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Make amazing book art: folded page art

How to make amazing book art: folded page art

Simple, yet appears complex. This example of book art was made by an elderly lady in Paris. Your wonderful & charming host ...

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Set type with this introduction to typesetting

How to set type with this introduction to typesetting

Learn how to set type! Watch this instructional 1959 film to learn about typesetting. This is a very thorough introduction to a ...

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How to make amazing book art: folded page art

Make amazing book art: folded page art

Grand Illusions is a site for the enquiring mind. This how to video demonstrates how to make Folded Page ...more

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Curated 5 months ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to paint "Eternity" in Chinese calligraphy

Paint "Eternity" in Chinese calligraphy

Datong Xu currently teaches Chinese calligraphy and painting in Tucson, AZ. Watch this instructional painting video to paint the symbol of ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to paint the "Bird" in Chinese calligraphy

Paint the "Bird" in Chinese calligraphy

Watch this instructional painting video to paint the "Bird" in Chinese calligraphy with sumi-e ink on rice paper. This is actually a design ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to make an altered board book

Make an altered board book

See how to make an altered book using a children's board book. This is a great arts and crafts project suitable for a child or adult to ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 2
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How to set type with this introduction to typesetting

Set type with this introduction to typesetting

Learn how to set type! Watch this instructional 1959 film to learn ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 1
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How to craft a weekly planner with Julie Schneider of Etsy

Craft a weekly planner with Julie Schneider of Etsy

Julie shows you how to make a weekly planner. You can use your own ...more

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Curated 9 months ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to make a book using the five-hole pamphlet stitch

Make a book using the five-hole pamphlet stitch

Make a book using the five-hole pamphlet stitch with tips from this ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by WonderDude Mike | Comments 0
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How to make a quill pen

Make a quill pen

Instructional video on how to make a quill pen. Learn how to go from goose feather to versatile drawing instrument.

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Curated 1 year ago by Yann Tremaine | Comments 0
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How to make Raven Symone's padded journal

Make Raven Symone's padded journal

Raven Symone shows us how to make a padded journal using your favorite fabric. You will need a pair of scissors, a composition notebook, a ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to turn a book into a safe

Turn a book into a safe

Sick of your summer reading list? Learn how to make a simple and easy book safe to stash stuff including other books.

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 1
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How to adjusting your oblique penholder

Adjusting your oblique penholder

This video shows you how to adjust your pen holder based on how you hold your calligraphy pen.

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Curated 1 year ago by rhei222 | Comments 0
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How to bind a book

Bind a book

This video provides a clear, step by step approach to making books. By following the detailed instructions, you will learn how to bind books ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by VideoJug | Comments 1
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How to choose calligraphy writing tools & materials

Choose calligraphy writing tools & materials

Calligraphy designs are limitless with all of the tools, materials, and styles that can be used. Learn about supplies needed for writing ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by ExpertVillage | Comments 0
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How to craft a five stitch journal

Craft a five stitch journal

Learn how to make books! It's easy to construct your own books to use as journals, scrapbooks, notebooks, or sketch books. This is a five ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by hhurme | Comments 0
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How to create a flip book

Create a flip book

Doodles are fun, but turn them into a flipbook and they spring to life on the page—your flower blooms, your rocketship blasts off, or, if ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Howcast | Comments 0
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How to do brush strokes in calligraphy and painting

Do brush strokes in calligraphy and painting

Why does the brush not go back to a good shape after each stroke? This video demonstrates how to properly use the brush and get some great ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to do copperplate calligraphy in the fish hook variant

Do copperplate calligraphy in the fish hook variant

This video is a advanced calligraphy instructional video that shows ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rhei222 | Comments 1
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How to do the basic V shape stroke in calligraphy

Do the basic V shape stroke in calligraphy

Watch this video to learn how to do pointed pen copperplate calligraphy. The fundamental V shape stroke is demonstrated.

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Curated 1 year ago by Yann Tremaine | Comments 0
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How to do the square cut off in calligraphy

Do the square cut off in calligraphy

Watch this video to learn how to do pointed pen copperplate calligraphy. The square cut off stroke is demonstrated.

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Curated 1 year ago by Yann Tremaine | Comments 0
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How to improve your handwriting

Improve your handwriting

Have you been typing at computers for so long that your handwriting has become unreadable? Follow these steps to make your handwriting ...more

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Curated 4 months ago by Howcast | Comments 0
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Fire + Gravity + Corrosive Liquids = Explosive Rube Goldberg Fun

They Way Things Go is a Rube Goldberg inspired art film by Peter Fischli and David Weiss (1987). The 30 minute film documents an assembly line of action and reaction. Wikipedia: "The machine is ...

DIY LED Carpet-Light

For the craftsters & LED lovers, great idea by Johanna Hyrkas. The LED carpet-light: a simple, yet novel, DIY project. A single strand of LEDs is encased in a knit tube; the knit tube is wound ...

Make Fuel With Mountain Dew

Mountain Dew is the answer. Inventor Paul Patone has devised a mechanism that converts soda into actual usable fuel. "It’s called the Geet Sytstem. Basically, it’s a fuel booster system that can ...

No Lightsaber Required: DIY Jar Jar Binks Salad

Yum, geekdom fun. A Jar Jar salad. Wonderfully silly How-To from Only Knives: "A side dish from the Dark Side: Sculpt Jar Jar Binks out of a root vegetable." You'll need some serious ...

Sculpt Melted Cassette Tape Puddles Into Skulls

Cool cassette tape art by Atlanta based artist Brian Dettmer. From Design Boom: "...Dettmer was walking down the street he spotted a dead bird and an idea hit him. ‘here was this thing that used ...

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