Making Things
Finding Use, Meaning, and Satisfaction in Crafting Everyday Objects
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Through easy-to-follow tutorials for over 100 projects that are both accessible and aspirational, Making Things invites readers to try their hands at a variety of crafts and celebrate the satisfaction that comes from slowly and carefully creating for oneself. Learn to fold magazine pages into Masu Boxes for organizing bits and bobs, make a cardboard loom for weaving potholders out of old linens, braid your own Kumihimo Dog Leash, or starch fabric scraps for decorative bunting.
Makers Rose Pearlman and Erin Boyle met in 2018 and immediately struck up a friendship, united by a reverence for everyday objects. Their approach towards craft reflects a shared commitment to sustainability and accessibility – as they write in Making Things' introduction, "Craft can be exquisite and exacting, the result of formal training and years of practice, but it can also be experimental and messy and not quite perfect."
Scouring sidewalks, stoops, and thrift stores, the authors repurpose materials to create projects that range from functional to fun and frivolous. Step-by-step guides make it simple to start and finish each project, while the book's stunning photographs show how each craft can fit within an organized, thoughtfully curated home.
As Making Things demonstrates, relying on a limited range of supplies and repurposing the same materials can spur our creativity, encouraging us to look at a pile of junk on a stoop and see endless possibilities.
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Release date
May 23, 2024 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781958417386
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Starred review from July 1, 2024
Experienced crafters Boyle (blogger, Reading My Tea Leaves; Simple Matters) and Pearlman (Modern Rug Hooking) to teach readers how to make what they need instead of buying anew: making pot holders, dog leashes, storage boxes, clothes hangers, and more by repurposing something old--shipping boxes, T-shirts, fabric scraps--and giving new life to what's already on hand. They demonstrate how doing this can make people more reflective on a spiritual level too; readers may find that making their own things changes the way they see objects and other aspects of their surroundings. The authors consciously avoid specialized tools and materials. Instead, they specify multi-use supplies that are common and readily available. Each project comes with highly detailed and specific instructions, both metric and U.S. measurements, suggestions for alternate materials, tips, and options for customizing. Many of the projects--more than 100 of them--are family friendly. The photographs and illustrations are for right-handers only, so left-handers will need to make their own adaptations. The book also includes projects and materials indexes, which are quite helpful. VERDICT This is a book for makers and for readers passionate about recycling, upcycling, and crafting. Highly recommended.--Marjorie Mann
Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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