Institute of Backyard Studies http://www.ibys.org/shed The Institute of Backyard Studies talks up shed culture, unacknowledged creativity and the pleasure of making things with the mind and hands. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:56:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rare Trades: 4. Dry Stone Walling http://www.ibys.org/shed/?p=381 The Lost Tools of Henry Hoke http://www.ibys.org/shed/?p=362 Rare Trades: 3. Stonemason http://www.ibys.org/shed/?p=348 Rare Trades: 2. Tinsmithing http://www.ibys.org/shed/?p=342 Rare Trades: 1. Bookbinding http://www.ibys.org/shed/?p=332 Tinkering http://www.ibys.org/shed/?p=192 Check out the Institute’s Forum http://www.ibys.org/shed/?p=164 IBYS Membership http://www.ibys.org/shed/?p=140 The Random Excuse Generator – firing on all three cylinders. http://www.ibys.org/shed/?p=64 Henry Hoke’s Guide to the Misguided Henry Hoke's Guide to the Misguided is the story of an unsung inventive genius whose work could have revolutionised the modern world. From an isolated workshop in a distant windswept town came a constant stream of dazzling leaps of mechanical imagination, culminating in the extraordinary Random Excuse Generator.]]> http://www.ibys.org/shed/?p=48