Illusive
A limited-edition series of block prints and embossed graphics displaying optical illusions and intense patterns. I created this series myself, developing an experimental pipeline that used 3D-printed embossing plates to achieve deep, tactile imprints on the cards.
Related Projects
Tales From The Incoherence Era
A small zine of collected writings and graphics. As the primary creator and editor, I contributed most of the content and handled the final assembly, including a custom embossed cover on recycled paperstock.
Bezeliness Intensifies
A series of light sculptures and pen-plotted transparent graphics exploring the aesthetics of frames and bezels through space-filling curves, packing algorithms, and reaction-diffusion simulations. The work blended 3D printing, pen plotting, reactive lighting, and other digital production techniques. It was installed in three locations: the UIUC School of Architecture, the Broadway Food Hall, and a six-month window display on Urbana's main street.
New Models Codex Y2K20
An article titled '#The-New-Aesthetic: Objects in Mirror are Much Closer than They Appear', reading James Bridle's term of the technological uncanny into the strange photography of lockdowns and security in 2020. I contributed this piece to a retrospective on 2020, the year we were trapped inside.
Timeline Atlas
Two AR data-visualization sculptures visualizing datasets too complex to depict through physical sculpture: the home locations of all female senators over the past century. I collaborated with artist Stephen Cartwright, known for meticulously logging personal data over decades and crafting it into acrylic sculptures that exhibit spatial-temporal patterns. We used AR to go beyond his traditional manufacturing techniques. Debuted as part of a faculty showcase in 2019.