Wood
10 ½” x 11”
The sun rays, which are made up of individual shapes, are rotated and divided into sixteen evenly distributed triangles circumventing a common center. This geometric pattern is first conceived as a sketch to create a circle out of straight lines. These elongated diamonds are then extracted to form the 3D wood piece radiating the circular center.
Awarded Scholastic Honorary Mention
Wood
20” x 16”
Triangles were assembled in a systematically reduced scale to create a dimensional structure to change shape and cast a shadow onto the surrounding areas. Varying coats of poly were added to enhance potential shadow play onto the base.
Awarded Scholastic Silver Award
Wood
16 ½” x 16 ½” x 16 ½”
Cut from natural materials, this planter embraces movement, with triangles that come to sharp connection points. The patterns don’t stop, but continue around, creating a natural flow mimicking nature.
Wood
15 ½” x 59 ¾” x 15 ¼”
Designed with tongue and groove joinery and invisible screws, this bench was an early experiment in woodworking.
Wood
24” x 24”
I found working with Particleboard fascinating due to its ability to highlight the layers when stained. Texturally it also provides a unique surface to contrast the background. This is also a great opportunity for me to explore using the jigsaw and a variety of media in a relief sculpture format.
Ink
9 ½” x 11”
This image was created using my own invented drawing tool - twelve individual toothpicks bound together, along with individual dowels and toothpicks snapped irregularly in half. The practice sheet shows the exploration of the tools. The objects picked resemble the things most important to me, like my first teddy bear, wearing my mom's glasses, my favorite pair of Doc Martens, and a half-dead plant.
RISD CE Experiential Drawing I
Ink
14” x 17”
My first time in Providence, Rhode Island, I didn't know why there were little baskets in the middle of the Providence River with burning pieces of wood. Living there for five weeks, I really experienced the cultural significance of the little burning baskets. This is a free experience provided for the residents of the city to come together and build connections through food, music and art called WaterFire. This is similar to my town of Lancaster where we have an event on the first Friday of every month called First Friday.
RISD Pre-College, Design Foundation Exhibition
Fabric on Wood
14 ½” x 19” x 2 ½”
Recycled elements come together to suggest relationships between prism shapes, and Pennsylvania state lines.
Awarded Scholastic Silver | LCYA Gold
Felt
27 ½” x 9” x 10”
After casting spherical felt shapes over tennis balls, tangerines and clementines, I attempted to capture the moment where water droplets would fall from a spout.
Awarded Scholastic Gold | LCYA Honorary Mention
Felt
15 ½ x 10 ½
This is another iteration of rectangular pillars creating a staggered line pattern.
Awarded Scholastic Gold
Nespresso pods and Tape
7” x 12 ½” x 12 ½” each
This piece is aimed at giving recycled products a new life, turning espresso pods into colorful lampshades to highlight a coffee bar at school.
Concrete
4” x 26 ¾” x 12”
In my second iteration of casting concrete, I utilized a blackened 200-year-old piece of wood recycled from the Lancaster County Courthouse. My design strove to embrace the combination of geometric and organic form in a functional object.
Foam Core
5” x 11 ¾” x 11 ¾”
Model located between the Architecture and Industrial Design Buildings at RISD. The Prompt was to design a pavilion which I extended to construct a multi level interconnected spaces which allow the individual to experience the flow from space to space. This structure includes a lounge, lookout area, cafe, studio, study room, and garage for cars and bicycles.
RISD Pre-College
Foam Core
17” x 14”
I was tasked with listening to the song “Mariella” by Khruangbin and making an art piece. The soft drumbeats and loud cymbals are depicted as the straight lines. Those lines are then extruded to form a wave that resembles the flow of the song. The geometric and black and white style choice intentionally provides structure to the beats and rhythm while also changing, as they are viewed from different angles just as a song would be played without a melody.
RISD Pre-College
6” x 6”
Micron Pen on Paper
A 3-D woodblock model was built to inform the 2-D design. Using multiple viewpoints of the model, I layered the views and darkened the shadow areas to create balance between the dimensional and flat realms.
Awarded Scholastic Honorary Mention
Micron Pen on Paper
9” x 12”
This piece is inspired by a rotating wooden sculpture I created from multiple pieces of wood joined together to create a spiral. Lines and silhouettes are extracted from the tracing of this sculpture from different angles and light sources to create the drawings.
Awarded Scholastic Honorary Mention
Markers on Paper
10” x 7”
This is a series of drawings made from an initial model and sketches. Manipulating and layering multiple sketchbook designs where positive and negative spaces interact, the four pieces focus on finding balance through the juxtaposition of black and white, warm and cool tones, heavy and lightweight lines.
12” x 9”
Three blind contour pieces in order from first to last, show how I struggled to get the right contour of my face without looking down at the paper. At first, I was anxious with my hand pressing down hard onto the paper and moving in a circular scribbling fashion. Next, I knew I had to relax my hand and take each color change slowly, bringing me even more anxiety that I kept looking down at the page. That's why the portrait may look more “realistic.” The third time around I knew I had to slow down, remain calm, kept my eyes locked in one position staring at the mirror and stay focused.
RISD CE Experiential Drawing I
12” x 9”
Blind Contour can provide very irregular and non-realistic faces. I set out to create a self portrait by collaging blind contour line drawings. The figure resembles me, how I have different sides to my character. There is that one who everyone sees and there are personas which linger around me constantly, influencing the decisions I make.
RISD CE Experiential Drawing I
Charcoal
24” x 19”
Buildings, art, music, and relations, are all formed with a connection of two or more things. The connections I see in my school structure, the beam to the floor, beams to other beams, beams creating spaces in which classes take place, create this space where I exist each day.