Inspired by natural objects found in RISD’s nature lab, Blooming Decay is a print exploring the cyclic relationship between the end of life and new beginnings. Using Adobe Photoshop and NedGraphics, the piece transforms hand-drawn natural motifs into a pattern ready for product application.
Blooming Decay Repeat
A textural repeat crafted from hand-drawn motifs.
There is a myth that most of us accept and reproduce unintentionally, that nature and humans exist in alterity, opposite from one another. The Farm to Table Quilt considers this relationship. It is made from fabrics all naturally dyed and screen-printed , a combination of black walnut, madder root, cochineal, pomegranate, iron, and indigo. It speaks to a fact we choose to forget: what we put into the earth in pollutants and chemicals comes back to us in the food we grow and consume. The nature-human binary is proven to be a myth by the fact our bodies bioaccumulate the toxins we manufacture and the foods we grow don’t exist independent of the soil we degrade.
Farm to Table Quilt
naturally dyed cotton, 2025
Asian Long-Horned Beetle
screen-printed pigment discharge on cotton, 2025