render it lovingly

Icy Form

2011-12-03T10:05:00.000-08:00

An illuminated mass of drinking straws pours through a fireplace.

Snow-Cone

2011-12-03T10:03:00.000-08:00

An illuminated cascade of strung dots.

My Planetarium

2011-12-03T10:00:00.000-08:00

This was a partial geodesic dome that I constructed out of electrical conduit. The lights imbedded between canvas layers create a fabricated starry night.

Fortune Teller Chandeliers

2011-12-03T09:53:00.000-08:00

These chandeliers were created from recycled magazines.

Curvature

2011-12-03T09:49:00.000-08:00

A masonite installation on a wall surface.

Rays of stripes

2011-12-03T09:43:00.000-08:00

A stripe installation composed of hand-dyed twill tape.

Pattern Play

2011-12-03T09:39:00.000-08:00

This was a pattern inspired window- I referenced and simplified a few patterns found in the Alhambra to create a stencil that was then used to paint the windows and create paper lanterns.

Dots dots dots

2011-12-03T09:36:00.000-08:00

These dot windows were a huge undertaking for myself and the visual team at work, but the end results are pretty impressive...

Hanger Chandelier

2011-12-03T09:29:00.000-08:00

A hanger chandelier that I simply constructed with some hangers and a bicycle rim.

Layered Winter Scene

2011-12-03T09:00:00.000-08:00

Old windows recycled into a layered winter scene.

Giant Pinecones

2011-12-03T08:57:00.000-08:00

This is a display that I made last year, of huge, suspended cardboard pinecones.

Radiator Cover Cone

2011-12-03T08:55:00.001-08:00

This is an illuminated cone made of radiator covers, that I made last year.

Radiator Cover Light

2011-12-03T08:49:00.000-08:00

This is a light I created from a radiator cover and some vellum.

Hat Display for Yestadt Millinery

2011-12-03T08:12:00.000-08:00

This is a display I created for Yestadt Millinery's presentation during NY Fall Fashion Week, 2010. Lengths of masonite curve and bend to provide a sculptural structure for Yestadt's beautiful pieces to perch on.

blossoming cardboard

2009-07-27T15:22:00.000-07:00

this is an interior of a window display I did created primarily out of cardboard from a dumpster. who knew re-using could look so good?

map it out

2009-07-27T15:02:00.000-07:00

a wheel display I conceived with maps intertwining... evokes traveling and exploring...

Washington Post

2009-04-25T08:44:00.000-07:00

There was a little article written about my job in the Washington Post last weekend. The results...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/18/AR2009041800691.html

to the fans...

2009-04-22T19:30:00.000-07:00

I created these with a few other display coordinators this past week at an opening. I love the three dimensional manipulation...

glimmer, glimmer

2009-04-22T19:25:00.001-07:00

I made a series of these last weekend in Durham. I just want to light up everything I do nowadays...

eat this~

2009-03-29T11:05:00.000-07:00

Things just look good when hung in mass. I did this last year and recently took it down- but I just love all those illuminated threads. This would look great over a dining room table.

light it up, part deux

2009-03-29T11:02:00.000-07:00

I became so obsessed with the light boxes I made in Greensboro that I made several of a different variety in Rockville. I just love illumination and creating depth by layering materials and backlighting them.

Cosmosis

2009-02-21T08:35:00.000-08:00

These images were taken at my senior art show in college. For my thesis I did large black and white illustrations on vellum, drawing different organic matter that related to each other in form. The panels hung horizontally overhead, and I built a simple bench to lay upon and view the work.

All Hung Up

2009-02-21T08:25:00.000-08:00

This is a piece I did last year at work. It was greatly inspired by a Dan Steinhilber sculpture, The mechanics of it were very simple and the materials cheap- I bought the hangers at a dry cleaning supply warehouse, and some were then covered in fabric. This is certainly one of my favorite installations from last year.

now serving...

2009-02-02T16:30:00.000-08:00

this is a recent installation that I did at work- paper plates- inspired by tara donovan- one of my new favorite artists. I also inserted mini sampler cups. it reminds me of barnacles and shells. i love the texture of the edges. I'll never look at my barbeque sauce smothered disposable plate the same way again...

akin to quilling...

2009-01-31T11:48:00.000-08:00

this is a piece i recently installed in a private home. it's hundred of laminated paper strips, curved and stapled together. i always love new mediums- and it was a lovely experience to collaborate with this client. i am still deliberating a title- it reminds us of many things- migrations, osmosis, topography, the dreaming...

light it up!

2009-01-31T11:35:00.000-08:00

i havent posted in ages, but im feeling ready to attempt it again. these are the lightboxes i was assigned to make recently- out of packing tape. i love how the light diffuses through, and how humble the materials are.