Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction – spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff.
ADAM SAVAGEBack when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction – spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff.
ADAM SAVAGEAgain, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell,
ADAM SAVAGEI’m a lifelong movie addict, and one of my favorite projects is making replica props and costumes.
ADAM SAVAGEThere’s this group online that I frequent.
ADAM SAVAGEMostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting.
ADAM SAVAGEI have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I think about things, forgiving me when I do less than I ought.
ADAM SAVAGEI learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted.
ADAM SAVAGEI think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody’s going to take care of you.
ADAM SAVAGEThey’re not very good ideas, but at least they’re ideas!
ADAM SAVAGEThe paint literally tells a story: what this thing is made of, where it’s been, what it’s been used for, and for how long.
ADAM SAVAGEGetting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.
ADAM SAVAGEOf course, I love tools. I also love arranging them, to the point where I came up with a name for my organizing metric: first-order retrievability.
ADAM SAVAGEStand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!
ADAM SAVAGEI’ve paid attention. I’ve pictured what I want to happen in my life.
ADAM SAVAGEThat’s OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
ADAM SAVAGEI had saved a few hundred photos of dodo skeletons into my ‘Creative Projects’ folder
ADAM SAVAGE