Migration Waves, is a projection map of migration patterns from the Philippines and China, to the US and Canada. 

I used reclaimed Douglas Fir, a material with which I shared the same journey of traveling from Canada to the United States for a purpose. This became the starting point for me to begin working with domestic construction materials. 

By projecting the migration movement of my family lineage from China and the Philippines to Canada as well as my path to the United States, I am deconstructing and reconstructing the meaning and purpose of fragmented identity.

Through the use of digital technologies, I was able to trace statistical data from information and manipulate them into three-dimensional forms. 

Digital technology allows us to generate complex cutting paths on a CNC machine that extends my knowledge of craft processes. It’s the intimacy of the material that gives you the sense of what you are trying to achieve and the benefit of digital technology is that it allows us to understand the material on a deeper level.