Everything in Second Life is made by someone. Clothes, Jewellery, hats and accessories, shoes, buildings, furniture. It's all made by someone like you and me. Some things you can get for free but most need to be bought either in a shop or via one of the marketplace websites like www.slexchange.com or www.onrez.com.

All the objects around you in Second Life are made out of 'prims'. Simple 3d solids that can be stretched, cut and twisted, hollowed and textured, then linked together into groups to form a single larger object. Whether it's a tree, a car, a chair or the building you are standing in, it is all made by the same process. Some prims have a script added - a little bit of programming to make it do cool stuff like spin or bling all the way up to vehicles and anything anyone can imagine!

Many groups offer building courses which teach you all the basics of building to get you started. It is not hard to learn, but it does require time and persistence to master. Try looking in the Events listing of Search to find a class at a time that suits you.