Physical Work
Physical Design — Fabrication
Designed and built a functional rollercoaster for a ping pong ball using only 3 sheets of matboard, 3 wooden dowels, and glue.
With Priya Stamper, Ben Sheppard & Pei Pei Soeung
Fashion — Fabrication — Sustainable Materials
A woven bodice using canvas and birch bark harvested from Boston Lot lake, connected to a layered skirt with laser cut hemlines of New Hampshire tree lines.
"Birches" embodies entangled ecologies literally: the garment is made from the ecosystem it represents, using birch bark harvested from the New Hampshire landscape, and sustainably sourced fabric from Hanover. Rather than designing against natural materials, the construction process requires working with the bark's inherent rigidity and responsiveness to water, making the ecology an active collaborator in the design.
The laser-cut treeline hemline translates that same landscape into a digital silhouette, creating a loop where the environment shapes both the physical material and the output: body, technology, and forest are woven into one garment.
Textile — Macramé — Pattern Design
Developed original alpha patterns, then wove macramé keychains using knots following each pattern.
Fabrication — Laser Cutting — Illustrator
Used coral textures to develop a pattern via negative space in Adobe Illustrator. Modeled pattern pieces to fit my body with 3D scanning software, then cut and constructed using mesh fabric, laser-cut wood, and twine.
Fabrication — Laser Cutting — Illustrator
Developed a repeating coral pattern in Adobe Illustrator. Cut 2D pieces from wood using a laser cutter and constructed a 3D hanging light fixture.