White-Breasted Nuthatches

This is an illustration of white-breasted nuthatches sharing some food in the winter that I entered in a holiday card competition sponsored by Project Bread--a charity committed to feeding the world's hungry.

Presence & Absence

Presence & Absence surveys the daguerreotypes of Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes in mid-to-late 19th century America. The images illustrate both the life cycle of the daguerreotype, as well as that of their human subjects. I paired the images with text that discusses the responsibility of daguerreotypists to capture the essence of their subjects, rendering them fully present in the print.

Assembling a WARdrobe

Assembling a WARdrobe is a book I produced during a semester-long self-guided project focused on informational books. The book discusses women’s changing fashion during the Second World War in the United States and Great Britain. I use a variety of visual systems throughout the book including advertising spreads, which convey information in a similar tone to those of the 1940s. I also illustrated my own informational graphics which appear beside the body copy to convey some of the stylistic changes in fashion.

ICA New Membership Brochure

This membership brochure, New, is a piece that I worked on while interning at Square Zero: A Design Studio focusing on publicity materials for the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. I worked collaboratively with the principal on designing and photo editing the Currents section. I also independently designed three spreads that featured interviews with local Boston artists. Although the typographic and color systems were already defined for the ICA brand, I developed a system of cyan building blocks which mirrored the ebb and flow of the artists’ working process.

Personal Manifesto: Make Community Design

This set of four invitations was adapted from my personal manifesto entitled, “Make Community Design.” I allowed the text to take the form of party invitations as my manifesto discussed the importance of collaboration and exchange in the design process. Each of the four invitations encouraged designers and artists to mingle with their peers in the St. Louis community. Each invitation included a different section of my manifesto, complete with my own illustrations, and a series of save the date cards. I also designed a promotional poster as part of the manifesto series.

Inside Out

I wrote and illustrated this autobiographical account of my experience with scoliosis. I used detailed line drawings contrasted with white space and handwritten type to help dramatize moments of isolation, trips to the hospital, and distress with my back brace.

Reproductive Rights: History/Debate

This book depicts the tense history and debate over reproductive rights by juxtaposing an anti-abortion speech by Alan Keyes, with an pro-reproductive rights speech by Hillary Clinton. Keyes’ voice appears loud and overbearing, while Clinton’s words appear quiet, leaving more room for specificity. I conveyed the voice of history through a nonlinear timeline that reveals the changing history of reproductive rights and education in America.