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

by Bravo, Kyle

• ISBN13: 9780972696791
• ISBN10: 0972696792
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Microcosm Pub

Summary

Kyle Bravo has assembled his HOW TO zines into a comprehensive book along with dozens of other instructional articles that tell you how to do...just about everything yourself. Topics include getting active, direct action, gardening, making a woodstove, solar box cooker, egg replacer, cooking ramen noodles in a coffee maker, how to make wine, homebrewing, building shacks, liberated lifestyles, squats, homeschooling, fixing a toliet, audio phone patch, how to make envelopes, shoe repair, silk screening, making rubber stamps, how to juggle, vegan photo developing, 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, firelogs from newspapers, rubbing alcohol campstove, composting, diy toothpaste, getting rid of fruit flies, greywater systems, composting toliets, making a hammock, 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
GET UP & GO
How to Change the World In Just Four Easy Steps	3	(1)
Luran Barry
Mothra
Direct Action	4	(1)
Do It Yourself or Don't Do It Yourself	5	(1)
Matte Resist
Eight Things You Can Do to Get Active	6	(2)
SELF-EDUCATION
Learning In Freedom For Free!	8	(6)
Candyce
The Great Teachers	14	(1)
Robert Augman
SELF-PUBLISHING & PRODUCING
How to Make Books	15	(5)
Robnoxious
Why Make a Zine or Artist Book?	20	(3)
Sue Clancy
How to Make Your Own Movies	23	(2)
Mark Myers
FUN & ENTERTAINMENT
Record, Recycle, Reuse, Repair: New Uses For Old Vinyl	25	(5)
How to Play Guitar	30	(4)
Kyle Bravo
How to Juggle	34	(3)
Kyle Bravo
A Magic Trick	37	(1)
Kyle Bravo
ARTS & CRAFTS
Bookbinding For Beginners	38	(4)
Merrydeath Stern
Silk Screening	42	(1)
Kyle Bravo
Making Rubber Stamps	43	(1)
Matte Resist
Block Printing -- The Very Basics	44	(3)
Less Herger
Nicole Wolfersberger
How to Make Your Own Paintbrushes	47	(1)
Anna Virginia
Make Your Own Envelopes	48	(1)
Kyle Bravo
DIY Flowerpots	49	(1)
Marie
To Make a Candle	50	(1)
Trina
How to Hook a Rug	51	(3)
Corina Fastwolf
How to Set Up a Sewing Machine	54	(3)
Cordially Yours: A Brief Introduction to Cord Making	57	(2)
Lisa Ahne
Julie Summers
Make a Bracelet	59	(1)
Lisa Ahne
Julie Summers
How to Make a Tape Wallet	60	(2)
Kyle Bravo
CLOTHING
The DIY-ification of Style	62	(2)
Fitted A-Line Skirt	64	(2)
Ruth Marks
How to Make a Bikini Out of Bandanas	66	(1)
Anna Virginia
To Make a Nice Patch	67	(2)
Moe Bowstern
Unstink Your Socks	69	(1)
Kyle Bravo
DIY Shoe Repair	70	(1)
Alanna Stitches
Alanna Kibbe
Robert Augman
CREATIVE TROUBLEMAKING
How to Make Stencils	71	(1)
Matte Resist
Stencil Folder	72	(1)
Luka Rubinioni
Simple Puppets, Giant Puppets, Flags, and Big Stuff	73	(4)
Laurel Dykstra
Bruce Triggs
The Art and Science of Wheatpasting	77	(1)
OUTDOOR SURVIVAL
How to Make Glue From Pine Sap/Hand Drill Fire	78	(2)
Matt Wallace
Bow Drill Fire	80	(1)
Matt Wallace
How to Make Rope From Plants	81	(2)
Matt Wallace
Rubbing Alcohol Campstove	83	(1)
Matt Wallace
Wild Food	84	(3)
Matt Wallace
GARDENING
My Garden	87	(3)
Matte Resist
Companion Plants	90	(1)
Matte Resist
Potatoes In a Barrel	91	(1)
Matte Resist
How to Do a Germination Test	92	(1)
Matte Resist
Compost	93	(3)
John Gerken
Time to Feed the Worms	96	(2)
Martha Riecks
Mike Q. Roth
Eric Meisberger
FOOD & DRINK
Sprouts Are Good	98	(2)
Charisma
Dan Murphy
Solar Dehydrating Edible Wild Onions	100	(1)
Kyle Bravo
Insulative Cooking	101	(1)
Julie Summers
How to Season a Cast Iron Skillet	102	(1)
Brad Misanthropic
Easy Egg Replacer	103	(1)
Angie G.
Grandma Ida
Don't Get Knocked Out By a Cream Puff	104	(1)
Julie Summers
The Minimum Solar Box Cooker	105	(4)
Whupass Making Beer	109	(1)
Making Beer	110	(2)
Makin' Root Beer!	112	(4)
How to Make Wine	116	(2)
Jim Stumm
DIY: Making Dandelion Wine	118	(1)
Matte Resist
I Made My Own Soymilk	119	(1)
Kyle Bravo
TRAVEL
Packing For Your Punk Rock Tour	120	(2)
Paul Hansbarger
Tips for Staying Fit On the Road	122	(2)
HEALTH & BODY
Menstrual Creatures From Outer Space	124	(6)
Sheri Gumption
Menstrual Massage for Two People	130	(1)
Ladies: Pee Standing Up	131	(1)
Free to Fight	132	(1)
Luran Barry
Mothra
G Spot Play	133	(4)
Male Sexuality	137	(4)
Mike Albers
Dildos/Buttplugs	141	(1)
Sarit M.
Harnesses	142	(1)
Sarit M.
The Rhythm Method, STD's, Pregnancy Scares	143	(2)
Merrydeath Stern
Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Vaginal Yeast Infections	145	(3)
Julie Summers
The Cure For Burning Hot Piss	148	(3)
Caty
How to Treat Head and Chest Congestion	151	(1)
Brad Misanthropic
Controlling Hemmorthoids Naturally	152	(2)
Julie Summers
Inky's DIY Lice Treatment	154	(2)
Ayun Halliday
DIY Toothpaste	156	(3)
Kyle Bravo
Reclaiming the Earth	159	(1)
Shyla Ann
Robnoxious
Homemade Neti Pot	160	(1)
Trina
How to Avoid Getting an Ear Infection	161	(1)
Kyle Bravo
PET CARE
DIY Pet Care Ideas and Bonewits' Butt Rot	162	(1)
Candyce
Non-Toxic Fleacollars	163	(1)
Common Aliments and Holistic Treatments	164	(8)
Kate Fuller
The DIY Punk Rock Cat Diet	172	(2)
Mitch Freund
Michelle Downer
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
Typewriter Ribbons	174	(1)
Matte Resist
DIY Buttons	175	(2)
Kyle Bravo
Hot Sauce Shaker	177	(1)
Kyle Bravo
How to Make a Handy Utensil Keychain	178	(1)
Kyle Bravo
How to Travel-ify Your Bookbag!	179	(4)
Make a Quill Pen	183	(1)
Lisa Ahne
Julie Summers
How to Make a Valuable Stash-Safe Out of an 8-track Cassette	184	(2)
Susan Boren
Urban Foraging	186	(2)
11 Places to Dumpster Dive	188	(1)
Basic Greywater	189	(1)
John Gerken
Guerilla Shit Composting	190	(2)
To Pee or Not to Pee?	192	(2)
Kyle Bravo
REPAIRS
I Fixed the Faucet In Our Tub	194	(4)
Kyle Bravo
How I Fixed My Harmonica	198	(3)
Kyle Bravo
DIY: Fixing a Broken Toilet	201	(2)
Matte Resist
HOME SWEET HOME
Build Your Own House	203	(1)
Dan Beckman
Stove	204	(1)
Dan Beckman
How to Do Basic Electrical Wiring	205	(3)
Joe Biel
The Solar Powered Composting Toilet	208	(9)
Lu
Dirty, Dirty World	217	(3)
Fawn P.
Household Tips and Lessons To Be Learned	220	(1)
Cindy Miller
How to Get Rid of Fruit Files	221	(3)
Jenny LeBlanc
TRANSPORTATION
For Females That Don't Know Shit About Cars But Want To	224	(3)
Kelly Hardy
Fix Yer Bike!!	227	(2)
Matte Resist
Stopping Flats	229	(1)
Damian
Bike Tip For a Wobbly Seat	230	(1)
Matte Resist
Cart-Bike	231	(5)
Matte Resist
INSPIRATION
Reflex, Reaction, Action	236	(2)
Robert Augman
We Are	238	(1)
John Gerken
Success Story	239	(1)
Billy Burg
Taking Care of the Basics	240
Sophie Crumb