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capturing the essence of a being by removing room from hesitation; near-instantaneous connection from eye to brain to hand

to get lost in our own textures, unique, shifting, grasping, chafing and intimate

An exploration of whether mathematics can define beauty, and whether mathematics can be deemed beautiful. Awarded Cambridge International Examinations: Top in the World, Art & Design: Painting

ig: @artxstanford - an interdisciplinary collective that bridges divides between art and science/technology on campus through activations, workshops, tours and community oriented exhibitions.

Personifying languages as endangered creatures

Technology is Designed like a drug; Awarded Cambridge International Examinations Art & Design: Graphic Design, Top in New Zealand

Nebulous, adjective, in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy. Plastic is ubiquitous in our lives and is convenient in so many applications, yet its proliferation comes with an environmental cost, bringing about nebulous attitudes towards the material. This installation is a meditation on the nature of plastic at a critical juncture in modern history. #CEE32H: Responsive Structures

designing and handcrafting precious wearable artefacts, sculpting heirlooms close to the heart

Processing sketch, Drawing with Code

you are creating topography with every step, and ripping holes into the fabric of space; a multimedia interactive Kinect enabled projection mapping onto a blackout fabric;

3D Modelling in Solidworks & HSM Works Programming for Mass Manufacture + Wearable concept for the Wristlist: capture fleeting thoughts without being taken out of the moment

Breeze of Auckland, The Breath of Home | ME203 Design & Manufacturing

interning for a medical device startup: tele-health devices that convert iPhones to ophthalmoscopes for portable, low cost eye exams

User Research/Industrial Design for this stealth startup, Advanced Ventilation Applications; contact me to sign an NDA, it's worth it!

design process of Stretchsense's smart fabric and sensor arrays’ modular boxes from concept to manufacturing within 6 weeks

A collaborative drawing machine; a duet performance, a conversation mediated through a machine.

Leading and coordinating volunteers to teach hundreds of kids from diverse backgrounds on how to unmake/hands-on-disassemble e-waste and learn what their devices are made of.

To be cognisant of our intimate connection and dependence on bacteria to survive essentially, and of humanistic hubris in a way; they could fuck us up if we fuck with it. Art residency and graduate level lab training at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences with bioluminescent bacteria under renowned microbiologist Dr. Siouxsie Wiles

The coincidence of photography and neuroscience, the myth of women in hysteria, and body horror amidst the emergence of modern surgical practices

A study on Christian iconography from a secular perspective, and on the vandalism of interpretation as a means of propagating the meme through time.

a mix of cultures, but still feeling a fake, how does one appropriately appropriate inner mongolian, maori and buddhist artefacts? shot in the suburbs of LA with @leafy.yeh

Paddling away furiously below but casual above water. Taught away from visible distraught / now revealed / melancholy squad painted by me photographed by @sarahohta for @stanfordmint editorial

Performance art video - directed by Iman Floyd-Carroll

welded under apprenticeship with Marco Cochrane, renowned large scale figurative Burning Man installation sculptor