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...
This book is a concise manual for learning to recycle books into beautiful folded sculptures. These easy book folding tutorials and patterns show you step-by-step everything you need to know to create amazing book art! Quickly learn:· Which books are best for...
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...
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...
I’ve been working at an artist’s print studio for a couple years now and getting acquainted with all the forms of printing–linoprinting, woodcut, lithography, monoprinting, etching, etc. I have not had much hands on in the studio. Mainly, what...
After perfecting the easy method for book folding, I’ve now started experimenting with variations of a single pattern. This folded heart book shows the result of two variations on the original method for folding a book into a word or image. In both variations, I...
