Size: 17 x 36 x 0.5 inches
Medium: Artkal fuse beads mounted on cardstock
Comprising of 48,000 beads, this piece is a pixel art depiction of the character Jet, from the web comic, Sunset Phoenix. This piece was an experiment with a new technique for creating large pieces, since ironing is often inconsistent and can cause warping, also using many expensive pegboards. This technique involved cardstock squares with adhesive sheets on them, then pressed against the beads on the pegboard, adhering them to the sheet. These squares are then cut and aligned together and mounted. This piece took 75 hours in total to create.
Size: 20 x 13.5 x 4.5 inches
Medium: Cardboard, hot glue
The final piece made for the "White Houses" series, this piece was constructed assembled identically to the other pieces in the series, but was submerged in water for a few minutes before being dropped. It is currently on display in the University of Redlands Art Gallery for the exhibition Amalgam.
Size: 16.5 x 19.75 x 4.25 inches
Medium: Cardboard, hot glue
This piece was supposed to be more substantial physically, but due to the nature of fire, nearly the entire piece burned down. What remains are the lucky charred pieces that were not reduced to ash. It is currently on display in the University of Redlands Art Gallery for the exhibition Amalgam.
Size: 16 x 16 x 50 inches
Medium: Littered straws, plastic water bottles, and a cardboard box
This piece was assembled using numerous plastic straws, collected over a few hours from a small area. The area is sandwiched between a power plant and a train yard, and is filled with mattresses, tires, toilets, TVs, and other difficult to dispose of items. The base of the piece is constructed from a discarded cardboard box and is covered in plastic bottles, the majority of which were littered or left at the University of Redlands. None of the items of this sculpture were fished out of recycling or trash receptacles, but collected from the environment they were left in.
This piece comments on the number of single use plastics that are used in various drinks and how often they are discarded.
Size: 33 x 33 x 66.5 inches
Medium: Tires, various littered trash, forgotten posters, and cardboard
This piece, along with "Drink" was requested by the University of Redlands Theatre Department for an installation in the lobby for the play, Into the Woods. The department had put an emphasis for the show to be a practice in sustainable theatre, using nearly 95% recycled materials for the production of the show.
Aside from the tires that consist of the base of the work, this piece was assembled entirely using materials found on the University of Redlands campus. The platform that the tree is emerging from was made using catalogue posters from a cancelled gallery show in 2020 and the trunk and branches are constructed using forgotten cardboard boxes. The “leaves” of the tree are made out of trash collected from all over the campus, the majority being found within bushes and trees.
The intention of the piece is to draw attention to the amount of trash that exists throughout the world. By noticing how much ends up in the environment, there may be a more conscious effort to reduce the use of cheap plastics overall.
Size: 12 x 12.5 x 5.5 inches
Medium: Cardboard, hot glue
This piece is the start to the "White Houses" series and is a scale model of the white house that is unaltered from its original state, unlike the following pieces in the series. It is currently on display in the University of Redlands Art Gallery for the exhibition Amalgam.
Size: 8 x 6 x 6 inches
Medium: Cardboard, hot glue
This piece is a commentary on the United States and its pursuit of oil, specifically the lengths it will go to obtain it. The piece is meant to go in tandem with the "White Houses" series and is currently displayed at the University of Redlands Art Gallery for the exhibition Amalgam.
Medium: Collage
A photo collage of things and places that are important to me, aligned to make a larger panoramic photo, then connected and cut into a silhouette of a photo of myself.
Medium: Foam board, ABS plastic, various littered trash
This piece was the initial experiment using and commenting on trash. The piece was assembled using a 3D pen extruding black ABS plastic that created a web-like appearance, holding the trash to the board.
Medium: ABS plastic, and various sharp objects
This piece was an experiment moving from just using a 3D pen to represent objects to using the actual objects in the piece. Rather than trying to communicate the feeling of danger through the medium, this piece presents the danger directly through dozens of razor blades and pins.
Medium: PLA plastic
Consisting of pieces of a scrapped project, this piece stands as both being ruins visually, as well as literally in terms of the art.
Medium: PLA plastic
This piece was an experiment with presenting pieces that are not fully rendered, leaving parts of the creation to the audience.
Medium: PLA plastic
This was a further continuation focusing on urban and industrial elements that are often overlooked in daily life. The sculpture used specific reference images and aside from scale, attempted to remain true to form.
Medium: PLA plastic
This piece was an exploration in the materials elasticity, utilizing the way it is affected by gravity in the creation. It is inspired by many places where old cables are too costly or difficult to remove, resulting in massive tangles of wires.
Medium: PLA plastic
This piece was a continuation of urban and industrial studies, depicting a common phenomenon of an abandoned shopping cart, also missing a wheel.
Inspired by the Halifax Waterfront installation, "The Way Things Are", also known as "Drunken Lampposts", this piece plays with material and personification, depicting a grid of telephone poles with a single pole drooping onto the ground.
Medium: Fuse beads (Artkal)
This piece was a commission ordered at Johnston Fest, and pushed my limits of pixel art skills. This was the first piece in which I utilized gradients and at the time, was the second largest piece I had made, totaling over 6500 beads.
Medium: PLA plastic
From the Void installation 4/4
This piece was part of the 21 pieces in 21 days project and was part of the exploration of urban and industrial constructs.
Medium: PLA plastic
From the Void installation 3/4
This piece was part of the 21 pieces in 21 days project and was part of the exploration of urban and industrial constructs.
Medium: PLA plastic
From the Void installation 2/4
This piece was part of the 21 pieces in 21 days project and was part of the exploration of urban and industrial constructs.
Medium: PLA plastic
From the Void installation 1/4
This piece was part of the 21 pieces in 21 days project and began the exploration of urban and industrial constructs.
Medium: PLA plastic
This was the first piece in the 21 pieces in 21 days project and was an exploration in composition and communicating emotions.
Medium: Pen
These pieces were sketches of dorms that I lived during my time at college.
Medium: Fuse beads (Artkal)
This piece was made to be sold at a community event known as Johnston Fest. The piece was spread across 9 small pegboards and was ironed to seal the design.
Medium: Digital (Photoshop)
This piece was inspired by a dream where there existed a famous painter who made a series of works with famous characters turned into hands puppets with googly eyes. Rather than using a filter to make it look painted, both the hand and the eyes were digitally painted, stroke by stroke.
Medium: Foamcore, wooden sticks, clear plastic
This piece is an architectural model for a cafe proposed for a location in Copenhagen, Denmark. The design took several months and included many iterations, as well as a site visit.
Medium: Laminated wood