The Boring Table
Fall 2024
White ash, walnut oil.
46” x 19” x 16”
Made from local white ash trees affected by the invasive emerald ash borer beetle, hence the name, “Boring Table.”
Designed and fabricated with Caome Aggus and Findlay Starritt, with help from Concordia wood shop technicians Liz Xu and Tom Simpkins.
This table was awarded the Prix ADIQ (Association des Designers Industriels du Quebec) at Concordia University’s 2025 year-end exhibition.
Burn Block
Fall 2025
Pine, tung oil.
4” x 4“ 2”
An incense burner representing a plot of land. Plant clippings are arranged in the small holes, and incense is placed in the larger hole. Meant to serve as a meditation on one’s presence within a landscape.
This object was modelled virtually in Rhino and carved by an automated CNC machine with help from Jules Beauchamp Desbiens from Concordia’s Digital Fabrication Shop.
The surface was lightly sanded by hand and finished with tung oil.
Firewood Stool
Fall 2025
Charred white ash, tung oil.
10” x 10” x 20”
The wood for this stool was found at Le Champ des Possibles in Montreal’s Mile End. Cuts were done with hand saws, and fire was used as a preservative surface treatment before finishing with tung oil.
Pantry Container
Fall 2023
Pine, walnut oil.
7” x 6.5” x 3.75”
Features a lid that can be used as a scoop. Made from scrap wood left over from a cottage build.
OTS
Fall 2024
3D-printed nylon.
6” x 3” x 3”
A 3-dimensional logo using my initials. Can also be used as a desktop pen holder.
Open House Signage
Winter 2025
Anodized aluminum, birchwood dowel, 3D-printed PLA.
4’ x 1’ x 1’
A signpost designed to guide visitors to an open-house in Concordia’s Design and Computation Arts Department. The placard is made of laser-etched anodized aluminum, with an opening to allow it to hang from a notch in the dowel. The base piece is made from 3D-printed PLA.
Messenger Bag
Winter 2025
Cotton, botanical dyes, Speedball ink, mineral wax, stainless steel buckles.
A custom messenger bag meant for daily use.
- Fully-lined main compartment with a laptop sleeve
- Waterproof zipper
- Two quick-access front pockets
- Adjustable strap
- Logo print
- Dyed using combinations of vegetables and rust.
- Water-resistant mineral wax finish
Pattern-making, cutting and sewing done by myself. Styling, dyeing and waxing done in collaboration with Amy Park, Findlay Starritt and Gus Falkenberg.
Reed Cushion
Fall 2024
Cotton muslin, tea and coffee dye.
15” x 16”
Inspired by an area of swamp where deer had been sleeping. Made of ten separate nine-foot-long cotton tubes that were cut, pressed and sewn by hand, woven into a grid, and then tangled at random.