Selected Projects from RISD Foundations

Spring Spatial Dynamics with Nade Haley

Landforms
Bass wood and plaster
20" x 63" x 10"

Two Walls
Plaster and aluminum foil
15" x 15" x 12"

Spring Design with Nikki Juen

Limulus polyphemus: a subjective color inventory of the Atlantic horseshoe crab
100 colors selected from the anatomy, environment, history, and behavior of the horseshoe crab.

Fall Drawing with Gwen Strahle

Fall Design with Graham Guerra

Genetic Sum
Genetic Sum is a self portrait based on the concept of a person being the sum of two parents' genetic material. As the son of two scientists, I took the abstracts of two of their research papers, and transposed the text into RNA codons using an altered version of the pre-existing amino acid one-letter code. I printed this text on translucent paper, so that the buildup of genetic material is evident throughout the book.

Fall Spatial Dynamics with Marcus Shaffer

The Printer's Mobile Ancestor
A 100-second film demonstrating the use of a primitive printer. The mobile printer was created from a prompt to first replicate a mundane object in wood, in this case an ink cartridge, and from that create a kinetic sculpture.

Defiance
A 100-second derivative of Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai".