User:Akki14

Hello! I'm Heather aka Akki14 on IRC and here. You can just call me Akki or Mrs. S or Heather. It's pronounced Ah-key and it's from Jane Yolen's Dragons Blood novels. I liked the character because she's a bit headstrong and independent which I always hoped to be (and may slowly be getting to that point after a decade or so).

I have lots of different interests, ranging from domestic, to science, to the arts.

Stargazy Photography is my website. I make cyanotypes and use a big (sort of) 4x5inch sheet film camera.

Future Projects

• Possibly a wooden 5x4 film camera.
• 10x8 split-back contact printing frame.
• Bookbinding stuff - specifically a laying press (or steal/borrow a workmate and modify if necessary), and a plough (fancypants paper trimming for books)
• The weird LEDs-in-resin-nightlight weekend project from MAKE (I have fancy LEDs for this purpose... just need the resin now)
• Maybe a Monster book covered in teeth, eyes & fake furry bits.
• Fake cola *not* using essential oils because they're difficult to obtain, and in the case of neroli oil, expensive to obtain.
• MOAR BLINKEN LIGHTEN!
• MOAR CAKES&cookies&foodstuff ...

Projects Finished

• Make light-up harry potter wands for nieces (using UV and bright white light LEDs) for Christmas (er, hang on that's coming up soon) Made one so far ...
• Little table contraption for my UV light that I use for making cyanotypes.
• Crochet hook
• Project:Hackalicious Beard!

Stuff I'd like to donate but do not think there is space in The Space for it yet

• small (medium format film size) contact printing frames once we have a darkroom going in the Wet Room so we can use it for making alt process prints (cyanotypes, van dyke brown prints, etc.)
• Possibly a medium format (120 film) Brownie camera or two for people to use/abuse, probably more useful once we have the darkroom/Wet Room.

Box Location

It's approximately 2nd row (facing the front of the space, on the right), top shelf towards the open end of the row. I like occasional gifts and surprises (nice surprises, no dead bugs etc, please. They won't scare me, they're just a bit gross :/)