http://simonwillison.net/2024-02-12T04:36:31+00:00Simon Willison2024-02-12T04:36:31+00:002024-02-12T04:36:31+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2024/Feb/12/toying-with-paper-crafty-publishers-cutting-into-hobby-market-19/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/01/28/toying-with-paper-crafty-publishers-cutting-into-hobby-market/">Toying with paper crafty publishers cutting into hobby market (1986)</a></strong></p> When I was a teenager I was given a book called Make Your Own Working Paper Clock, which encouraged you to cut the book itself up into 160 pieces and glue them together into a working timepiece.</p> <p>I was reminiscing about that book today when I realized it was first published in September 1983, so it recently celebrated its 40th birthday.</p> <p>It turns out the story is even more interesting: the author of the book, James Smith Rudolph, based it on a similar book he had found in a Parisian bookshop in 1947, devoid of any information of the author or publisher.</p> <p>In 1983 that original was long out of copyright, and “make your own” crafting books had a surge of popularity in the United States so he took the idea to a publisher and translated it to English.</p> <p>This 1986 story from the Chicago Tribune filled in the story for me. <p><small></small>Via <a href="https://social.alexwlchan.net/@alex/111915406663398894">@alex@alexwlchan.net</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/craft">craft</a></p>

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<p><strong><a href="http://tubbypaws.blogspot.com/2007/10/this-is-my-little-paper-tribute-to.html">Papercraft Portal</a></strong></p> Maybe we do need a colour printer after all... <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/craft">craft</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/papercraft">papercraft</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/portal">portal</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/valvesoftware">valvesoftware</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/want">want</a></p>