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Making Stuff and Doing Things: DIY Guides to Just about Everything

by Kyle Bravo

Practical skills with zine roots

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Practical skills with zine roots

Making Stuff and Doing Things grew out of a 1990s zine series in which dozens of contributors shared skills they considered worth passing on. That collaborative origin helps explain the guide’s wide range: homemade toothpaste sits alongside making art and media, while other sections address food, clothing, cleaning, entertainment, and getting by on limited money. The book brings everyday tasks and creative projects under the same do-it-yourself approach, with room for doing things together as well as independently. Its health-related material is presented as part of that broader collection of practical advice.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • People interested in low-cost DIY projects
  • Shoppers drawn to zines and collaborative how-to guides
  • Readers seeking practical ideas for everyday tasks and creative work

Themes

DIY skillsResourcefulness on a budgetZine cultureCollaborative knowledge-sharing

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Book overview

When you're young, broke, and in search of a life of adventure, Making Stuff and Doing Things is the most useful book on the planet. It's an indispensable handbook full of basic life skills for the young punk or activist, or for anyone who's trying to get by, get stuff done, and live life to the fullest without a lot of money. The book started in the 90s as a series of zines, with dozens of contributors setting down the most important skills they knew in concise, often hand-written pages. If you want to do it yourself or do it together, this book has it all, from making your own toothpaste to making your own art and media, feeding, clothing, cleaning, and entertaining yourself, surviving on little, thriving on less, and staying healthy for all your life's adventures. You'll never be bored again.
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