How do you craft the new nether blocks?

Question

The nether now has awesome structures, built out of nether brick, fence and stair blocks. Is it possible to craft these or do I have to mine them?

Answer 1

You can craft the Nether Fences and Nether Stairs using Nether Brick in the same crafting recipe as regular fences (3 along the bottom 2 rows), or regular stairs (3 on the bottom row, 2 on the middle row and 1 on the top row) however you can't craft Nether Brick, you must mine it, so for all intents and purposes, you pretty much have to mine all of them.

Answer 2

Nether bricks can be made by smelting Netherrack. These can then then be combined to make Nether Brick blocks. This is currently in pre-release snapshots, and looks likely to be in the next full version of the game.