TEND: cultivating biodiversity
Senior Design Thesis
Loyola Marymount University
Location
LA, USA
Year
2022
For my senior design thesis I chose to focus on the issue of biodiversity, specifically offering the solution of gardening using native species to support local ecosystems.
for more information on native plants in California: https://calscape.org/
Fall 2021
For the Fall 2021 semester we went through the preliminary research stages of our projects, exploring chronological explanations of their histories, visual metaphors, and experience mapping.
Visual Metaphors
Experience Map
Book
Book
At the conclusion of the semester we each constructed books showcasing the work we had done so far and explaining the research behind our thesis projects.
At the conclusion of the semester we each constructed books showcasing the work we had done so far and explaining the research behind our thesis projects.
At the conclusion of the semester we each constructed books showcasing the work we had done so far and explaining the research behind our thesis projects.
Spring 2022: Exhibition Show
For the exhibition chairs were placed on either side of a coffee table with a game explaining trophic levels / the transfer of energy through an ecosystem.
Butterfly Garlands
Within the exhibit hand cut depictions of five varieties of butterflies native to California.
Seed Paper
As a takeaway from the exhibition I made plantable recycled paper rounds containing California Poppy seeds printed with a linocut of the same species.
California Wildflower Graphics
