Designer / Maker / Artist
I am a multidisciplinary designer specializing in wearable technology and digital fabrication for creative expression. I design and build costumes and fashion pieces inspired by science fiction and visions of the future. I love learning new skills and techniques, and sharing the design and build processes for my projects. I speak at creative technology conferences and maker events, and share ongoing projects on my social media channels and Studio Notes blog.
Studio Notes is my bi-weekly blog and newsletter, where I share my creative process and inspirations with the goal of encouraging more making and delight in art.
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Features & Interviews:
THE STRANGER 2024
Sam Machikovech from The Stranger interviewed me about SYMBIOSIS, my collection and fashion show performance, presented at Bumbershoot 2024. The article explores the collection and features some early work-in-progress images of the collection pieces. This article was also featured in the printed Arts & Performance issue of The Stranger.
ADAM SAVAGE’S TESTED
I visited Adam Savage in The Cave to share my recent projects made with 3D printing on fabric. We shot this episode for the Tested YouTube channel, and also a 360 video episode for the Tested VR series on the Meta Quest!
I also chatted with Norm Chan of Tested about my spacesuit and wearable tech projects!
HACKSTER CAFE
I spoke with Alex Glow on Hackster Café, and Monica Houston for the Hackster.io blog. We talked about designing and building hardware for the human body, how I get from an idea to a physical thing, and my winding path from graphic design to writing tutorials for HackSpace Magazine and Adafruit.
NIXON
I worked with Nixon to launch their Dork Too talking watch. Watch this mini-doc they filmed about my work and see the project I built for them!
NERDIST.COM
Read Sophy Wong’s Electronic Builds Include Lightsabers And Wearable Tech by Melissa Miller on nerdist.com