art & community
I design experiences for a living, I create art for a life.
There is no greater magic in this world than when a community decides to put the time, effort and care into realizing a shared outcome.
If love is a four letter world spelled time, this is how I love to spend my time.
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community events &
leadership
Over the years I’ve had the privilage of leading, organizing and participating in events that enable creativity, art and expression.
Hyperborea 2017-2020
Hyperborea is a gathering in central Ontario focused on community, art and memorable experiences in that I helped run and produce.
Beakerhead 2015
Beakerhead is an annual event in Calgary that celebrates art, science and engineering, which we brought Riskee Ball to after Burning Man in 2015.
The Devil’s Lettuce Film Society 2018 - Present
The DLFS is a podcast where myself, co-hosts and the peanut gallery get high and watch films of all kinds.
Beg, Borrow & Steel 2018
Beg, Borrow & Steel was a fundraising event for art grants given to artists for the Firefly burn in Vermont.
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large scale installations
Take a look at multiple large scale fire art installations I’ve had the privilage of helping lead, build or participate in different capacities with Site 3 Fire Arts, a fire art team based out of Toronto.
Charnival 2015
The Charnival was an 85,000 sq ft. collaborative fire carnival and honorarium art grant recipiant at Burning Man in 2015, lead by Site3 Fire Arts.
Charcade 2013
The Charcade was a collaborative fire arcade and honorarium art grant recipiant at Burning Man 2013, lead by Site3 Fire Arts.
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RiskeeBall 2013
RiskeeBall was a collaborative fire art project based off a skee ball machine conceptualized and realized by Site3 Fire Arts.
Super Street Fire 2012
Super Street Fire was a collaborative fire art project conceptualized and realized by Site3 Fire Arts, based off the popular arcade game Super Street Fighter.
mid-scale installations
View a collection of smaller fire art projects and TV segments I had the privilage of building along side my husband as NekoMancy Labs and Site 3 Fire Arts.
Lucky Kitty 2018
Lucky Kitty is an interactive slot machine that dispenses coins and other oddities, designed, engineered and fabricated by NekoMancy Labs.
The Altar 2018
The altar is a performance art peice that reacts to an object or person placed before its idol, cat5, conceptualized and realized by NekoMancy Labs.
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Francis the Fantastic 2015
Francis the Fantastic is an interactive fortune teller who dispensed wisdom from his crystal ball, the first art peice conceptualized and realized by NekoMancy Labs.
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Discovery Channel — Seriously?! w/ Jay Ingram 2015
The shrimp cannon was a segment by Jay Ingram and the Discovery Channel, inviting the Site3 Fire Arts team to validate the validity of a popular internet meme at the time.
mixed media illustration & painting
Learning new tools to create engaging visuals remains a life long persuit and passion. Here are some of my creations over the years.
The High Priestess 2020
The High Priestess is a talisman I created over three years, to remind myself of the power of inner wisdom, and the influence we have over our own realities.
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Dungeons & Dragons 2021
During the pandemic, I found no better way to pass the time than to play with D&D online with friends. These are my characters I designed and illustrated.
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Black Rock City 2016
This is an award winning illustration created as the cover for an interactive short story game written by Canadian author and producer Jim Munroe.
Bonzai 2016
Bonzai characters were produced in 3D based off the popular mobile app game Bonzai, created by SPRLBS, Mikhail St-Denis.
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The War of Art 2010
Three posters created at the end of my study at the York/Sheridan Design program. Representations of my key take aways after 5 years of design school.
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying 2010
Vinyl, acrylic paint, tissue paper on canvas. Another key take away and my summary of it, after 5 years of design school and depression.
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motion & animation
Below are my experiments in motion design from my university days. Some are based on stories I love, others are explorations in visual language.
Fear or Laziness? 2009
A kinetic typography experiment based on a scene from "Waking Life", one of my favourite films.
The Tiger and The Strawberry 2009
A “Koan”- from the Zen Buddhist faith tradition offers useful insight for life.
Sweet Endeavors — Academy Leader 2009
An experiment using stop motion, m&m's and hardware with limited capabilities.
Fire 2009
An experiment using flames, rubber cement and compustible gas under pressure.
Crafted during a pandemic surrounded by
cat magick, kat noise and cat love.