Bookmaking
Foldable viewing stand for a mobile device. The vial contains a scroll with a QR code linking to a film.
Map scroll with sliding expandable segments, rolled up.
Expandable map scroll unrolled. The map was designed for an imagined world with shifting terrain.
Balsa wood map box, a prototype for the foldable viewing stand.
Double-spined book portraying cities and beehives.
Double-spined book portraying cities and beehives.
Detail of a popup spread illustrating the seven sins.
Popup card featuring a tarantula. The legs wiggle about as the reader holds the card.
Popup prototype for a partially submerged shark.
I started using paper and cardboard as a kid, making my own comic books and board games. My fascination continued into adulthood - I took a variety of bookmaking and pop-up engineering courses while pursuing my degree! The above gallery contains various bookmaking projects and prototypes. Maps, geography, and the natural world are a common theme in my book work.
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Masks
Disenchanted deer, Halloween 2019
Crow plague doctor, Halloween 2017
Business tapir, Halloween 2013
Upright axolotl, Halloween 2011
Evil robo-Poseidon, Halloween 2008
One of my favorite hobbies is creating masks and costumes for Halloween. Above is a selection of my favorites! I usually start with a cardboard scaffold, and slowly strengthen it with a special papier mache mix. The finished masks often incorporate some sort of visibility component, such as fabric mesh or plastic orbs for eyes, and weigh between 10 and 20 pounds.
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3D Printing
Lightbulb plant hybrid, with root-shaped filaments.
3D Print of a Minecraft map segment.
3D Printed googles with laser-etched lenses that "pixelate" the wearer's vision.
I wish I had more time to explore 3D printing further! It's so much fun to watch your digital creations slowly become real. The above gallery contains a small selection of 3D printed experiments. I was particularly captivated by 3D printing's novel ability to create interlocked, but freely moveable segments.