3. - sterling silver and antique bronze
- wax form carved by hand
- molded wax in silicone to create multiples
- investment cast pieces into final metal
- sanded, polished, and finished for 15+ hrs
Bracelet
4. Magnetized silicone pods organize
nail polish bottles in an easy-to-view
and protective manner
- CNC milled 4 acrylic molds
- removable core screws into mold
- poured silicone by hand
- fully enclosed magnet in silicone
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5. Tiger Head Badge
[sterling silver]
- hand carved positive in machine-able blue wax
- investment (lost-wax) cast blue wax piece into sterling silver
- spent 10+ hours sanding, polishing, and applying a pin-texture finish
6. AngryGorillaBottleOpener
This gorilla is able to rip off screw-off tops with his ferocious teeth, and pop
off regular caps with a flick of his cow-lick hairdo. He screams attitude!
- lasercut
prototypes
- CNC milled
6061
aluminum
(bottom) and
303 stainless
steel (top, left)
7. Prosthetic thumb designed on a
team of 3. The user switches
between modes with the push of
a button:
1: thumb bends in response to
index bending
2: turning a dial flexes/extends
thumb
3: moves thumb into full flexion
and holds
4: moves thumb into full
extension and holds
- Thumb: Formed by a laser-cut acrylic skeleton,
surrounded by oven-baked clay, molded and sanded
by myself
- Glove: Attached to the prosthetic for support. Also
sports a flex sensor sewn onto the back of the index
finger
- Cables: Thread through the thumb to the servos that
pull it into flexion
- Spring Steel: Lines the back of the thumb, provides
extension force
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8. Sterling Silver and Bronze Statement Necklace
- forms hand carved out of machine-able blue wax
- smaller form molded using silicone, and copies produced via hot wax injection into the silicone mold
- investment (lost-wax) cast blue wax pieces into sterling silver and antique bronze, respectively
- silver soldered the four pieces together
- spent 15+ hrs sanding, polishing, and applying textured finish
blue wax form
[necklace chain not pictured]
9. Foxy Ring Sterling silver, high polish finish
My Initials Pendant Sterling silver soldered to copper ring, matte finish with black patina letters
- silver forms first hand carved out of wax and then investment cast into silver
- finished by hand with sanding and polishing
10. Convertible
Vase
- base: sheet steel plasma
cut into shape,
rolled, then TIG
welded together
- top: plasma cut sheet
steel then rolled the
concave sides
A vase for bouquets of any
size, from tall and skinny to
short and abundant. The
top two concave sides
feature an elegant vine
pattern sandblasted into
the steel.
12. Label of LOVE
Challenged to create a label for myself, I turned to the famous LOVE statue found in my home city of Philadelphia. I’ve always prided
myself on the strong love and devotion I feel and express towards family and friends, and wanted my label to signify my lovable
nature as well as my hometown.
- CNC milled out of sign stock, programmed with G-code