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But as adults, it is hard to find the space for creativity and to remember its power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExploring craft traditions and forms of making from across centuries and cultures, Clare Hunter encourages us to engage with the world afresh. To use our hands again, to see beauty in unexpected places, to play and protest and embrace imaginative possibilities. From paper crafts to wonders made from light and snow, she searches for creative delight - making lanterns, puppets, and pinhole cameras.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspiring and fascinating, \u003ci\u003eMaking Matters\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates individual and collective creativity. It blends history, culture, and politics with rich storytelling, wonderful characters, and tales of remarkable objects. Read this, and then make something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eTHREADS OF LIFE\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An astonishing feat . . . 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