In a whimsical and contemporary adaptation of a beloved German holiday tradition, 24 windows can be opened to reveal a daily surprise in the counting down towards Christmas day.
The collapsible two-, three-, and four-color paper calendars can be folded for mailing and later unfolded to be displayed as freestanding scenes during the holiday season.
Design, paper-engineering, and illustration for pop-up cards designed for product promotion and as greeting and seasonal thank you cards.
Medieval City
Winter Forest
Old Town
Greenhouse
General Store
Moritzburg
Mountain
Night Kitchen
Arctic Expedition
Library
Eastern Palace
Drawing Room
Big City Holidays
Winter Trees
Boys’ Choir
Mixed media illustrations for a range of publications including The Los Angeles Times, The Progressive, Hadassah magazine, and St. Anthony Messenger.
"Don't Go", short fiction
"Fireside Cats", short fiction
"Sky Door", short fiction
"A Heart as cold as Arctic Snow", book review
"She is Pure"
"Be Fruitful"
"1932 New York Rent Riot"
"Adam and Eve's Support"
"Hunna, Saint of Laundry"
"Martha, Saint of Laundry"
"Everday Saints"
"How Hamlet Helped Me Get Rid Off the Ghosts", short fiction
"No Child Left Behind"
"School Security"
"ThanksGiven", short fiction
Black & white mixed media illustrations for a range of publications including The New York Times, The Progressive, Rethinking Schools, Tikkun magazine, and The Washington Post.
"50s Sommer"
"After the End of History"
"Islamophobia"
"Hunger in America"
"Bottled Water Army"
"Teaching Civil Disobedience"
"Religion in Films"
"Muslim Women and Prayer"
"Catching Butterflies in the Andes"
"Disarming the Nuclear Family"
"Teacher evaluation"
"Bi-cultural Baby"
"Sabbatical Mom"
"Reflections"
"Watts Riots"
"Women's Reproductive Rights"
"Loyalty Oath"
"Prisoner and Hepatitis C"
4-color award-winning design for a sarong, a traditional Indonesian clothing item. The design celebrates the technical aspects of traditional Indonesian batik with the American-inspired contemporary motif “Many Faces, Many Voices”.
Winning entry in the second American Batik Design Competition.
