User:Ashe

Revision as of 22:41, 20 September 2011

Ongoing Projects

• General i3 Beautification & Art Installation
• Maintaining and expanding the i3 Library
• My choir's website reboot (Wordpress, PHPList, etc)
• TBD i3 Girls' Maker Faire project
• Setting up a SWE booth at next year's Maker Faire
• Needlecraft Night
• Papercraft Party

Completed Projects

• Koi mosaic table [1]

Skills, Knowledge, Interests

• I'm a civil/environmental engineer and materials scientist by degree. Most of the things I work with are too big to hack at home. But do let me know if you need some specialized concrete. Or math help. Or CAD help.
• I enjoy a number of crafts, but I'm usually more interested in the product than the process. I've done mosaic art, basic crochet, some marginal watercolor, and a whole lot of scrapbooking. I can usually draw straight lines.
• I love modern architecture, especially when it's green. [2] I'm intrigued by repurposed and recycled projects.
• I took a typography course in college and am fascinated by the beauty and history of letterpress printing. I want to rescue and restore an old press.
• I know basic HTML & CSS. I fell off the web development wagon circa 2002, but I know enough to install Wordpress.
• I sing alto in a concert choir and adore choral music.
• I'm fluent in LOLcat.

Want to Learn

• Knitting
• Basic woodworking
• I am currently learning to program, starting in Python. Advice, resources, and project suggestions are welcomed.
• I'm dying to learn enough music theory to arrange music for SATB voicing.
• Learning to play piano or guitar would be nice, too. I've ruled out instruments I can't sing with.

Wishlist

• Kitchen stuff (stove, oven, sink) so we can do craaaazy molecular gastronomy [3] classes.
• Getting the podcast studio up and running so I can use it for multitracking [4]
• I'm browsing the Briar Press [5] classifieds for an appropriate press & accessories to set up a letterpress studio.