An Introduction
Who am I? If you want to know, just Google me. An interesting side-effect of having an uncommon first name and an uncommon last name from different language roots means that I can say with confidence that my name, without even bothering with a middle initial, is internet unique. So any reference you find to Emmett Lalish is in fact referring to me, which may have something to do with why I never really attempted anonymity. What is this blog about? Primarily myself and my hobbies, which have a tendency to blur into my career. In searching for a common theme, I found shape to permeate my various endeavors. I love sculpture, and though I didn't take to pottery like my father, I found a medium in 3D printing. It allowed me to combine mathematics and art with a precision I couldn't achieve in traditional media. But even long before that, I made modular origami, chainmail armor, and forged knives: all fundamentally sculptural. My original career, aerospace engineering, drew me beca