Name: The globe
Medium: Paper
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy 2017-2018 AP 3D
Original size: 10x10x10 cm
Explanation: Maybe the result of the daily routine of the school day, I became fascinated with the concept of repetition. I became fascinated with how doing the same task day after day can result in something more grand than than a single day. With this in mind, I folded paper triangles of the same size and shape, until they could be arranged into a globe. Won the Honorable mention reward from the Scholastic Art Contest
Name: The Bricks
Medium: Paper, tape
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy 2017-2018 AP 3D
Original size: 12x7x7 cm
Explanation: Working again with repetition, I used altered versions of the same shapes to create irregular shapes and structure.
Name: A ladder
Medium: Wooden sticks with glue
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy 2017-2018 AP 3D
Original size: 12x5x6 cm
Explanation: using the repetition of triangle-shaped wooden sticks to provide a view of going around, which also indicates a circled path.
Name: The wrap
Medium: Wires, yarns
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy 2017-2018 AP 3D
Original size: 3x6x4 cm
Explanation: This piece was inspired by a scene when my grandmother was making a sweater for me using yarns. By using the repetition of the wire and wrapping the yarns around the wires, it gives a visual view of how things are tied together even with a single piece of yarn. As you play with this piece, you can sort of adjust different angles and different shapes.
Name: Unbalanced tree
Medium: Tooth-sticks
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy 2017-2018 AP 3D
Original size: 16x10x12 cm
Explanation: Exploring the natural process of growth by using tooth-sticks, ending now in decay. Creating a view of nature changes.
Name: Half and Half
Medium: Paints
Where the project was done: Nepal, 2018 summer, Global Philosophy Leadership Summer Program
Original size: 10x3 m
Explanation: Hoping to create a more lively environment in a Nepalese children's library, we painted a tree to represent the growth of their acknowledgments and the hope of their lives.
Name: The Missing Creature
Medium: Plaster
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy 2017-2018 AP 3D
Original size: 20x7x10 cm
Explanation: Retaining a sense of the natural world in the things that man constructs has always been an interest of mine. With this piece, I explore the idea of growth and development, using the motif of an egg to show the process of a creature entering life.
Name: The mindset
Medium: Paper, ink pen
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy, 2017-2018, AP 3D
Original size: A4 Paper
Explanation: Sketch for the "an obsolete book", trying to provide the brainstorm process of how the book and butterflies are connected.
Name: An Obsolete Book
Medium: Book, wire
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy, 2017-2018, AP 3D
Original size: 7x14x5 cm
Explanation: Using the medium of the book itself, I wanted to use the motif of butterflies to capture the the feeling of gaining knowledge from a book.
Name: Still
Medium: Wire
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy, 2017-2018, AP 3D
Original size: 13x7x4 cm
Explanation: Tasked with creating a real-life, functional item,I created a wire bike. By adding ore details on the wheels and handles, I want to improve this piece as real as possible.
Name: Rib cage
Medium: paper, pencil
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy, 2017-2018, AP 3D
Original size: A4 paper
Explanation: sketch for the plaster rib cage in the next picture.
Name: Human Like Rib Cage
Medium: Wire, plaster
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy, 2017-2018, AP 3D
Original size:12xx10x10
Explanation: Using the wire to arrange into a rib cage shape and poured plaster on it to make is more real.
Name: Open your mouth
Medium: Plaster
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy, 2017- 2018, AP 3D
Original size: 12x5x4 cm
Explanation: The bottom part of this piece is a mouth, with the line curved on the mouth, it gives people a sense that the mouth is about to open up but not opened. And the thing on the top is just like the invisible pressure for us. Something, we don't get a chance to speak up or tell the truth because of the "invisible pressure"from the outside.
Name: Eyes first
Medium: Plaster
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy, 2017-2018, AP 3D
Original size: 7x5x5 cm
Explanation: Eye on top of the lip indicates that you see things before you say things. Never say anything that is not verified through seeing.
Name: The Tower
Medium: Card-broad
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy, 2018-2019 Independent Studies
Original size: 7x20x7 cm
Explanation: By cutting different sizes of circles and stacking them together randomly, it creates both positive and negative space at the same time and it's also great to understand the concepts of arranging the pieces to make it balanced.
Name: The Stadium
Medium: Card-Broad
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy, 2018-2019, Independent Studies
Original size: 8x9x8 cm
Explanation: Using the same techniques to stack the pieces together, but in order to meet the goal of making a building for the Architecture club I founded for Wilbraham Monson Academy, I created a theater that has place to perform and sit.
Name: In and Out
Medium: Wooden sticks
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy, 2018-2019, Independent Studies
Original size: 30xx25x30 cm
Explanation: I walk out of my dorm room, one cube in a line of many, and walk into my classroom, one cube in a line of many. In this piece, I again am interested in repetition, but use only a repetition of shape, instead changing the size and arrangement of the cubes in space. I wanted to explore a more creative use of space by changing the arrangement of the cubes I am so familiar with.
Name: Twisting
Medium: Wooden sticks
Where the project was done: Wilbraham Monson Academy, 2018-2019, Independent Studies
Original size: 7x25x8 cm
Explanation: Using different sizes of square frame, stacking the pieces together, and twisting them around in order to achieve the concepts of balancing.
Name: The Water Filter
Medium: PVC pipes, quartz sands, quartz rocks, active carbon, cotton, and tape
Where the project was done: China, 2017 summer, Global Philosophy Leadership Summer Program
Original size: 20x100x20 cm
Explanation: After seeing the water quality in a rural Chinese village, I was inspired to create a water filter with the resources that I have in America. Using a PVC pipe and various minerals as a filter, we were able to take murky water and make it run clear.
