By Jim McCloskey
‘It’s been a long time coming,’ wrote Jim McCloskey in his WaterShapes World blog in December 2013: ‘Just ten days ago, after nearly six months of grinding care and effort, the entirety of the WaterShapes magazine archive is now available online as it originally appeared
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS June 8, 2016 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE Active Water When agitated or flowing water moves through the air, it loses carbon dioxide. That’s particularly significant in systems with fountain jets, waterfalls or vanishing edges, observes Kim Skinner, with the loss affecting pH in ways that must be […]
PAL Lighting USA (Tucson, AZ) has introduced the Touch 5 wireless control. Designed with five separate channels operated by touch from a remote handset, smart phone or tablet, the unit has one channel dedicated to lighting control (and remembers the last color, speed and brightness settings) and four others to cover pumps, blowers, valves and […]
Aquascape (St. Charles, IL) has published its 2016 Product Catalog. The 104-page digital booklet covers the company’s pond and pondless kits; filters, pumps and lighting; products for fish and plant care and water treatment; and a range of tools and accessories. There’s also information on decorative waterfeatures and on rainwater-harvesting systems. For details, click here.
Whitewater West Industries (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada) has just released its “Guide to Waterpark Maintenance.” Prepared by the company’s expert staff with input from experienced park operators, the digital publication offers information on ensuring rider safety, extending the lives of park attractions, boosting visual perception and more. For details, click here.
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS February 17, 2016 www.watershapes.com CONCRETE PERCEPTIONS Shotcrete Reborn When its originators surrendered control of the shotcrete process in the 1950s, the approach fell on hard times. As Lily Samuels and Bill Drakeley discuss here, however, it has since recovered and has resumed its rightful place among […]
Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems (Apopka, FL) has published its 2016 Master Catalog. With more than 300 new items, the 516-page, full-color document is available in both printed and digital formats and covers the divison’s full line of products for ponds, aquaponics and all aquatic systems designed to keep fish and other wildlife safe and healthy. For […]
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS March 18, 2015 www.watershapes.com DIGITAL DESIGN On the Ground Floor Back in his high school drafting class, Tanr Ross took a chance in pursuing what were then brand-new computer-design technologies. By the time he encountered the team launching Pool Studio some years later, he was all […]
By David Tisherman
I take a lot of pictures of my work – so many, in fact, that friends and colleagues often tease me about it.
Chief among those antagonists are my Genesis 3 compatriots, Brian Van Bower and Skip Phillips, who have a running joke about how I always have a slide show ready, whether it’s two in the morning in my home or off in some location far removed from classrooms or offices.
And it’s true: Because I shoot 35-mm slides of every aspect of every one of my projects, I usually
By Eric Herman
I understand why so many people love digital cameras: You don’t have purchase or develop film, you can check your images instantly, and it’s easy to upload pictures onto your computer and