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Unusual Crafts

By Kate · published September 20, 2026 · Still · 6 slides, at your own pace · Edited Sep 21

Five old crafts worth trying today.

Paper Marbling Ink floats on a bath of water, where it can be swirled into patterns before a sheet of paper is laid on top to capture the design. Make your own paper for journals, cards or wrapping.

Cover of A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding by James Bartram Nicholson (1856) via The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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