A visual overview of the process of making kami-ito (paper thread) and shifu (paper cloth) - from washi (Japanese paper) to cloth.

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Danger!!! Urushi is basically poison oak/poison ivy sap. Not quite the same, but in that family and with the same effects. Not to scare you off, but if you are interested in this, imagine all the things that can go wrong from if you were to get a tube of poison ivy sap and then do things with it.

Outsider art is an umbrella term for any art made by self-taught individuals who are untrained and untutored in the traditional arts with typically little or no contact with the conventions of the art worlds.

diy (literal) book light.

Recommends adhesives to use for various materials