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Sixteen Stories through Material

Sixteen Stories through Material was my final project for first semester Design Foundations at RISD. Our assignment was to create a deck of 16 4"x 6" cards, each relating to a theme in design but also telling a story about ourselves. A collective self portrait. I created 16 small dioramas to answer the prompt, and relayed aspects of myself in each box through minimal materials. Most are stories personal to me that I don't expect the viewer to understand. Like the feathers in the Symmetry box representing the intense bird watching phase I went though in middle school. Or the Magnitude box referencing the infinite mirror box I made in 10th grade.
Subtle
Pale Blue Dot
Movement 
Mexican Jumping Beans
Uniformity
White Polo & printed image
Organic
Uncut Ruby & Preserved Moss
Geometry
Brick Texture Prints & Balsa Wood
Symmetry
Feathers
Asymmetry
Sand from Miami Beach & Fabric from Rhode Island Bedroom
Harmony 
Beta Fish Photographs & Aquarium Pebbles 
Magnitude
Remnants of Infinite Mirror Box
Intricacy
Sketchbook pages
Modern
Crab Claw & Acrylic Paint
Contemporary
Photograph of Artist and Lid of Cardboard box
Ornamentation
Gold Leaf & Amethyst
Proportion 
Miniature Pin & Clay
Simplicity
Clay and Mirrors
Experimental
Clear Film that refracts light
Sixteen Stories through Material
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Sixteen Stories through Material

Answering a prompt for my final project in fall semester Design Foundations with Nikki Juen. 16 small Dioramas created with multiple materials.

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