Letter from the Editrix

If anyone is interested in what the hell we're doing, this would be the thing to read
(P.S. It updates every issue!)

Book Reviews

Dark Hunger. There's not been a lot of time for reading lately.

Editorial: Cultural Appropriation Meets Craft

When Target is putting out papel picado decorations and calavera-enhanced PJ sets, you know it's hit the mainstream. Which is all well and good, but also kind of weird.

Technique: Comparative Calaveras

There are two basic kinds of recipes on the internet for sugar skulls. The first is a mixture of dampened granulated sugar and meringue powder, pressed into a mold. The second creates a modeling clay from powdered sugar, using egg white and corn syrup as binders. I tried them both.

Project Details
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Mantel de Muertos
Cutthroat Should Be Coming Into The River
All the beauty of papel picado; 400x the lifespan.
 

Dollar Store Death
Bob Ross Wannabe
Oh, Spirit, wrapp'd in tawdry cloak
Thy cheeks, emboldened with too much blush...

Mmm... brains!
Rrrrgh . . . . Burns . . . .
Zabet: I love you.
 

Conmemoración
AntiCraft Superstar
I created this portable box of memories to soothe my pains.
 

Calacas de Arcilla
Bob Ross Wannabe
The foot bone's connected to the leg bone...!
 

Huesos Deliciosos
Rrrrgh . . . . Brains . . . .
The leg bone's connected to the hip bone...!
 

Sweet Satisfaction
Loose Woman
Have your sweet and have it eat your notions, too.
 

Calavera Charts
n/a
Unapologetic gushing: Zabet cannot get enough of Erssie Major.
 

Surprise #1: Los Pequeñeos Relojes de Arena
Strong Intermediate
Like sand through an hourglass, so are the socks of our lives...
 

Surprise #2: Magdalenas de Muertos
Rrrrgh . . . . Burns . . . .
España + La Gente Indígena de México + Los Estados Unidos =
Orange-anise tea cakes that'll make ya fat.

Surprise #3: Las Calacas Danzantes
Strong Intermediate
Put on your dancin' socks!

Surprise #4: Calabaza Tallada
Cutthroat Should Be Coming Into The River
Another ridiculously complex pumpkin carving. Yes, too late for Día de los Muertos, but you can still find pumpkins and gourds to carve anyway because it's just pretty.

Surprise #5: La Calaverita
MoonPrincess RavenDark
Our final Día de los Muertos-themed surprise: darling little intarsia bags for giving gifts or keeping secrets.

Surprise #6: He Sees You When You're Sleeping
Boy Scout Drop Out
One for the Santa worshipers.