Created in 2021 spring fabrication lab with Juan Cruz at BTWHSPVA. An experiment with a laser cutter, this piece was originally designed digitally with vectors and then cut out onto thin sheets of wood. Afterwards, I painted each layer individually and then assembled them to create one image. Designed as a direct response to the COVID-19 quarantine that interrupted my senior year of high school, I created this piece with themes of depression, stagnation, and art block.
My plan for how the layers would combine.
The unpainted version, where the burnt edges from the laser cutter are more obvious,