CONFERENCE RESEARCH 2025

My Abstract for the Illustration research conference: 

 My proposal for my paper explores how mechanical and coded systems shape contemporary illustration practice by examining the intersection of sound, book arts, and historical apparatuses. My research focuses on Tapestry Sound Book (2019), an artist’s book that encodes sound through woven patterns, drawing connections between the heritage of mechanical music devices, illustration, and experimental book forms. 

My illustration practice is rooted in a lineage of mechanized creative processes, from the Jacquard loom- an early computational system using punched cards- to mechanical music boxes, player pianos, and early printing technologies. My bookworks align with Sound Weaving, a practice that translates textile patterns into musical compositions, demonstrating how historical craft traditions inform contemporary digital and machine-based art. These encoded systems establish links between sound and image. 
 My proposal for my paper explores how mechanical and coded systems shape contemporary illustration practice by examining the intersection of sound, book arts, and historical apparatuses. My research focuses on Tapestry Sound Book (2019), an artist’s book that encodes sound through woven patterns, drawing connections between the heritage of mechanical music devices, illustration, and experimental book forms. 
My illustration practice is rooted in a lineage of mechanized creative processes, from the Jacquard loom- an early computational system using punched cards- to mechanical music boxes, player pianos, and early printing technologies. My bookworks align with Sound Weaving, a practice that translates textile patterns into musical compositions, demonstrating how historical craft traditions inform contemporary digital and machine-based art. These encoded systems establish links between sound and image.