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Welcome to my recent fixation: book-making! I have been following instructions from Sue Doggett's Book Arts while navigating secondhand materials. All of the fabric, paper, and twine comes from the thrift.

#books #handmade books #bookarts #bookbinding #secondhand #thrift #upcycling #reclaimed materials #japanese stab bind #coptic bind

Birds dismantling hostile architecture posts

The Smithsonian Magazine reported on a research paper about this: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crows-and-magpies-snatch-anti-bird-spikes-to-build-their-nests-180982546

The research (PDF)

The article links to this tweet by an author of the study, Auke-Florian Hiemstra...

And here is a magpie nest in a tree, photographed by the same guy...

There are more cute photos and adorable comments in this Audubon article about the paper: https://www.audubon.org/magazine/apparently-magpies-and-crows-are-using-anti-bird-spikes-make-their-nests

...Cockatoos have fun too!

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#handmade #artists on etsy #etsy #etsyshop #etsyfinds #reclaimed materials #upcycled fashion #upcycle #upcycling #women’s fashion #all you had to do was pay us enough to live #leftist #eat the 1%#eat the fucking rich #eat the rich

A hand hooked rabbit

(2025)

#fiber art #handmade #art #reclaimed materials #yarn crafts #rug hooking #contemporary rugs

Some of my favorite projects are the ones made as gifts. This patchwork tote was stitched together from entirely thrifted, reclaimed textiles, pieces that had already lived a life before becoming part of something new.

I hope it carries many more stories from here 🌿🪡