Aluminum, custom LED light
“Once I was beset by anxiety. I couldn’t tell right from left or orient myself. I could have cried out with terror at being lost. But I pushed the fear away - by studying the sky, determining where the moon would come out, where the sun would appear in the morning. I saw myself in relationship to the stars. I began weeping, and I knew that I was all right.”
-Louise Bourgeois
‘See You in My Dreams’ is an expression of lamentation and reverence. This piece is part of my thesis body of work which explores the ongoing effects of grief after the recent loss of my mother to ovarian cancer. Born from shifting emotional and material landscapes and a search for reconnection to identity. It is a meditation on impermanence, an archive of personal and artistic inheritance, and a subjective navigation of the nuanced and complex role that the feminine has played in design history.
Sycamore, Chrome Plated Steel Tube
Pirouette represents a repositioning and honoring of Ray Eames, inspired after discovering the way Ray Eames’ role in design was documented. The piece was designed last spring for a class in partnership with Herman Miller. The project focused on the De Pree House, which the Eameses designed in Zeeland, Michigan for the then-president of the company. Throughout my research it quickly became clear to me that the importance of her role as designer had been dismissed and undervalued. Ray’s education and work in abstract expressionism and her explorations in dance and how the body moves and interacts with space were of particular interest to me and the catalyst for deciding to design a kinetic sculpture. The form was then abstracted from a topographical map of the property, a tribunal imprint honoring the historic site where the material came from. The repositioning of the trays, the movement of the layers through space, and intention of allowing the piece to be edited in scale to fit the needs of the individual are all testaments to Ray’s iconic work.
Aluminum, Birch Plywood and Assorted Hardware Frame
Sycamore, Aluminum, Custom LED Light
Laminated Ash, Oak, Paracord
31” W x 18” D x 52” H
Aluminum, Mirrored Acrylic
Maple
Welded Steel Rod
46” (W) x 35” (D) x 33” (H)
This form is a study of tension, unity, and intersection. It is meant to signify the relationship of the body as it moves through space.
Medium: Ebonized Oak, Bleached Ash Veneer, Ash
Size: 34” (W) x 10 1⁄2” (D) x 19” (H)
This handmade credenza employs traditional joinery techniques such as tapered sliding dovetails, rabbets, and blind mortise and tenons for the highest quality fabrication. The dimensions and minimalist design were chosen with careful precision to highlight the juxtaposition of the angular frame with the soft flow of the door and drawers.
Ash
Ash, Poplar, Stocking, Quinoa, Jute Twine
Maple, Ash
There are a few overarching themes within my explorations of form and materiality, which I refer to as touch points: intimacy, sensuality, harmony, transformation and moments of connection. This concept of touch points is intrinsically tied to the idea of home and identity for me, ever more so as I navigate through a time of grieving and aloneness. I have continued to explore this idea as it develops through the properties of the material, discovering a unique balance of unity, negative space and intersection. I am intimately exploring until I arrive at the place I have been looking for. It is then that I have found my way home.
Birch Plywood
Headboard: 96” W x 1” D x 48” H
Side Tables: 11 ½” W x 10” D x 13 ½” H
Bedframe: 60” W x 80” D x 10” H
