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Skullery: An experiment in art looking back at its audience

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Driven by pnuematics and McKibbens air muscles, and using a Microsoft Kinect as its 'eyes,' Skullery was a large technical challenge. The hope was to create a piece of art that would track its audience across the gallery. On the night of the exhibition, I was rewarded with viewers being surprised by, creeped out by, and ultimately delighted with Skullery's interaction with them. 

Hybrid Masks Project

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Chinese American, Fake Japanese Iraqi-Mexican-German-Trini The hybrid masks project is intended to give visibility to those with mixed identities. In these first two I focused on cultural identity, but in the future I'd like to expand to include other categories such as gender and sexuality. 

Tools to Pick Yourself Apart With

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2013. Mixed media: wood, found objects, clay. A physical representation of self-loathing, and the toxicity of said emotion. 

Babilary Project

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Hormone packaging and associated comic. Done digitally for my Individualized Mentorship class. The aim was to explore how a semi-oppressive matriarchy would influence how a society viewed transgender rights, and then explore how that manifested through packaging. Babilary, the society in question, is a fictional land set somewhere near Japan and China.

Jewelry Work

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Work from my jewelry class at CCA. The top pieces are cast bronze, while the bottom are cast aluminum, both made using the lost-wax method. Front piece for a necklace, about ten inches across. Nickel, copper, and bronze. Available for purchase at $50. My cityscape pin featured in CCA's first-year exhibition. Nickel and copper. Available for purchase at $20. Contact me if interested. Hand-made, hand-carved silver ring, set with a blue topaz. Size 5.5 ring, available for purchase at $75. Contact me if you're interested.