PROJECTS
projects
The Dollhouse is a Virtual Reality experience exploring complex themes created by Zazie Films. The style of the animation is created to appear paper-like, and as if it was created by a child, which reflects the storytelling point of view of the experience. This project was completed in under 10 days to be transported to Montréal for the exhibition.
The Dollhouse VR Installation
The sculptures were created to match the concept artwork created by Sophie Dubé (shown on the left.)
This framed “family photo” was created using paper maché, cardboard, yupo paper, paint, oil pastels, collaged paper and pencil crayon. The frame was designed to fit around a light box so that the figures would be back-lit. I used coloured-pencil to draw on the texture of crumpled paper in the hair, and father’s shirt. I used textured paper to add visual interest in the clothing.
This mobile was created using paper maché, string, cardboard, paint, screw in eye-hooks, and a wire coat-hanger. I coated the mobile pieces with multiple layers of paper maché and paint to make them feel very hand-made. The strings were trimmed before display. I bent the wire to emulate the concept art and to balance the weight.
These images were provided to me by Zazie Films to see the finished work in the exhibition. With the help of Jacob-Peltier-Henry, we created a paper maché flower lamp. Jacob used armature wire to create the petal shapes attached to the base lamp, and painted the lamp white. We then used paper maché and tissue paper to complete this prop. We also tested the lamp to ensure it would not give off heat both before and after its transformation so that it could be safely displayed and function.
Ruins explores our world, post unexplained catastrophe where our once familiar streets and stomping grounds have been reclaimed by new life. It shows common and uncommon wildlife, interacting in the surroundings they find themselves in. Hyenas, a prevalent predator in this environment, find their way into every corner of this world. Those who have survived turned to new-old ways of survival. Survivors hunt, fish, and forage for food and materials. Their knowledge is compiled in a book shared through the community, a journal called their “Field Guide to them New World.” RUINS PROJECT
I chose to depict survivors of the unknown catastrophe returning to traditional ways of life that existed pre-industrialization: hunting, fishing, and foraging, as well as living in groups with shared resources and knowledge.
This project shows the resilience of our world, and the creatures that inhabit it. Life, including human life finds a way.
This project also shows ways in which the environment has been altered by the events preceding. The images above show our familiar world in ruin, but a world we still manage to navigate and thrive in.
Another concept I wanted to explore was animals adapting to new environments and the traits that would make them thrive or decline. As in the image with the Bactrian camels, their ability to survive extreme temperatures both high and low, and their non-fussy diets, they would have an easy time adapting to new and challenging environments.
This project is heavily influenced by the intrigue of abandoned places, and how nature reclaims our structures once we are done with them. Like old barns collapsing and being completely engulfed in vines and shrubs, the thought that something that was once ours is being taken back by nature by its own will, inspired me to create a set of illustrations showing the bounty of life that would lie upon our ruin.
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