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Every Tool's A Hammer: Life Is What You Make It, Adam Savage - Kindle Edition

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'Adam has drawn for us an imperative how-to for creativity... I am aware of no human outside of fiction more qualified to pen this rousing paean to making. I adore this book,' Nick Offerman, star of Parks and Recreation

MythBusters’ Adam Savage - Discovery Channel star and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech - shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully turning your idea into reality.

Adam Savage is a maker. From Chewbacca’s bandolier to a thousand-shot Nerf gun, he has built thousands of spectacular projects as a special effects artist and the co-host of MythBusters. Adam is also an educator, passionate about instilling the principles of making in the next generation of inventors and inspiring them to turn their curiosity into creation.

In this practical and passionate guide, Adam weaves together vivid personal stories, original sketches and photographs from some of his most memorable projects, and interviews with many of his iconic and visionary friends in the arts and sciences - including Pixar director Andrew Stanton, Nick Offerman, Oscar-winner Guillermo Del Toro and artist Tom Sachs - to demonstrate the many lessons he has picked up from a lifetime of making.

Things like: don’t wait until everything is perfect - in your workshop or in your life - to begin. Plan with pencil and paper. Sweep up every day. Learn from doing. Share your toys. There is an exact tool for every task (Adam probably has four of them in his wondrous shop), but if you need to pound in a nail and all you have handy is a skill saw - hammer away. The most important thing, always, is just that you make something.

Every Tool’s a Hammer is sure to guide and inspire you to build, make, invent, explore and, most of all, enjoy the thrills of being a creator.
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  1. C0mm0d0re_K1d's avatar
    Whilst most tools can be used as a hammer. Some people can't even use a hammer correctly.

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    VoyP's avatar
    Some tools can't use tools
  2. NS007's avatar
    I'll check on Goodreads if this guy has quotes on goodread, then it's a notable book.
    And indeed- he does.

    goodreads.com/wor…401
  3. sifer69's avatar
    Thanks OP. Looking forward to reading this on holiday.
  4. montblanc's avatar
    Adam Savage is a legend, both on Mythbusters and his Youtube channel Tested. I could listen to him talk about prop-making for hours so I'm hoping this book is great
  5. CarloRivera's avatar
    Really, really enjoyed this book. Didn't know much about it or him going in- loads of interesting stuff, and ways of thinking. His ideas about creativity and enthusiasm were brilliant.
  6. adistripes's avatar
    Bought for the same price on Google Play. Love Mythbusters, so looking forward to reading this.
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