data visualizations and representations

art, experiments, etc.




pennsylvania overdose deaths: exploratory data analysis

an exploratory data analysis assignment for the data visualization course I’m taking this semester. our objectives were to experiment with custom chart-making using the Vega-Lite library for JavaScript and to practice asking iterative questions about our datasets.
2025

Vega-lite + JavaScript
     Observable
       

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speed records on the nose

an animated graphic of the history of speed climbing records on The Nose in Yosemite Valley. made for my first project using Flourish.
2025

Flourish


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above the clouds

a cartographic exploration into representations of vertical distance and space. the data represents the total vertical distance climbed at the New River Gorge National Park in 2024, as logged on 8a.nu. 
2025

ArcGIS
Houdini
Airtable
           
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weather scenes

an interactive data visualization that takes a city from user-input and loads a corresponding weather scene using the temperature, conditions, and wind-speed. two view options reflect more and less abstracted representations.
2024

TouchDesigner
Python

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mississippi segregation academies

using ProPublica’s methods for studying segregation academies in Alabama, I found and mapped segregation academies in Mississippi and their nearby public counterparts. 
2024

DataWrapper

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who is the proper soul?

a data project that investigates the historical pattern of rock climbers who’ve logged ascents of the route Proper Soul at the New River Gorge National Park.
2024

D3.js
Photoshop
Airtable

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snowboarding simulator

an interactive digital snowboarding experience controlled with the adafruit Circuit Playground microcontroller. 
2024

TouchDesigner
CircuitPython
adafruit Circuit Playground






banana phone

a physical-digital-physical experimental loop starting with a 3D model of a banana captured through photogrammetry, turned into a series of banana-phone shape grammars modeled in Houdini, and finally 3D printed and exhibited.
2024

photogrammetry (MetaShape)
Houdini
3D printing
Photoshop






wild & wonderful

a mixed media story about coal mining and outdoor recreation in West Virginia using archival and “found” footage, projection-mapped onto a 3D object as per class requirements.
2024

TouchDesigner



















intro vid

an introductory video for the homepage of my blog, filmed on a Panasonic camcorder and edited to resemble the interface of said camcorder.













2024

Photoshop
Final Cut Pro





climbPraxis

brand design for my climbing blog, climbPraxis, including a 3D climbing hold logo. 
2024

Photoshop
Final Cut Pro






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