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Bageland’s current chalk menu boards do not represent the restaurant or cater to their customer base. In response, I created a black and white illustrated menu board to convey informality and professionalism. I also made a napkin menu board key to function as a souvenir of the wonderful Bageland experience.

2’ x 3’Fall 2012 / GRA 2208CPaper napkins and menu boardsFeatured in Ligature 2013

BAGELAND MENU BOARD DESIGN

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This ironic set of bowls serve as gluttony repellant. The Dust of Snow by Robert Frost is an epigram about how a man’s’ mood is negatively affected by a crow. In each bowl, a foreboding illustration peaks over the edge, warning the user of the consequences associated with overeating.

5” x 11”Spring 2012 / ART 2752CBowls with handwritten type and illustrationCeramic

NOT FOR EATING

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Inspired by the research of my collaboration partner Vitor Martens at the USDA, this piece explores the effects of environmental changes on human emotionale rationale through livefungus growth. The relationship of the corn and its existing pathogen symbolically comments on the human condition.

1’ x 1’ x 1’CASE 2012 / Independent collaboration Ceramic brain halves with live fungus Time Based Media

THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT ON THE HUMAN BRAIN

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Shame poles are a Native American tradition created to guilt a person into leveling unpaid debts. Inspired by this idea, I decided to cater it to the college student. This shame pole addresses my own guilt and unpaid debts within the collegiate party atmosphere. The ice symbolizes a happy facade, altering the arrangement of the pole from vertical to horizontal as it melts away.

6” x 6” x 36”Fall 2012 / ART 2701CIce, shot glasses, pearls, simulated vomit, Urine, photographs, condoms, earrings

SORORITY SHAME POLE

This piece addresses the way our t-shirts become representative of our personal history as we accumulate them over time. Each shirt features a handmade tag with a personal anecdote communicating how I acquired that shirt. I ask the viewer to consider an alternate meaningof the traditional self portrait.

3’ x 1’ x 5.5’Fall 2012 / DIG 2282CT-shirts, handmade clothing tagsInstallation Art

SELF PORTRAIT

Inspired by the Vienna Secession’s fascination with postcards and vertical type, this toothpaste box functions as package and postcard. Inside, a cut-out postcard invites the customer to participate in the spread of knowledge while simultaneously advertising for the Pepsodent brand and advocating reuse of package materials.

Box: 2” x 2” 10” Card: 4” x 6”Fall 2012 / GRA2208CToothpaste box and postcard

PEpSODENT TOOTHPASTE BOX

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This piece utilizes Clarendon Bold and popular culture’s relationship to glitter to investigate the role of kitsch in the American aesthetic. It references the Love sculpture by Robert Indiana while commenting on attraction to beauty and unwillingness to pursue concept.

2.5’ x .5’ x 2’Fall 2012 / ART 2701CCardboard and glitterSculpture

WORD

This project recognizes how photography functions as proof of the artistic process and f inal result and addresses the passage of time as a measure of value. When prompted to use only a piece of lumber as my medium, I chose instead to document my time spent with the wood via photograph.

7” x 4.5”Fall 2012 / ART 2701CWooden plank, photographs, labelsInstallation Art

PROOF

These posters utilize four of a set of f ive images that I created as digital collages illustrating my relationship to sensuality. In an effort to put the images into context and reach a broader audience, I created a mock campaign raising awareness for domestic violence using irony and shock value to convey concept.

11” x 17”Spring 2013 / Independent ProjectDigital collagePosters

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

Inspired by Shantanu Suman’s many personal graphic t-shirts, these t-shirts were designed as a gift in collaboration with Kylie Leuthold. They comment on the underappreciation of college teachers, and our gratitude for all that Shantanu has taught us about graphic design. One was given to him at the opening of his show on March 15th.

1.5’ x 3’Spring 2013 / Independent Collaboration Digital illustrationScreenprinted Recycled T-shirts

SHANTANU SHIRT

The game of checkers evokes heartfelt memories from my childhood. I created this easily transportable and durable game set to be played with family and friends. It demonstrates my interest in sustainability functioning as both product and packaging, and can also be played on a variety of unconventional surfaces.

2.5’ x 2.5’Winter 2012 / Independent projectScreenprinted pillowcase, baked clay checkers

RECYCLED FABRIC CHECKERS SET

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This set of diet pills addresses the irrational way in which our culture treats eating. Eating and its aftermath can become a vicious cycle. Health and money consequences are the most noticeable side effects. I aim to point out the logic in deleting this cycle.

1.5” x 3”Fall 2012 / ART 2701CPill bottles, fruits and vegetables

DIET PILLS

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