r; but th~,s ['I me usl ng your first pattern es you r gu lde, t rae ~ ng th ro ugh t!h ~ P lexl,

4c11 Once the, 'be m plate is com pleta sepa rate ~h[e phaxigl ass, 'W1Ul ttl e saco nd 0 ne, p~ ace rl,BW.s pa p er a bove t ~ €! h Or n 20 n [I i n e. Cove! r 'the u n mas ked side with th e rase rved p rote et ive sh e e'ti ng, lR,e peat t h e sa me grave l/pa ~ nt i rlg pro cess as befo Fe.

PROJECTS:: ROOM DIVI DEA

:Sa .. Once d ry'I' scan the a rn~, si I he uettes p rovided h ere to, a m a,xl mum he ts ht lust short of 2'11 (144 pixels). Print, 10. get mo re aJil~, ,act! 0 n ~ f~ i P the scans tlo rl ~ zo nta Iity ,a nd p ri nt argai n ~ u sl rfIg mirrored

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peri pa i nteo side u Pi and p osltton the pr i ntsd a nts u n dernea[th it ~ i nslde the tu nnels a nd a long the hi orl zen. (Do [1 't eve rc rowd - it looks nicer if yo u a II ow a rnp Ie space' between ants.) Wi'[hi the 'fi ne -t i P pe dl pal ntb rush 'I' t race- pal nt over t~ e' ant tern plates usl ng black ,ac:rY'~ i c pa i nt, Dry.

5e., Rlspeat the process 0 n the second sheet, of plexl, placing ants in the vaea t1[, spaces I ett on the tli rst :5 heet, The pu rpose he re ls to give you r ants th r.E;H9- di rnenslo na I appea II' 'withe QJt ove rla p pi ng ant, illm[i3\g,e-s, on to p 011' one another, A Ilow to dil1t.

6. PREP

6a. There are 2 pieces to th e curtailln rod:, a na rmw e nd that sl~des into a larger ro d. U l1:scrav the narrow rod from the I a rger one a l1id se perate, Unscrew t he sprl ng from t~e na!TOW rod an d remove,

6b., Measuring 'from t~,e rubber-tipped end. cut lerger rods down to 2r~ 'wit h a fine carbon steel saw (your remalni'ng piece w'i~ I be around 5~'i~ 10 Irilg. bealr'iing' ] cut end and 1 frinTslh!sd end). Wi'1D~ wi're cutters, cut each sprlng to 1~1~",

6&, 'he, na rrow rods. 'wi ~ I have 1 ru bber -ti pped end and l u rdi n is had e nd, Note' 'the di m ple sta m pea Int-o the ~nfinls~ed end.This is used to gulde, the rod alonllS the sprT~g for adlustrnent, and 'W'S lIneedi to keep, it. MeasUiriing'fro-m[ this end. cut each rod to 1411",Ther~ tak.e the rubber 'foot off of the finished ,e,nd and put ii't onto t he end you ,~u st cut,

7.ATTACIH THE LEGS

78 .. Lay' the framework on the floor. Working on 1, [enid of the' framework flll l of the drilled, holes \Nlth hot glue" ,8] nd j nse rt the ,21!1 rod. W h i I[e the glue

r s sett I n,gil U S@ a S(~ U a re a nid a level tiC estsb I is h a s111J'alig hit posltl o,n i ng 011 the: leg.IRep~artcwirth the other 2:1'1 rod. This w I II be, 't:h e bette rn en d of th ~ d I vid,(~ r".

7bl. 'Worl,d ng' 0 n the oppos I te ~ nd of t he fra mewo r k r lie peat t h ~ process w i'1th the ,50/:2,111 leng~lhs of" the rema~l:1~ng larger rods, I,nsertlng the cut edges,

7e. Once he glue has set, screw each spring" cut end 'f',lrstl' Inb:) each o'~ the: 1--4 I'! ~.arrow' rods, h:~aving 2 II! of the spring exposed lFirmlly sllde each ()"~ these rods into this top anchor rods, Frnm hertel y();~ will be able to screw d ('JW n or LA 11 screw the na rrow rod - ,j LJ st as y()U wou Id a, cu rt:a,i n tens len rod - to ,ad,j US"~: a no secure the d,ivider to yo u r dasl red osll ing h,e,i,ght

a.SECURE FARMI TO IFIAMIEWORK

Sa,I' Lay on ~ of the p I ex i panels! pal Inted s ~d8 dX)WIII, ove r th ~ frarn ework and center lt, M,a ke! marks a long the

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the panels to the trarne. Ittk,e' the panel off of' the frarne and drtll a ¥16,!' hole ln the panel at each mark.Be ce refu ~ In Cjlt to press too l1,ard Wilh i I ~ d ri[~ I ing to avo ld era ckj ng the, IPI exlglass, R~ peat 'w~th second pa n ~ I"

8bl] lUg ht~y wli pe away d LJ,St end 'f~ ngerp r~ nts from th ~ P{1 rnt~d sl d es o~ the p I ex i Wit ~ a 50ft! ,t)Ow~ I end glass elea ner; bel I1g ca r,e'ful not to aff:EK~tr pa i nted 8 reas,

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s pace the, 5C r~ws/w,a$lhers, at 9 1'1 a 10 11,g' tine' top and sides Qf the framework. Scre,w th ~ ~elrl ~ Is onto the fra me usl ng the pan head screws and washers, m a ki rng su re t he panels a re centered on the trarnework,

NOTE: This design has been sized to accommodate a maximum ceiUng height of 7Vz~ 'I' but can be adjusted to fit a higher or lower cei ling",

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PROJ EeTS:: CAl" PAD

MAiIi~RIALS AN D TOOLS

[A] Jigsaw

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[C] Corru,gated cardboard pads messu ring 36I'1'M4811 Av,ai lable hi bu nd les off 50 from uilline.colil. VOU only need 3,5, boa rds, but irs ,;;cod te rnalve eldJra so you cain select, the most perfect o nes

[D] Hand saw Oil' redprocatinl saw

[E,J Van and !)&~ wood drUl1 bits. 6" or longer

[G] cat 'treats Liv·a~Utth~s cod treats (halopets.com) wo rk; ,excepti anally wei l,

[H] Power dri II

[I,] 3fe1l washers~ 211 dianleter (;C,'

[J] Ratchet with lJ'I'R socket

[KJ 8~ )(~u lag bolts (4) [I..] No. ;2 pencil

~M] Carpenter-a glue

[N,] Paint bfusht wallpaper brusht and trim ,lukJe for

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[0] S ha rIP utilnty/carnping k nile I P!feife r S p:}lderco.

[P] Level

Heavy obj ects to weigh dOWll glued boardls I used a I a,r,g,e piece of p Iywood ~ pil us several unopened bags ()f plaster (n ()t s hown).

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1_8 Ii [Po u r ca rpe nter 's g'l ue ge ne ro u.s Iy ()n b) th e cente r ot th e "~i rst [boa rd 1 the n sp n-Ie~ OJ th e glue out ~w'it h tbe br u.s h ,8 nd ttri rn gu 1 de" Ta ke ca re not to pou r i't o n teo th i c k nea r t~ e edges ~ 0 r the: gil Lh~ wi III 5e e p 0 IlJ tr~ I e,zuv i ng u ns igt~t.lly 0 oze that d rles ye I [I o«. LaiY the next baa rd an to p o'~' the: ,g[11lA ed beard, ta k.~ ng (;8 reo b) rnatch up the corners" and repeat untl I Y(HA"Ve attached 10 cardboard pads tog'etlier. Repeat thiis process wUh the next 1D pads. frinally'~ glue 15 pads to,g,ether the, same way', "Jriou now have 2 cardboard blocks ot lD-pad thickness and 1 of; 15 -IP~ d t hie kness,

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IPROJECTS:: CAT PAD

3. SAW AIND ADIHERE

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d rawn, fFh~pjeat u ntri I a II 3 card boa rd stae ks have the Castl e sha pe.

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saw ca refu Illy al~ ong the Illi nes, R'em'e mbar to. keep your] ig saw rnovl ng: i'f' you need to stop i rl the m ~ddlle of a I lne, do not tu rn ,o'ff'f the SEliW; k'eep irt run n i ilg or you~'11111 produce a rag'gedyeffect.

When you Sji¥W through the 5e ctlon that's IS pads th lek f. you wi ~III need. to com pll ete the sawiltJ1g job wli th a hand$,8W (II used (3, pu~ I sarw) or reel procat~1r1g saw wdh a II ong enough blade,

31b., Check. the, edges ai' eac h section carefullly" You W,2IlIfIt them to be securely gl ued, I f they';' re not" they will com e apart and fa n out ,8 b rt at the, edges. Ilf tlfJ1 is happens, ca refu II Illy USia a gil ue gu n to insert hat gllue between U'De boa rds, then pr-ess th elm toget !h,e r 8(ga'iin.