Masters Craft

Gourds for crafting are called "hard-shell gourds." They're green in the field, but after harvest, they slowly dry out, leaving a woody shell and lots of crafting possibilities. You can often find them at farmer's markets in early fall or online from retailers such as Welburn Gourd...

The headline will read "Beautiful Centerpieces from $5 to $500," said the magazine's style editor to me, "and we want you to design the $5 model for our readers." Now designing expensive projects is easy; exquisite papers, elaborate designs, and a lot of time (all of which translates...

I like to think of new ways to use age-old techniques, so this year, when I was dreaming up a holiday card, I decided to try a fresh approach to reverse appliqué. Here, the image is cut out with an X-Acto knife and then backed with colorful scraps of fabric. If you don't have time...

Clawful is the half-man, half-crustacean member of the Evil Warriors group from the Masters of the Universe series. ...

As part of Going Last's May of the Dead Carnival here's a couple of undead creatures (Skeletal Wardancer & Devourer) from Fantasy Paper Miniature Models...

Kazumi is the main character of 'Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice' (2nd title in the Puella Magi series)...

Nate Kaean papercraft from Carpe Chaos, Nate is a character that appears in the 'Jailing Fortune' web comic...

Thor papercraft from Xavier, the design is based on the likeness of actor Chris Hemsworth's character in the 2012 Avengers / 2011 Thor film...

The Chamber of Sages from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - it's located inside the Temple of light and it houses six of the awakened Seven Sages...

For the ultimate GI Joe fans, check out this huge collection of GI Joe-themed HQs/bases which also includes various backdrops, crates, bunkers, and all sorts of other Joe stuff.The collection is from the Facebook group called 'Living the Adventure Dios'. Hat tip to reader Christian...