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Glass Armonica (Working Replica, 37 Bowls)
My most beautiful invention. 37 glass bowls mounted on a spindle, turned by a foot pedal, played with wet fingers. Mozart and Beethoven both composed for it. The sound is unearthly -- people fainted at performances. Some thought it caused madness. It doesn't. It causes wonder. Handle with extreme care.
Radio & Wireless Communication Workshop
Hands-on session covering radio fundamentals: frequency, amplitude, modulation, and why your WiFi works. I will explain frequency hopping with a player piano analogy -- the same concept George Antheil and I patented in 1942. You will build a simple AM radio receiver by the end.
Lens Grinding Kit (Optical, Beginner)
Everything you need to grind and polish your own optical lens. Glass blanks, grinding compounds, polishing pitch, a simple grinding jig. I ground my own lenses in Padua. It takes patience and steady hands. The reward is a lens that you made, that sees what no human eye can see alone.
War Table Sand Map (Campaign Simulation Kit)
Traditional Chinese sand table for war gaming. Sculpt terrain, place forces, simulate campaigns. Includes miniature infantry, cavalry, and fortification markers. Better than any screen -- you feel the terrain with your hands.
War Bonnet & Ceremonial Shield (Display Replicas)
Eagle feather war bonnet and painted buffalo hide shield. Each feather represents an act of bravery. These are display replicas for education and ceremony -- the originals were sacred. Handle with respect or do not handle them at all.
Letterpress Printing Workshop -- Set Type, Pull Prints
Hands-on letterpress session. Pick individual lead type from the case, compose a line, lock it in the chase, ink the form, and pull a print. You'll leave with a hand-printed broadside. Tip: Set type mirror-image, left to right becomes right to left. The first time everyone gets it backwards. That's why we call it 'mind your p's and q's' -- they're mirror images in the type case.
AM/FM Radio Kit (Build Your Own, Soldering Required)
Complete kit to build a working AM/FM radio from components. Circuit board, capacitors, resistors, coils, speaker. Soldering iron included. Takes about 3 hours. You will understand tuning, amplification, and demodulation by building them with your hands.
Plains Survival & Tracking Workshop
Reading tracks, finding water on the open plains, building shelter from materials at hand, fire making. My people lived on these plains for thousands of years without a single building. The land provides everything if you know how to ask. Tip: Listen more than you look. The wind carries information.
Stella Adler's Acting Technique (First Edition)
Stella Adler's own handbook, first edition. She studied with Stanislavski in Paris -- the only American actor who did. This book is the foundation. Strasberg got the attention, but Adler got the method right.
Board Breaking Kit (Pine + Rebreakable Plastic)
Stack of 1-inch pine boards plus rebreakable plastic boards in 5 difficulty levels. Tip: Breaking boards is not about strength. It's about focus, follow-through, and believing your hand goes THROUGH the board, not TO it.
Thermodynamics Workshop -- Heat, Work & Efficiency
Hands-on session with steam models, thermometers, and pressure gauges. You'll learn the relationship between heat, pressure, volume, and work. Why does steam push a piston? Why does a condenser improve efficiency? Why can't you build a perpetual motion machine? Tip: Energy is never created or destroyed, only converted. The trick is converting more of it into useful work and less into waste heat.
Classic Screenplay Collection (Bound Scripts)
Bound shooting scripts of Chinatown, Annie Hall, Thelma & Louise, American Beauty, and The Shawshank Redemption. These are the scripts I used in my workshops for decades. Read them with a highlighter. Study how they handle plot points. Tip: Read scripts, not books about scripts.
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