These laser cut cards have pieces that pop out and snap together to create playful animals. The critters have contact information on them for a lasting impression.

Work began October 2009.  I’ve been developing a more reliable clasp system for the pieces when they snap together and have also been working on a lot more animals.

Growlots, with the pooled information from UNI (Urban Nutrition Initiative) and PHS (Pennsylvania Horticultural Society), introduced the concept of Green Resource Centers that would supply outlying community gardens with supplies and services in exchange for a portion of the satellite gardens’ crop output.

Growlots is the name of a project begun in September 2009.  The group included Victoria Perez, Megan Braley, John “Woody” Woodburn, Kim Forsythe, Elissa Meyer, Adam Rusiski, Jared Delorenzo, John Pender, and myself.

As this process builds and strengthens gardens, it also has the capability to strengthen communities, while simultaneously providing them with fresh food and vitality.

Megan Braley and Victoria Perez have continued to develop this project

While sketching two dimensionally, I feel disconnected from the form I am trying to achieve. With these efficiently manufactured building blocks (milled with a CNC router), one can freely sketch in three-dimensional space.  This allows one to get a true sense of form, as opposed to relying on a perceived notion.

// early thumbnails

Work done September – October 2008

Work done June – July 2008