| Craftivity: 40 Projects for the DIY Lifestyle Contributor(s): Carson, Tsia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060841303 ISBN-13: 9780060841300 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2006 Annotation: From the creators of the hugely popular craft site, Supernaturale.com, comes a hip and funky compendium of new DIY projects that reshape, reuse, and redefine the concept of "handmade," moving away from country-cutesy, granny craft into utilitarian craft art for the 21st century. Got a pile of extra buttons and don't know what to do with them? Make a cool bracelet. Need some pillows for your new couch, and have a bunch of old wool sweaters? Turn those sweaters into felt! Knitting, felting, leather tooling, glass and metal work--it's all here. CRAFTIVITY is filled with 60 amazing DIY projects that make the most of what you have by taking old stuff and turning it into functional, breathtaking art. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Crafts & Hobbies | Fiber Arts & Textiles - Crafts & Hobbies | Papercrafts - Crafts & Hobbies | Glass & Glassware |
| Dewey: 745.5 |
| LCCN: 2006049147 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 8.02" W x 10.02" (1.42 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the creators of the hugely popular craft site, Supernaturale.com, comes a hip and funky compendium of new DIY projects that reshape, reuse, and redefine the concept of handmade, moving away from country-cutesy, granny craft into utilitarian craft art for the 21st century. Got a pile of extra buttons and don't know what to do with them? Make a cool bracelet. Need some pillows for your new couch, and have a bunch of old wool sweaters? Turn those sweaters into felt Knitting, felting, leather tooling, glass and metal work--it's all here. CRAFTIVITY is filled with 60 amazing DIY projects that make the most of what you have by taking old stuff and turning it into functional, breathtaking art. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carson, Tsia: - Tsia Carson is the founder and editor in chief of SuperNaturale.com, an alternative crafts Web site, as well as a partner at Flat, a multidisciplinary design firm. She teaches design at Yale University and Rhode Island School of Design. |