I love tote bags, especially ones with a fun, quirky twist. So for Harvard's Fall 2019 Open Studios event, I created "See-Thru" tote bags.

Each bag contained a "porthole" made of iridescent vinyl, and each side of the bag had an illustration that (sometimes cheekily) incorporated the porthole. For the event installation, I hung the bags on curtains made of sheer black tulle so that they would "float" in the air and act as small, colorful windows.

"Ghost Chinatown" is a series of digital drawings. Individually, the images depict different parts of Boston's Chinatown, from local storefronts to the traditional stone gate. When viewed together, a lone human figure, drawn on graphite and paper, can be seen.

With this series, I hoped to capture the sensation of walking around Chinatown, a vibrant neighborhood I had frequented since childhood, during the height of a pandemic that had left countless streets and businesses empty.

I was asked by Harvard's Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) Department to design a keepsake that commemorated the Spring 2019 Open Studios, which was going to be the first open studios event under the department's new name, Art, Film, and Visual Studies (AFVS). I decided to create tote bags that portrayed the theme of transition with a pattern made of the letters found in both department acronyms, such that old blended into new. I left the other side of the tote bags blank in order to encourage those who received a tote bag to use it as a canvas for their own art. Around 300 tote bags were printed and handed out to visitors during the Open Studios event.