Volume 05

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*Special Section

PAPERCRAFT

42: The Cardboard Cobbler Folksinger Phranc sculpts cardboard into items like boots and life vests that look amazingly real. By Annie Buckley 44: DI Y Box: Turn trash into a fancy box with Phranc.

47: Paper Bead Bangle

Roll your own beads to make a safety pin bracelet. By Stephanie Scheetz

50: Folded Universe

Origami master Robert Lang breathes life into paper. By Tina Barseghian 52: Learn to fold Robert Lang’s Three Dollar Flower.

55: Kinetic Cards

Make your own pop-up cards. By Bonnie Burton

57: Popping Up

What author Matthew Reinhart loves best. By Bonnie Burton

58: Wrap Art

Create a masterpiece every time you wrap a gift. By John Boak

62: Flexagons

Flex your mathematics by folding this multilayered card. By Laurie Coughlin

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Features

36: Travel Crafty: San Francisco Craftzine’s Natalie Zee Drieu takes a shopping tour of the Bay Area’s hottest craft shops.

38: Rock Paper Scissors

Paper artists are slicing up the pulpy product in strikingly inventive ways. By Megan Mansell Williams

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Columns

3: Welcome

The power of paper: Rip it, wear it, recycle it, and use it to craft just about anything imaginable. By Carla Sinclair

8: Susie’s Home Ec

Lies, damn lies, and pant-making statistics. By Susie Bright

10: Old School

Make a 1970s-style folded magazine cat. By Cathy Callahan

12: Modern Crafting

Jean Railla of Get Crafty gets over herself when she compares digital home movies to scrapbooking.

35: Linkages

A crafting movement for fun. By Ulla-Maaria Mutanen

148: Recycle It

Three fab projects with one vintage sheet. By Susan Beal

152: Re: Fitted

From bras to over-the-shoulder holders. By Wendy Tremayne

160: Makeover

Teens turn a library bookcart into a winning Pink Cadillac.

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