Lifestyle FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2017 Single ticket scoops $758.7 million US jackpot

he second largest jackpot in US history, $758.7 million, has The $758.7 million jackpot is Powerball's highest since the been won by a single ticket bought in small town January 2016 world record prize of nearly $1.6 billion, which was TMassachusetts in an historic individual bonanza, lottery offi- split between three ticket holders who each took home $528.8 cials said yesterday. Wednesday's winning numbers were 6, 7, 16, million. A mad rush for tickets pushed Wednesday's jackpot up 23 and 26, drawn from five white balls, and 4 as the so-called from an originally announced $650 million as lines formed out Powerball number on a red ball in the multi-state lottery. of shopping malls and grocery stores, Powerball said. The draw- Powerball said it was "the highest jackpot won on a single ticket ing also created 40 overnight millionaires with 34 players and the biggest lottery prize ever awarded to one single person." matching five numbers and six ticket holders matching five The identity of the winning ticket holder was not immediate- numbers, the lottery announced. The January 2016 jackpot was ly revealed. The lottery said the ticket was bought from a con- scooped by winners who bought tickets in Tennessee, California venience store in Chicopee, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) and Florida. — AFP west of Boston. The player has one year to claim their prize, choosing between taking the jackpot as an annuity spread over 30 years or a one-off cash lump sum of $480.5 million, depend- Powerball tickets are shown outside of a a liquor store ing on state taxes. Wednesday in Fremont, Calif. — AP A new use for an old book? Fold it into a work of art

ooks have more uses than might be obvious. Sure, you can "Let's be realistic here. Sometimes old books are better suited press flowers in a heavy one and set out the pretty ones as for a new purpose," Martin says. "I feel it's OK to go ahead and Bdecoration. You can read the darn things. But have you take that old, unused book that's going to be tossed anyway and tried turning a book into three-dimensional sculpture?The turn it into a work of art." For projects that require hardcover process can be quite simple; the result a beautiful conversational books, some of the best include "Reader's Digest Condensed piece. There are many permutations of book folding, an art form Books," with their pretty inside covers, says Martin. Caldwell rec- that involves folding pages of a hardcover book - sometimes ommends old recipe and photography books, and any hardcover combined with cutting the paper - within the book's own bind- that has gold-tipped edges or marbled interior covers. Find them ing. The finished work pops off the page three-dimensionally, and at thrift stores and library sales. may be hung on a wall or placed atop a table. Groupings of three "If it's really visual and really colorful when you start to fold it, or more are the most dynamic. you get a whole new look on the wall," says Caldwell. Other book- "They look impressive on the wall," says Candice Caldwell of folding projects require paperback books; the finished pieces Chicago. "A group of six of these on the wall together can look generally are standing 3D shapes. Hang a finished hardcover really beautiful, and they're just really simple folds." Caldwell, who work of art with a ceramic plate hanger; place a dowel or pencil blogs about repurposing everyday items such as books at "the horizontally behind the book cover for support. — AP ReFab Diaries," was turning old books into clocks when, in 2003, she saw a simple book-folding project in a do-it-yourself maga- zine and gave it a try. She has since taught several friends and her mom how to fold books into wall art. "It's very, very forgiving," says Caldwell. Clare Youngs, author of "Folded Book Art" (CICO Books, 2017), also says book folding is easy. Her book includes instructions for folding a butterfly and other patterns. "It looks as if it is complicated and unachievable, but it is really easy to do," Youngs said in an email from her home in Kent, England. "You just don't tell anyone how easy it is and they will be amazed at your creations." Find book-folding tutorials on YouTube ("Introductory Book Sculpture Lesson" by Johwey Redington is a good one) and at crafting blogs - Caldwell shares links to many helpful sites. Instructables, the website that lists "how-to" instructions about homes, crafting and technology, shares a "three-step" tutorial. Or buy a $3 to $5 kit from an online Etsy seller, says Ann Martin, author of "All Things Paper" (Tuttle Publishing, 2015). "For several dollars you'll receive a pattern geared toward what you're wanting to fold," says Martin, of Wilmington, Delaware. "You can even fold letters in different fonts. It's mind- boggling how many patterns are out there." Patterns include animals, geometric designs, numerals and inspirational words, and both patterns and finished pieces are sold at Etsy.com. Care to see or purchase a sophisticated upcy- cling of this craft? Visit Crizu, an Italian company that trans- forms books into elegant 3-D sculpture. "My mouth is always hanging open when I find these people (such as the Crizu artists)," says Martin. "I can't get over the creativity that people come up with for a plain ol' book. They turn it into something completely different." Youngs began folding pages into art several years ago when she saw images of the craft online at Pinterest. She watched a few YouTube tutorials before folding her daughter's age into a book. "It is quite a therapeutic activity," says Youngs. "You get into a rhythm of scoring and folding that is relaxing, and it's very satisfy- These undated photos provided by Candice Caldwell show ing to see the shape develop." Martin has a quick comeback for books folding projects hanging on the wall of her Chicago those who think book folding is an act of destruction. home. — AP photos