The Ultimate Craft Guide 25 Projects for Every Crafter

The Ultimate Craft Guide 25 Projects for Every Crafter

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The Ultimate Craft Guide 25 Projects for Every Crafter

20 Holiday Craft Projects

20 Holiday Craft Projects

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20 Holiday Craft Projects

The Art of Distilling Whiskey and Other Spirits

The Art of Distilling Whiskey and Other Spirits

This book is a backstage pass into the world of small-scale distilling of whiskies, gins, vodkas, brandies, and more. The reader, the ultimate spirits aficionado, will learn how water and grain are transformed into the full range exquisite, timeless liquors. There are few books available that explore the actual craft of distilling in such detail. Most of the other spirits books chronicle the historical side of the distilling world or focus on the flavors of various vintages. Our book will be the consummate insider’s guide to distilling techniques. Bill Owens’ original photography, the result of two cross-country road trips, offers comprehensive illustration of the microdistilling world.

The Art of Distilling Whiskey and Other Spirits

Victorian Scroll Saw Patterns

Victorian Scroll Saw Patterns

Beautiful and intricate original designs–plus classics from the 19th century. Full-size shaded patterns, complete instructions with close-up drawings and photos. ‘The glory of the Victorian era…shelves, frames, filigree baskets, plant holders, antique inkstands, and dozens more.’– ‘The Craft Digest

Victorian Scroll Saw Patterns

Makers

Makers

Here is the first comprehensive survey of modern craft in the United States. Makersfollows the development of studio craft–objects in fiber, clay, glass, wood, and metal–from its roots in nineteenth-century reform movements to the rich diversity of expression at the end of the twentieth century. &9; More than four hundred illustrations complement this chronological exploration of the American craft tradition. Keeping as their main focus the objects and the makers, Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf offer a detailed analysis of seminal works and discussions of education, institutional support, and the philosophical underpinnings of craft. In a vivid and accessible narrative, they highlight the value of physical skill, examine craft as a force for moral reform, and consider the role of craft as an aesthetic alternative. Exploring craft’s relationship to fine arts and design, Koplos and Metcalf foster a critical understanding of the field and help explain craft’s place in contemporary culture. Makers will be an indispensable volume for craftspeople, curators, collectors, critics, historians, students, and anyone who is interested in American craft. &9; &9; Exploring craft’s relationship to fine arts and design, Koplos and Metcalf foster a critical understanding of the field and help explain craft’s place in contemporary culture. Makers will be an indispensable volume for craftspeople, curators, collectors, critics, historians, students, and anyone who is interested in American craft.

Makers

Chaos, Creativity and Career in Independent and Electronic Music

Chaos, Creativity and Career in Independent and Electronic Music

A music-career book like no other, THE MUSIC PRODUCERS SURVIVAL GUIDE: CHAOS, CREATIVITY, AND CAREER IN INDEPENDENT AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC offers a wide-ranging, exploratory, yet refreshingly down-to-earth take on living the life of the independent electronic music producer. If you are an intellectually curious musician/producer eager to make your mark in todays technologically advanced music business, youre in for a treat. In this friendly, philosophical take on the art and science of music production, veteran producer, engineer, and teacher Brian Jackson shares clear, practical advice about shaping your own career in todays computer-centric home-studio music world. Youll cover music technology, philosophy of music production, career planning, networking, craft and creativity, the DIY ethos, lifestyle considerations, and much more. Brians thoughtful approach will teach you to integrate your creative passion, your lifestyle, and your technical know-how. The Music Producers Survival Guide is the first music-production book to consider the influence of complexity studies and chaos theory on music-making and career development. Focused on practicality, and guided by the big picture framework of Integral theory, it traverses a wide spectrum of topics, including presets, the butterfly effect, granular synthesis, harmonic ratios, the TR-808, altered states, fractals, P2P file sharing, and more. Carving out your niche in music today is an invigorating challenge that will test all your skills and capacities. Learn to surviveand thriveas a creative-technical professional in todays music business, with the help of Brian Jackson and THE MUSIC PRODUCERS SURVIVAL GUIDE: CHAOS, CREATIVITY, AND CAREER IN INDEPENDENT AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC.

Chaos, Creativity and Career in Independent and Electronic Music

Programming Sound with Pure Data

Programming Sound with Pure Data

Sound gives your native, web, or , apps that extra dimension, and it’s essential for games. Rather than using canned samples from a sample library, learn how to build sounds from the ground up and produce them for web projects using the Pure Data , language. Even better, you’ll be able to integrate dynamic sound environments into your native apps or games-sound that reacts to the app, instead of sounding the same every time. Start your journey as a sound designer, and get the power to craft the sound you put into your digital experiences.,

Add sound effects or music to your web, Android, and , apps and games–sound that can react to changing environments or user input dynamically (at least in the native apps). You can do all this with Pure Data, a visual programming language for digital sound processing.

Programming Sound with Pure Data

bash Cookbook

bash Cookbook

bash Cookbook teaches shell scripting the way Unix masters practice the craft. It presents a variety of recipes and tricks for all levels of , programmers so that anyone can become a proficient user of the most common Unix shell — the , shell — and cygwin or other popular Unix emulation packages. Packed full of useful scripts, along with examples that explain how to create better scripts, this new Cookbook gives professionals and power users everything they need to automate routine tasks and enable them to truly manage their systems — rather than have their systems manage them.

bash Cookbook