Education


Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI. 2022-26.
BFA Textiles, Concentration: Nature-Culture Sustainability Studies.

School for Poetic Computation, Winter 2025.
UCLA Design Media Arts Summer Institute, Summer 2021.

Work Experience


Public Programming Intern, Tatter, Brooklyn, NY, 2025-present.

Artist Apprentice to Jessie Mordine Young, Brooklyn, NY, 2025.

Dye Garden Manager at Regenerative Earth Collective, Providence, RI 2025-present.

Papermaking Project Development Assistant for Loop Lab, Providence, RI 2025-present.

Studio Intern and Dye Lab Assistant at A Verb for Keeping Warm, Oakland, CA, 2024.

Editorial Illustrator at The College Hill Independent, 2023-present.

Product Photographer and Design Intern at Nature Gallery, Los Altos, CA, 2021-22.

Teaching Experience


Co-Teacher, Teaching block printing and mending workshops held at Tatter for the Brooklyn Waldorf School, Brooklyn, NY for Summer 2025.
Co-Teacher, Teaching punch needle workshops led by Tatter through ArTech at the Bronx and Queens locations, Brooklyn, NY for Summer 2025. 

Teaching Assistant, Assisting Anne Emlein's Machine Knitting class for Wintersession 2024 and 2025.
Teaching Assistant, Assisting Karli Ehl’s Fabric Silkscreen class for Wintersession 2025.
Teaching Assistant, Assisting Mimi Cabell’s Design EFS Studio class for Fall 2024.

Past Exhibitions

Kinning II, RISD Regenerative Earth Collective, 2025.
Textiles Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, 2024.
Kinning, RISD Regenerative Earth Collective, 2024.
In the Palms of Our Hands, List Art Center at Brown University, 2023.
EFS Spatial Dynamics Show, Waterman Gallery, 2022.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Nothing Follows its Spontaneous Course, WaterFire Arts Center, 2025.

Skills


Knitting Proficient on domestic knitting machine and STOLL Industrial Knitting machine. Proficient in M1 Industrial Knitting software for the STOLL machine. 
Weaving Proficient on 24-harness dobby loom, 4-harness, and 8-harness floor looms. Proficient in WeavePoint software and handwritten pattern drafting.
Fibers and Dyeing Extensive knowledge of fiber qualities, spinning, and dye practices with an emphasis on natural fibers and dyes.
Pattern Design Experience using NedGraphics and Adobe pattern software to make repeating patterns.
Silkscreen Printing Proficient in designing and printing straight, half-drop, and 4-way repeat patterns.
Sewing Proficient in machine sewing, hand sewing, and hand embroidery.
Metal Proficient in TIG welding and other machinery for mild steel, such as band saw, drill press, Di-Acro bender, and jump shear.
Film/Video/Photography Proficient in using Bolex H16 camera including in-camera special effects like double-exposure.
Proficient in using a DSLR camera for video and photography purposes, including commercial documentation.

Adobe Knowledgable of Adobe programs in the Creative Cloud Suite, especially proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. 




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