Design
Photo by Chloe Luterman.
Photos by Chloe Luterman.
Sculpture
For my NYU Handmade Music final, I created a MIDI controller with Arduino, cardboard, and a bunch of tape. This controller, made to look like a house, makes house music.
Based on the prompt "circus," I created this lamp using laser-cut plywood pieces to assemble the frame of the basket and the structure of the balloon-shaped lampshade. The exterior is painted with acrylic paint and decorated with red japanese rice paper. By layering of strips of white japanese rice paper, adhered to one another with a mixture of elmer's glue and water, I created the shade. The balloon structure was assembled in four separate quandrants so that the each section could dry facing downwards, creating the shape of the lamp.
Created for my Freshman Studio Art final, The Filer is a 2' x 1' sculpture of an apartment building, lasercut from masonite and assembled with sobo glue, and complete with an operating revolving door. Each window pane is created from two layers of japanese rice paper and a mixture of elmer's glue and water.
The Filer is an expansion of a concept that has always fascinated me: the connections and histories of people in urban space. Each window of The Filer opens as a drawer, holding an identification card for the apartment's tenant.