Welcome to the obligatory opening website babble…

Hi, I’m Ash.

I live in Gloucester with my fiancé Lex and our cat Arthur.

I thought I would put this site together, to explain some of the things I do apart from IT Support, which is where most people know me from.

I dabble in a few areas, including Music Composition, Art and Web Design, Laser Cutting / Etching plus Technology, SmartHome / Automation plus a few other bits and pieces.
These are all hobbies and I don’t profess to be any good, or an expert in them. I just have a go and see what product is the result of my work, be it good or bad!

Please check out the links above and you will see some of the projects I have worked on. Some have been at the request of someone else who has needed something created, others have just come from a thought I have had, then made it to show I could do it.

Keep an eye on my blog posts, as I will post up things I am working on and will include pictures and media files as I’m working on them, when I get time.

So new sections will likely appear very soon!

NB: Nice comments are welcome, but flaming and spamming are not. I moderate all comments before they are published and posts will be deleted if they are not relevant.

Disclaimer: Please see the bottom of the page.

And now after that stern wording, please some some of my latest updates:

New website online

by aa_webmin | 13 August 2022 | Music, Verses & Poetry | 0 Comments

I have finally gotten around to publishing an actual music website. Please go and visit https://oxy63n.me to find out more.

Apple Watch Straps

by Ash | 12 September 2020 | Laser Etching | 0 Comments

For those of you who know me and are reading this, you know I'm a bit of an Apple fanboy. Well I have been an Apple Watch wearer for a few years now. My Series 2 watch has not been off my wrist very much, since I got it a few days after release in 2016. I have a few...

The box of ceramic tiles for 20p!

by aa_webmin | 6 September 2020 | Laser Etching | 0 Comments

Lex and I went to a local car boot sale earlier today and whilst looking around for some new materials I could try and etch, I found a box of ceramic tiles for 20p. My thought was that if I couldnt get them to work in the etcher, then it wasn't an expensive waste....

New iPad case graphic

by Ash | 30 August 2020 | Design | 0 Comments

I found a Kickstarter campaign for a product called Doqo, which changes am iPad into near enough a laptop, with a keyboard and mouse etc. I invested in January this year and despite all the Covid malarkey they still got it delievered pretty well on time, it was a...

Dog Paw Mandala

by Ash | 15 August 2020 | Laser Etching | 0 Comments

I purchased this design from Design Bundles.net (https://designbundles.net/mockupstation/664233-dog-paw-3d-mandala-svg-animal-paw-layered-cut-file#gtmList=30&gtmPos=13) as part of one of their bundle sales this year. I decided I would use cardboad to cut it out,...

Guest WiFi Coaster

by Ash | 14 August 2020 | Laser Etching, Tech / SmartHome | 0 Comments

I have had friends over to my house for a coffee and asked if they could get my WiFi password, to save their expensive mobile data bill. I have good internet here, so gladly gave them the password. Some of my friends however are not very technical and as such, needed...

Multi-layered Mandala

by aa_webmin | 8 August 2020 | Laser Etching | 0 Comments

This was another design I bought from Design Bundles.net - https://designbundles.net/mawoodshop/582123-m128-layered-mandala-template-shadow-box-mandala-s#gtmList=30&gtmPos=19 I wanted to try and cut and assemble the design, so it was near enough the same as the...

Face masks

by Ash | 2 August 2020 | Laser Etching | 0 Comments

As the covid lockdown goes on, we are now going to need to wear face coverings when going outside. I would rather make my own that I can wash, than go and buy single use ones that create more waste. After going on to the Etcher Laser blog site, I found a template for...

The Tree Doormat

by Ash | 28 July 2020 | Design, Laser Etching | 0 Comments

One afternoon I went over to see my Mum for lunch and I saw she had bought a new doormat. It was a nice design of a tree, with branches etc and I appreciated the design. As I sat and had lunch, I thought about the design and wondered if I could recreate it in...

In memorium to my Dad

by aa_webmin | 24 July 2020 | Design, Laser Etching | 0 Comments

On 7th August 2016, my Dad passed away. My Mum still misses him a lot, being married to him for over 40 years. Being the loving son I am, I wanted to give her something special and personal from me, so she knew I was still thinking of him as well, as it is coming up...

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This site is designed to show off my design work and other projects, it’s not meant to be for social media.

If you want to see all of that, please go to my Facebook page.

You can contact me there as well if you have any questions.

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