Packaging Materials Garment
As the COVID-19 crisis confined the global population to our homes, daily deliveries of essential (and not-so-essential) items have left mountains of packaging materials in their wake. I think the textures are fantastic.
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Inspired by plague-era fashion, this piece uses debris from the contemporary privilege of e-commerce to emulate the exuberant sensibilities of 1300's aristocracy.
Express
Empress
Machiavelli Stool
One chair. Three configurations.
I live in San Francisco with two roommates. That means the mice are expected to pay rent, and if a couch takes up more than 3 x 6 feet of floor space, it's technically a guest bedroom.
Needless to say, we don't keep spare furniture laying around. We use what we've got, whether it's for work, breakfast, or lounging around.
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What if one piece of furniture could be used for various purposes?
Scale Lamp
Porcelain Pendant
This was inspired by exploring the translucency of ultra-thin porcelain. After experimenting with several tile-making methods, the scales were rolled into 1/8 inch sheets, then stamped with various textures, before being cut with an elliptical die.
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Once fired, the scales were fastened to a custom-welded frame with leather straps.
Proud Vessel
Slip-cast containers
The goal of this project was to create a ceramic object with thin walls and sharp edges, which can be very difficult to achieve with slab-construction.
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Three sacrificial bucks were crafted from particle board, and cast in plaster. Then a liquid clay called slip was poured into the two-part plaster mold. Wall thickness is determined by the amount of time the slip is left in the mold.
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After removing the resulting pieces from the molds, they were trimmed, bisque fired, and glazed.
