Chris Burden’s Small Skyscraper

...skyscraper. Embarrassed city officials soon closed the loophole. Burden was probably best known for having himself shot and crucified in the name of performance art, but I remember him for making it impossible to build the backyard tower I’ve always wanted....

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108 Artist/Maker Federico Tobon

...aser engraver. Federico on the Opposable Thumbs Podcast. Federico’s Warm Heart Automata animated sculpture. Arthur Ganson’s gear piece at the Exploritorium. Federico’s social media philosophy: “Post positive things. Mostly yours. Not too much.” Federico’s sharpening philosophy. Leatherman Sidekick. Paul Sellers woodworker sharpening videos: knife and chisel. Scary kickback video. Budget bandsaw repair. DIY belt sander. Making your own bandsaw. Sew...

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Epic Rants and Raves

...tvalues all the theories; the taste of the nitrous oxide, the firing of an artificial volcano. are better than volumes of chemistry. Enjoy the “taste of the nitrous oxide” kids! A quote to hang over your workbench Gustav Stickley, in addition to manufacturing furniture, freely gave away plans to his readers in the pages of The Craftsman. These plans were preceded by long, meandering meditations on the DIY ethos that, sadly, have been omitted from...

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Read Bungalow Magazine and The Craftsman Online

...ir Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture. Craftsman articles are eclectic, ranging from art history lessons to progressive era moralizing, to practical furniture construction plans. Bungalow Magazine was published between the years 1912 and 1918, first in Los Angeles and then in Seattle. The Seattle Public Library has digitized almost the whole run minus a few issues. Bungalow Magazine’s ulterior motive was to sell house pla...

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