Composites - Discrepant ceramic pieces are fused together through new skins in the form of re-glazing. Tiny slivers reveal old patterns that lie underneath.
This is part of my senior thesis at Parsons, which was an aesthetic inquiry into the concepts of immigration, integration and assimilation in America. Cultral objects met utilitarian, banal, mass-produced objects, and this series was born.
The tabletop component of "Objects for a Benevolent Assimillation", a suite that includes the re-vision of iconic colonial furniture.
Terra cotta pots, Bowls from Chinatown, Glaze. 2005.
Valet - "Valet" is a stylish wall mounted auxillary wardrobe for small spaces. By simply re-orienting the closet bar perpendicular to the wall, "Valet" keeps its depth at 16".
LightPrint/Light - If you look at design trends these days, you will notice a resurgence of a grandiose, elaborate, baroque aesthetic. This box allows you to plug into this fashionable trend, without compromising issues of space and spending. Next season, when this trend dies, you can slip on the next fashionable "object of the moment".
silkscreened plexiglass panel that inserts into plywood wall mounted box. 2004.
the image can be updated each season, if you so please.
Salvaged and Standardized - This bench was designed for TLC, a shelter for women in East New York. The project's constraints lead to investigations into low cost and recycled material, as well as an efficient means of production. Previous investigations done by the Campana brothers and Scrapile were used as models. This bench was assembled in two days.
Reclaimed hardwood, plywood and MDF. 2004.
Hybrids - Banal, utilitarian forms
are merged with human,
organic forms.
Slipcast porcelain. 2003.
Splay Chair - A modern version of the "Butaka", which literally translates to "Splay".
Bent plywood, walnut veneer, walnut hardwood.
Prototyped 2002.
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