Design / Folio Archive
Small worlds, held in a folio.
I make laminated folios: physical surfaces for art, pattern, and ideas. I’m preparing to scan them so you can look closer—and eventually take a piece home.
Start with the studies below. Follow a fold, notice a repeating shape, then change the reading lens.
Explore the studies ↓ · Scans, editions & prices
How this route works
Studies first, then scans and working prices. Adjacent routes can turn a study into a card, a note, or a commission.
Seed Studies for the Folio Archive
These are digital seed studies, not scans of my laminated folios or items offered for sale. They are a place to try ways of looking while I prepare the physical archive.
Choose Art, Design, Skill, or Community beneath a study to change its reading. On the kinetic and botanical studies, rest/open and growth radios work with JavaScript off.
Folio Study 01 • seed study
Kinetic folding study
- Art reading
- Faceted shadows, crisp paper creases, dynamic lighting balance.
- Design reading
- Structural repeat grid, modular component alignment.
- Skill reading
- Practice rhythm: translate 3D physical depth into 2D interface layering.
- Community reading
- Seed specimen for testing how dimensional paper studies become design-system references.
Try it: find one fold that could become a card edge, a divider, or an opening gesture.
Quiet at rest. The fold is only an edge.
Opened: the same edge reveals a rule — keep the content, change the gesture.
Folio Study 02 • seed study
Botanical structure study
- Art reading
- Organic curves blended with mechanical folding constraints.
- Design reading
- Concentric radial grid, progressive scale scaling.
- Skill reading
- Practice rhythm: design responsive layouts using biological scaling ratios.
- Community reading
- Seed specimen for connecting organic form, layout rhythm, and future curriculum notes.
Try it: follow a repeated form from the center outward. Where does repetition begin to feel like growth?
A repeated unit, still. This is an artistic prompt, not a biological simulation.
New rings take space. Branches appear only where there is room.
Room runs out, so the form folds inward instead of claiming more field.
Growth stops. The outer ring holds; no new branch is added.
Folio Study 03 • seed study
Cubes & perspective study
- Art reading
- Isometric projection, stark high-contrast angles, geometric density.
- Design reading
- Three-axis coordinate alignment, structured visual containment.
- Skill reading
- Practice rhythm: translate spatial coordinate projections to canvas rendering.
- Community reading
- Seed specimen for translating perspective studies into rendering and SVG experiments.
Try it: imagine removing one cube. Does the structure still read as a whole?
From my worktable to yours.
One painted surface can have several lives. I’m developing a minting process that gives each source folio a record, then traces the originals, prints, and derivative collages released from it.
In development · sales are not open yet. Here, minting means documenting and releasing a piece: its identity, physical form, provenance, and connection to the world.
The original
The painted original on standard printer paper, protected by lamination, with its accumulated marks and material history. Some originals may be offered; others may stay in my archive.
Its record will distinguish the physical original from any prints or collages made from its scan.
A print
A reproduction made from the scanned folio. Each release will specify its dimensions, paper, finish, and whether it is an open or numbered edition.
A way to take the image home while the original continues its own story.
A derivative collage
A new composition made from fragments of one or more folios. I’m also open to custom collages. Each piece’s record will link back to its sources and identify whether the offered piece is handmade or printed.
The lineage stays visible even when the image becomes something new.
Art from a story still unfolding
I also make new art from the developing stories of lore.land—a pantry for homebrew RPG campaigns. Characters, places, motifs, and scenes become ingredients for play, and sometimes become a new artwork, print, or collage.
Some TikTok group chats with streaks take part in RPG Wednesday, making art and telling stories around the canon on lore.land. My own art grows alongside that shared play.
For a custom collage or a story-led piece, bring me the scene or motif you have in mind. We can agree on the format, scope, and price before I begin.
What travels with a minted piece?
A source ID, an image of the work, dimensions and materials, known painting dates and later changes, and a short provenance note. Where a piece belongs to a lore.land chapter or appears in a public process record, its record can lead you there.
Every offer will name the exact object or edition, what is included, its price, and delivery details. Owning an original and owning a numbered print will remain distinct.
Seed original $35
Quieter entry pieces. Working range $28–45.
Chapter original $75
Stronger painting, a named motif, or a clear year-layer. Working range $65–95.
Landmark original $150
Multi-year history, or a piece tied to a public lore.land chapter. Working range $125–180.
Relic original $200–275
The few I would miss. Some stay in the archive instead of being offered.
Three Seed originals $95
Only selected $35 Seed pieces — not any three tiers. Would be $105 bought separately. Not yet an offer.
Print, collage, custom quoted
Priced from format, paper, edition, and production. Shipping is unset until packed weight and destinations are known.
Planning ranges, not live offers. Final prices appear with the first documented release. Commission work still lives on the services ladder.
Talk to me about a folio → · Explore current commission prices → · Interaction design →
How to Read a Folio
A folio becomes more useful when it can be read through several lenses. The same object can hold visual pleasure, design judgment, artifact evidence, and community memory.
Art
Composition, figure-ground relationship, material selection, and physical gesture.
Design
Information hierarchy, color palette, edition logic, and surface behavior.
Skill
Practice prompts, technical constraints, and professional development value as a training surface.
Community
Recognition, relationships, circulation history, and shared creative context representing community signal.
How a folio becomes a release
Capture the source once, then give every new form its own identity. A new collage can grow from an old folio without losing where it came from.
1. Scan the folio
Keep a full-resolution master of the front and back. Check the laminate for glare, and photograph a detail that shows the physical surface.
2. Give it a record
Assign a source ID. Record dimensions, materials, known dates, motifs, and the marks that make this object itself.
3. Choose its next form
Keep or offer the original, prepare a print, or compose a derivative collage. Link each new work to its source folio or folios.
4. Prepare the edition
Inspect the physical piece or print proof. Set its format, edition size if limited, price, and what accompanies it.
5. Release a small collection
Bring related pieces together with a name, provenance notes, and clear availability. Give each offer its own record.
6. Keep the lineage alive
Mark sold or retired offers while keeping the source record visible. New prints and collages become new branches of the same history.
Training Value
A folio is useful when it teaches product judgment. Composition teaches hierarchy. Texture teaches material constraint. Repetition teaches system design. A finished object teaches packaging. A shared object teaches trust, context, and distribution.
Community and Brand Value
The archive carries accumulated signal: recognizable visual language, repeated durable practice, community circulation, and relationships formed through shared creative space.
That momentum makes each artifact easier to explain, place, teach, commission, reference, and extend.