DIY Arabesque Backsplash

DIY Arabesque Backsplash

Have you ever drooled over arabesque tiles and wished you could afford them as a backsplash for your kitchen? Well, there is a dirt-cheap way you can get the backsplash of your dreams using stencils. The cost may be low, but beware: doing stencils around objects and...

Folded Book Art Made Easy: available online

Now available on Amazon: Folded Book Art Made Easy: recycle books into beautiful art sculptures. This colorful instructional book is a culmination of years of experience teaching folded book art.

Floating Water Treatment Biofilter Island

Floating Water Treatment Biofilter Island

Back to the dirty pond issue. I've already written about a gadget I found that speeds up water cleaning time. But even after using that gadget, algae in my pond built up again quickly, making it necessary for me to drag my butt out every few days to de-muck the pond....

Ukrainian Easter Egg Activity

Ukrainian Easter Egg Activity

Here is a video tutorial for a basketful of Ukrainian Easter eggs--also known as pysanky. The Ukrainian method of Easter egg dyeing resembles batik where you use wax to block areas from the dye. You work in layers, blocking out the lightest colors first, then adding...

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Thanks to my laziness, I came up with this simpler method for folded book art.
The first video shows my method of making a pattern in Photoshop before I...

How to Cut Glass Bottles

I've been saving a collection of Bawls guarana bottles for the day I can figure out how to cut the necks off and use them for something spectacular. The cobalt...

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