a collaboration with d.goligorsky

David Goligorsky proposed that we do a collaborative kinetic sculpture in which he would pick out some materials that he liked and I'd put them together.  This is the resulting gizmo in action.  The idea for the reciprocating mechanism came from a visit to the Da Vinci exhibit at the San Jose tech museum last December.   You can see David's blog here: http://thegoligorskylaboratory.blogspot.com/

aquarium-inspired mobile

This hanging mobile was inspired by the movements of jellyfish and shrimp at the Monterey Bay aquarium.  

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.  

Illuminating Object Party

an awesome time-lapse video of the party:

http://www.vimeo.com/3534293

Illuminating Object

These are a few pictures of my illuminating object - the Vogel Pendant by Volare Lights. It's meant to be a reading light suspended over a Corbusier chaise lounge. The tilt of the arched copper piece can be adjusted by moving the magnetic steel counterweight, and the whole thing can be rotated about the axis of the copper tube that connects to the ceiling plate. I wish the height were adjustable too - the cables should come through the copper piece and be perfectly counterweighted so that the light can be raised out of the way or lowered for more directed illumination.

a book

This is my book project for art studio class. Yesterday was a really good day for the class critiques. The professor, Matt Kahn, laughed like a five-year-old over David's temperature-sensitive pillow, hugged Brooke for her wooden bowl, called Stephanie's wireframe gestural sculpture "exquisite," and teared up over this little book.