a springtime vase

This is my first project for a class called Professional Design Explorations. Every week we present pieces that we have made in response to the previous week's field trip. The form of the base of this vase was inspired by the shape of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, which we visited last week on Good Friday. The egg shape of the vase's rim was also inspired by it being Eastertime. The thin white plastic and asymmetric form remind me of a calla lily flower, which makes me think it'd be fun to try making a taller, thinner version...

balancing blocks

This set of building blocks was my last project from winter quarter.  The angled edges of the blocks make it necessary to counterbalance them using the dowels in order to make them stand up.  The structures that result are sensitively dependent on each block - removing just one can upset the balance and make the whole thing fall down.