The Sourcing Project explores sustainable sculptural design through three works that merge material reuse, community engagement, and iterative making. Each piece reflects an experiment in how discarded or found materials can be transformed into meaningful, functional, and poetic forms.
- The first piece reimagines coral reefs using sourced plastic spoons from a local ice cream shop, emphasizing environmental fragility through form and repetition.
-The second piece, a sculptural clothing rack, was built from scrap wood and inspired by a self-portrait silhouette—combining functional design with personal narrative and spatial experimentation.
-The third project redefined scooter design by blending brutalist and romantic aesthetics: clear laser-cut panels etched with hearts contrasted against salvaged metal parts sourced from a local community bike collective.
Each project involved extensive sketching, prototyping, and iteration, centering sustainable methods and collaboration. Together, they demonstrate how design can evolve through community-sourced materials, creative reuse, and a balance between structure and sentiment.
This project reshaped how I think about materials—not as static resources. By sourcing locally and reworking what already exists, I learned how design can be both responsible and expressive, turning the act of making into an exchange between people, materials, and ideas.
Design is what I do, Design is what I love!