Creative Work

Alden High School's Hometown Heroes Memorial

During my senior year, I had the honor of collaborating with Sylvia Witmer, a friend and fellow Bulldog Manufacturing member, to design and manufacture our school's new Hometown Heroes memorial, which recognizes 14 fallen soldiers and Alden alumni. In the nearly four-month project, we worked on making each of the six pieces displayed on the memorial, working with various machines and materials.

Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance membership awards

Through Bulldog Manufacturing, I collaborated with leaders of the Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance  to create plaques to be displayed in the offices of their members. The plaques were ordered, then designed and engraved by myself.

Custom handwritten heart coaster and water bottle

Using Adobe Illustrator, I was able to turn an image of a hand-drawn heart into a custom design that could be engraved using an Epilog laser engraver. I engraved the design into a water bottle and a Corian coaster, which was then filled in with acrylic paint.

Fireman's Park gazebo keychain

Using an image off of Google, I was able to create the design pictured above on Adobe Illustrator for a customer through Bulldog Manufacturing. I then engraved it onto a keychain using an Epilog laser engraver.