Resumé
Objective
Seeking admission into the school of architecture at the University of to build my theoretical knowledge of architecture and help become the change to mitigate pollution emissions from buildings and heal the communities around it.
Skills and Abilities
Adobe illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Sketchup
AutoCAD
GPA: 4.2682 Class Rank: 41/502 SAT: 1280 Language
Education
Sep 2019 - 2023
Central Bucks West High School
375 W Court St, Doylestown, PA 18901
Grades 9, 11, and 12
Aug 2020 - Jun 2021
21st Century Cyber Charter School PA
126 Wallace Ave, Downington, PA 19335
Grade 10
During the uprise of the Covid-19 pandemic, I chose to attend the 21st Century Cyber Charter School, established in 2001, for the safety of me and my family.
July-August 2022
Architecture Pre-College Program
Temple University's Tyler School of Art
I explored my passion for architecture by learning how to develop architectural plans, models, and renderings on Adobe Software under the guidance of graduate students and professors at Phil Temple University.
Language Studies
I have grown up in a German and English-speaking household and am fluent in both languages. I have furthered my language studies at school and plan to complete my fifth year of Spanish this year. I am also familiar with the ancient dialect, “Volgelsberger Platt,” originated from the center of Hessen, Germany.
Work Experience
June – August (2020 – Present)
Lifeguard and Swim Instructor
Bucks Club Pool
50 hours/week
Employer: Drew Sterner
DSTERNER@CBSD.ORG
Volunteer Work
September – March (2019 – Present)
Unpaid Employee at Worthwhile Wear
5835 Easton Road, Plumsteadville, PA
Former Store Manager: Lauren Stroman
lstroman@worthwhilewear.org
Artistic Honors and Exhibitions
Member of the National Art Honors Society
Inducted September 2021
Grade 11, 12
Total Hours: 46
Phillip's Mill Juried Art Show Nominee
November 2021
Grade 11
Piece Submitted: The Lucky 7th Tea Set
Found on page 10
Letter of Thanks from Lenape Middle School
“Lenape Pride” Poster Design: Pg 26
Letter of Thanks from Lenape Middle School can be found on page 27 of this document.
Trademarked Artist
Leadership
International Experience
I worked under a master carpenter in Hessen, Germany for 1 week utilizing studio machinery and technical carpentry to build household furniture.
Karl Rudi – Master Carpenter (011) + 49 6645 1613
Rudi.schreinerei@freenet.de info@rudi-schreinerei.de
Dual Citizenship
Germany (EU)
United States of America
Commissioned the corporate logo for Qrumpharma Incorporated.
Professional Reference: Thomas Hofmann
thomas.b2@web.de (+1) 267-884-3042
President of the German Linguistics Club.
Central Bucks West does not offer German studies, so I established this new club in 2021. I am responsible for promoting, scheduling, and developing a small, but digestible, curriculum for students interested in the language of German
Swim/Dive Team Captain at Central Bucks West High School
I have tackled the responsibilities of fundraiser events, team apparel, and team bonding events. Along with my teammates, we raised $2,500 for the Corrine Sikora Wellness and Support Center, last year.
Extra-Curricular Activities
Member of the Students Acting for a Greener Earth Club (SAGE)
I help design infographics to be published in school newsletters for our environmental awareness projects. I am active in the community through clean-up projects and fundraisers that raised $1,750 for the National Parks Conservation Association.
Study Skills Peer Tutoring at CBW and Lenape Middle School
Sep 2019 - Present
I started this program with my guidance counselor to support the students of Lenape during the challenging years of virtual learning.
Benjamin Franklin Parkway Pavilion Design
Collage / Concept Board: 11” x 17”
Chipboard, HB Pencils, and Bristol Paper July 2022
During my time at the Architecture Pre-College Program offered at Temple University, I was instructed to design a pavilion meant for public use. We had the freedom to choose a site along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The course touched on elements of a project not limited to Concept Boards, Study Models, Chipboard Models, Orthographic Drawings, and Presentation Boards/Pin-ups. Utilizing the tools in Adobe Illustrator, photoshop, and Acrobat I developed my design in a palatable presentation. I participated in group critiques during my time at Temple and worked to implement feedback into my project every day.
My intention for this pavilion was to not only immerse the pedestrian in the natural light through stain glass windows like the Triennial Brugs Pavilion, but also capture the patron's eye using light fragmentation from tempered glass prisms. I stayed true to the native trees and paths that resided on the land; indicated in the floor plan of my orthographic drawings.
Orthographic Drawings
Above, are the Orthographic drawings I was instructed to create for my pavilion design. This project was especially impactful for me because it helped me to learn to see “through” the structure when asked to draw the sections and plans proportionally.
Original Size: 19” x 24”
Ratio: 1 inches = 15 feet
Final Model
Original Size: 9” x 11”
Mediums Used:
- Chipboard/Cardboard
- Tacky Glue
- Bristol Paper
Not Shown:
- Final orientation of prisms
Ancient Greek Amphora Inspired Pot
Cone
6 Stoneware
4” x 6”
January 2022
This wheel-thrown ceramic piece is inspired by ancient Greek amphora pottery. It stands 4 by 6 inches in size and was created in my Ceramics 2 course. The matt texture of the black underglaze was preserved to highlight the immense detail common in this antique artform. A thin coat of a Celadon glaze was used to tint the shade of the natural white clay color to resemble the yellow-toned clay traditionally harvest from the earth during the Geometric period (1000-600 B.C.).
The Lucky 7th Tea Set
Cone 6 Stoneware
Teapot: 9” x 9” x 2”
Teacups: 3” x 2”
January 2022
Balance exists between the negative and positive space in both the glaze techniques as well as its proportions, taking into account the spout and handle pairing and its circular form with the hollow interior. In my piece titled, The Lucky 7th Tea Set, I challenged conventional wheel-throwing techniques I learned in the basics of my education and brought a novel design to life. Its construction began with creating a hollow donut-shaped form that was thrown, smoothed, and trimmed to fit a consistent mold. Because of its arduous shape, I was only successful on my 7th attempt, hence the title of the piece. When I moved on to the glazing stage, the design process did not settle. To stay true to the uniform shape, I experimented with a yin-yang themed pansy illustration that played with the elements of negative and positive space as it crosses over the undefined line. This concept required an advanced manipulation of wax-resist and high-fire tourmaline glaze.
Pumpkin Jack-O-Lantern Tea Light Cover
Cone 6 Stoneware
3.5” by 5” diameter
November 2021
My 1st prompt in my ceramics 2 class was to create something relative to our favorite holiday. Mine being Halloween, I took advantage of experimenting with older/expired glazes with the intent to create something unconventional, like Halloween décor traditionally is. If you bring your attention to the stem of this piece, a cracked, flaky glaze was applied before the first glaze firing leaving the textured green layer you see now. I intended for this piece to function as a tea light, so I added elements like a base for a candle to rest inside and designs carved around the side for the dim light to perforate through. This high-fire clay allowed for multiple firings, so the first firing included a textured bisque with an earthy-underglaze stain, followed by 2 heavy coats of the final glaze you see in the second glaze firing.
Philadelphia Buildings
HB and 4B Pencils
8” x 6” and 5” x 3”
July 2022
Over the course of summer 2022 I began to prepare for college applications and art portfolios such as this. I noticed early on that I lacked demonstration of perspective drawings so during my time at the Precollege Architecture program, I took time to myself to explore the city of Philadelphia. On my commute back home every day after class, I would spot an attractive building and get off on the following bus stop. Here I would find a place to settle and practice perspective and multi-dimensional drawings from observation. I found this was a simple way to wind-down and spend sometimes up to an hour and a half taking in my architectural surroundings
HB and 4B Pencils
8” x 5”
July 2022
During the gothic period, French cathedrals were filled with elaborate stained-glass windows called rose windows. I was able to spot this architectural feature during my trip to New York City because of my prior interest in residential architecture of Art Nouveau, which soon led me to study the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. This popular medieval catholic cathedral flaunts perforated streams of colors, casted through these stain glass structures. They are often seen above the west-facing portals or at the ends of the transepts in French cathedrals. Though I dream to visit Notre-Dame one day, I can be satisfied with an 8” x 5” drawing from observation to showcase its historical relevance and inspiring craftsmanship and design.
Pillars and Corbel Sketches
HB and 4B Pencils
Proportional to an 11” x 8” page August 2022
As you might have noticed from my drawings above, I enjoy clean linework where each line is drawn with purpose and precision. I continue to apply these techniques to my smaller sketches of pillars I saw throughout the city. After practicing sketches from observation seen in figures 3 and 6, I designed figures 1, 2, 4, and 5 (labeled above) on my own. I took inspiration from the pillars of the Library of Philadelphia, and the decorative corbels of Philadelphia’s City Hall.
70s Radio Treasures
2B Graphite
7” x 4”
August 2022
Pictured above, is a collection of vintage and antique radios and stereos from the 1970s. This was sketched using a standard mechanical pencil with 2B graphite. My goal was to represent my love for the progressive rock era by illustrating the traditional experience of listening to the radio. I took inspiration from stereos I found in my grandparents living room and in the attic of mine, while periodically designing my own entirely.
HB and 4B Pencils 8” x 7”
August 2022
During my visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, I spent most of my time exploring the modern and contemporary art exhibit. One installation that caught my attention was Louise Nevelson’s Mrs. N’s Palace. Unfortunately, I was only able to capture a portion of the structure in my 8 by 7-inch observational drawing because of its immense detail and depth. I learned that Nevelson and I share the love for recycled materials, in that we see the potential of what they can become. For her, she created a structure of intimate (almost tomb-like) spaces using just discarded wood pieces. For me, I have a passion for using recycled stones from local landscaping projects to create garden sculptures in my own back yard.
Graffiti Art
2B Graphite
8” x 6”
August 2022
The criminalized art form of Graffiti has always caught my attention in the staple cities of Frankfurt, Philadelphia, and New York City. I appreciate the effortless dimension and cultural meaning that street artists capture in their work. The film, Bansky and the Rise of Outlaw Art (2020), directed by Elio Espana, told me the story of Banksy’s unprecedented rise to fame while exploring the art’s rich history in the city scene. After watching this documentary, I developed my taste for its subculture meanings as I visited different communities. It disapoints me to see the high level of technical ability often interpreted as a rebellion when its truth is to voice the language of the unheard. And even as my appreciation grows, art is always subjective, and many may never accept graffiti as the artform it is.
Heart Sculpture
Papier-mâché and cardboard
20” x 16”
September 2019
I transformed a 2-D painting of mine into a 3-dimenional sculpture during an art course in 9th grade. A highlight of this piece is the juxtaposition of the sharp shapes painted on the tear-drop forms that make up the heart sculpture. I wanted to represent stressors in life that are often the victors to vulnerable personalities like mine. The ruptured heart compacted on the one surface expresses how I am prone to stretching myself too thin and even though I feel fulfilled in everything I dedicate myself to, I often push beyond my breaking point.
Zen-tangle Animal Collection
Fine-point ink pens
7” x 4”
June-July 2020
The collection above is a peak into a series of Zen-doodle/tangle illustrations I have made independently throughout the years. In retrospect, “doodling” is quite a simple artform, but I have developed an appreciation in its ability to show movement in subjects of illustration such as animal figures. Using the simple medium of colored pens and pencils, I introduced unconventional detail while staying true to the subject’s position I enjoy the challenge of trying to come up with as many unique patterns as possible while trying to stay true to the natural features of the animals I was illustrating.
Mandala Mural Piece
Black and colored wall-paint
12’ x 7.5’
July 2021
This is an individual mural project I worked on through the summer between my sophomore and junior year. This project was asked of me by my former art teacher, Danielle Kerins, whom I studied under during my years at Lenape Middle School. I composed a scaled rendering of my design for my teacher and Principal’s approval, and after some additional color and minor shifts to the design, I eagerly began the project.
The small element of color seen in the image on the left is intended to draw the eye to the intricate parts of the design while preventing the piece from being overrun with bold colors In order to keep proportions of my design true to the original draft, I combined the grid-pattern technique with a brief use of a projector when it was available. The first step was to sketch the design with pencil and adjust the design to make the piece seemingly flow through the corners when observing at any angle. This proved challenging, but I eventually came to a concrete design and moved forward with the final stages. The finished mural covers about 60 square feet of wall space that forever borders the art studio’s door at Lenape Middle School.
Pansy Mandala
Colored pencil and fine-point black ink pen
12” x 12”
June 2020
This mandala, drawn with colored pencils and black ink pens, explores detailed patterns in a geometric configuration At the start of this independent project, I had no idea what the finished design would look like until the moment it was complete. What I enjoy about the process is its rhythmic patterns that must revolve around a center point and everything else left to my imagination. I became very fluid in my progression until I was limited by the 12 by 12-inch size of the paper I plan to continue this art form for I love its therapeutic and rhythmic repetitiveness of each pattern.
Mandala Pair
The technique used for figure 1 was an unconventional use of what are called ‘dotting tools.’ In order to create the counter relief, I pressed the ball-tip tools into the clay in repetitive patterns. These same tools were used for the design in figure 2, but instead they were used to layer acrylic paint on a 1.5-inch-wide rock. These two pieces would not be expected to be presented together, but I think it is novel representation of how one can find multiple purposes in art tools such as these.
Refined Sketchbook
Chipboard and Sharpie 4’ x 4’
October 2017
This piece plays with symmetry to define a border that encases the chaos that is my creativity. I created a busy piece meant for distractions and endless wandering of the eyes. I consider it a refined sketchbook that I would work on at the end of a long day to decompress. The piece is adhered to a 4 by 4-foot canvas and came to life with the simple mediums of a sharpie marker and chipboard. The designs that make up the canvas are inspired by the middle eastern traditional art of mehndi, commonly referred to as henna. My favorite element about this drawing is that there is no right or wrong way to orient it; it can be displayed on any of the four sides and still hold true to its original shape.
