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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”4652″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]I’m a designer, dreamer, and nature enthusiast. My love for art and design shapes the work that I do.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]View Portfolio<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]View R\u00e9sum\u00e9<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_single_image image=”4656″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

1. WOVEN LIQUID<\/span><\/p>\n

This project explores how different parametric 3D-printed filter structures can influence water flow and drinking experiences. By adjusting the density and distribution of the filter patterns, the designs respond to different user needs, such as flow speed, temperature control, and drinking comfort. The project includes three filter variations, each creating a unique interaction between the user and the movement of water.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. SILENT DEPTHS<\/span><\/p>\n

This project explores how jewelry can reveal ecological crisis through material and form. By using recycled resin embedded with ocean plastic waste, the designs respond to the silent suffering of marine life. The project includes two pieces a ring and a bracelet each capturing a moment of erosion entanglement and loss creating a quiet conversation between the wearer and the forgotten depths of the sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3.RESTING PAW<\/span><\/p>\n

This project explores how a cat urn can move beyond the logic of preservation and instead embrace memory, aging, and the bond between a cat and its favorite food. By using fish bone powder a material once central to the cat’s daily life the urn becomes more than a container. The design includes material experiments with sunlight, humidity, and natural dyes, each revealing how the vessel weathers over time. Shaped like a small planet, the urn offers not permanence, but a quiet, gentle companionship as memory does.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4.IRON ROSE<\/span><\/p>\n

This project explores how dark romantic aesthetics and structural deconstruction can transform jewelry into a medium of emotional ritual. By adjusting the interplay of thorns, withered petals, and fragmented silhouettes, the designs respond to different psychological states of the wearer such as self-protection, defiant authority, and the acceptance of beautiful pain. The collection includes three core pieces: a crown, a shoulder ornament, and a ring. Each piece creates a unique dialogue between the wearer’s body and the conflicting emotions of love and suffering.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”4652″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]I’m a designer, dreamer, and nature enthusiast. My love for art and design shapes the work that I do.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]View Portfolio[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]View R\u00e9sum\u00e9[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_single_image image=”4656″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][vc_column_text] 1. WOVEN LIQUID This project explores how different parametric 3D-printed filter structures can influence water flow and drinking experiences. By adjusting the density and distribution of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":4652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"portfolio_category":[12],"portfolio_tag":[36],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgcportfolio.wku.edu.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/4651"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgcportfolio.wku.edu.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgcportfolio.wku.edu.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgcportfolio.wku.edu.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgcportfolio.wku.edu.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mgcportfolio.wku.edu.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/4651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4658,"href":"http:\/\/mgcportfolio.wku.edu.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/4651\/revisions\/4658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgcportfolio.wku.edu.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgcportfolio.wku.edu.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgcportfolio.wku.edu.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=4651"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgcportfolio.wku.edu.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tag?post=4651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}