Making Stuff & Doing Things: A Collection of DIY Guides to Just About Everything

Kyle Bravo

ISBN 10: 0972696792 / ISBN 13: 9780972696791

Published by Microcosm Publishing July 2005, 2005

About this Item

General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Some page corners have been folded. Smudging on fore edge. Some staining on front and back cover. Secure pages, solid binding. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Seller Inventory # 1054730

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Stuff & Doing Things: A Collection of DIY Guides to Just About Everything
• Publisher: Microcosm Publishing July 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0972696792
• ISBN 13: 9780972696791
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good - Cash
• Seller catalogs:
  • How to / Skills

About this title

Synopsis

Kyle Bravo has assembled his HOW2 zines into a comprehensive book along with dozens of other instructional articles that tell you how to do...just about everything. Topics include getting active, direct action, gardening, making a woodstove, solar box cooker, egg replacer, how to make wine, homebrewing, liberated lifestyles, squats, homeschooling, fixing a toilet, audio phone patch, how to make envelopes, shoe repair, silk screening, making rubber stamps, how to juggle, magic tricks, making puppets, how to patch your clothes, putting utensils on your keychain, how to sing, bird feeders, how to play guitar, putting out records, billboard improvement, how to fix your bike, basic car maintenance, building a bike cart, how to take pride in your body, how to sexually stimulate your partner, diy birth control, how to handle an overdose, self defense, knowing your rights, how to live a more fulfilling life, unschooling, starting a fire with friction, making glue from pine sap, making rope, wild food, natural remedies, fire logs from newspapers, rubbing alcohol campstove, composting, diy toothpaste, getting rid of fruit flies, greywater systems, composting toliets, making hanging and floating tents, saving money at the post office, making posters and stencils, packing for tours, places to dumpster dive, making a tape wallet, building a cart-bike, cleaning stamps, blockprinting, fixing a harmonica, diy flowerpots, avoiding dangerous household chemicals, preventing ear infections, how women can pee standing up, menstrual massages, and a few pieces for inspiration. I'm sure you can see by now why this is essential.

About the Author

Kyle Bravo is a cofounder of the printmaking studio Hot Iron Press, teaches high school visual art, and manages the print shop at Louisiana Artworks, a center for visual art in New Orleans. He is a founding member of the Front, an artist-run exhibition space in New Orleans, and his work has been shown in a multitude of exhibitions both nationally and internationally. He is the former organizer of the NOLA Bookfair, an annual event in celebration of independent publishing and alternative media. He lives in New Orleans.