Founder and Director

Timea Tihanyi

Timea is an interdisciplinary artist and educator who has been working with ceramics for over 20 years. Timea moves fluidly between traditional and technologically aided processes. She is intrigued by how the brain and the body together make sense of our world and how this process of making meaning is understood in art, mathematics, neuroscience and philosophy. Timea's projects range from sculpture to multimedia and participatory installations. She is a Teaching Professor in the School of art + Art History + Design at the University of Washington and the winner of the 2018 Neddy Award in Open Media.
Go to Timea's website

Current Collaborators

Audrey Desjardins

Audrey Desjardins is an assistant professor of Interaction Design at the UW Seattle. Trained as an industrial designer and interaction design researcher, she uses design as a way to critically reflect on people’s creative tactics to make, adapt, and transform their homes and to investigate potential futures in domestic spaces. Her work results in new methodological frameworks and design guidelines to inform the design of interactive artifacts that are more appropriate and nuanced to fit in people’s homes.
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Dr. Brock Craft

Brock is an Associate teaching Professor in Human Centered Engineering and Design (HCDE) at the UW. Formerly Brock taught Physical Computing at Goldsmiths and at the Royal College of Art. He is focused on Learning Design, tools for pedagogy design, technology-enhanced learning (TEL), and interactive artefacts. Brock has been supporting our Hold Your Heart project and sharing his knowledge of Arduino.
Go to Brock’s website

Current Interns

Emi Yoshikawa

Emi is a senior in Computer Science at the UW who is interested in the intersection of art and technology. She was first introduced to Slip Rabbit when working on her capstone in which she collaborated with Timea to create a space in virtual reality where one could manipulate and create objects in new, interesting ways. As Emi continues to work on this virtual space, she also is excited to continue to explore new ways technology and art can intersect and work together to create.
Connect with Emi on LinkedIn

Zoe Kaputa

Zoe is a computer scientist currently working on her Master’s at UW. She has experience with full stack web development, mobile app development, and game development, along with data science and CS education. Through digital & experimental art, Zoe is interested in exploring embodiment in technology and data.
Connect with Zoe on LinkedIn

Graphic Designer in Residence

Eli Kahn

Eli is the talented designer behind the Slip Rabbit logo and Timea’s ceramic 3D printing and math book: *Making and Breaking Rules*. Eli is a senior in Visual Communication Design at the University of Washington. He has also worked with REI, Brooks and the Jacob Lawrence Gallery.
Go to Eli’s website

Former Collaborators

Prof. Sara Billey

Sara is a Professor of Mathematics and a John Rainwater Faculty Fellow at the University of Washington and an active member of the Association for Women in Mathematics. Sara’s research is in algebraic combinatorics and she is a strong advocate of using computers to do math research. Sara and Timea collaborated on devising, coding, and implementing various rule-driven algorithmic pattern generation processes in both 2D and 3D.
Go to Prof. Sara Billey’s website

Former Interns

Arthur Derksen

Arthur is a multidisciplinary artist and designer with a passion for manifesting imaginative ideas. They are particularly interested in how contemporary technologies can play a role in this process. They create scenarios and experiences which confound and re-imagine the way in which the every-day is entangled with the machine.
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Rosaline Dou

Rosaline works mainly in installation, interactive art, sculpture, video and performance art in the Interdisciplinary Visual Art program at the UW. She incorporates emotions from everyday life into her art practice and often invites viewers to participate and interact with her work. She has always been exploring and experimenting, and is currently expanding her interest in artistic and technological embodiment.
Go to Rosaline’s website

Alexandria Bernal

Alexandria is a senior in Interdisciplinary Visual Art and aims to use the knowledge and skills she had gained from her studies to create empowering spaces for upcoming local and indigenous artists in Seattle. She is a multi-media artist with a particular interest in the figure, light, and sculpture. Alexandria hopes to incorporate knowledge gained from her time at Slip Rabbit Studio into her own work.

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Riley Huston

Riley is a senior in industrial design. He's excited to use 3D printing, CAD modeling, and sketching to aid in the design process while demonstrating excellent design thinking, artistic vision, and creativity. For a design student wanting to expand on his skills, Slip Rabbit has provided an opportunity to make something meaningful through design.

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Julia Carp

Julia is a senior in Interdisciplinary Visual Art at the UW. Her favorite forms of artistic expression are drawing, painting, installation and digital media. For her, art is a “religion without dogma,” and hopes to spread new memes through her practice.
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Patrik Armitano

Patrik is a sophomore in Chemistry (ACS) at the UW with an eye towards neuroscience. He is excited to explore 3D printing and CAD design at Slip Rabbit Studio, as well as diversifying his knowledge in psychology and mindfulness, and the effects that art has on it. He enjoys solving problems and challenging himself with new ways of thinking.

Noah Lin

Noah is a programmer and a graduate of the UW Physics Department. Noah has many hobbies and enjoys working on collaborative projects.

Michelle Fang Wu

Michelle is in her third year studying Art and International Studies at the University of Washington. She is interested in many fields such as environmental preservation, history, and AI, and hopes to incorporate them in her practice. She is currently trying to expand her interdisciplinary vocabulary by exploring different mediums and applications of art.
Go to Michelle’s art site.

Tom Branstetter

A junior at the University of Washington’s Mechanical Engineering Department, Tom has a background in prototyping with microcontrollers and working with clay and he is stoked to combine the two at Slip Rabbit. Tom’s passion is the outdoors and he is interested in using engineering to fix environmental problems.

Erica Lee

As a senior in industrial design Erica spent two quarters with the studio. She is fascinated by the role that technology can play within the creative industry and always tries to find opportunities to learn more about those. “I hope to share the knowledge and experiences with others and also apply it to my future work.
Go to Erica’s portfolio website

Wanna Huang

Wanna is a recent graduate from the University of Washington with a BA degree of Interdisciplinary Visual Arts. She is also a part of the Animation Capstone production team under the UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science. The sense of sublime permeate Wanna’s watercolor and oil paintings and sculptures. The fascination to further connections between traditional and digital arts leads her discoveries in Slip Rabbit.
Go to Wanna’s website

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Terrene is a senior in the Industrial Design program at the University of Washington. She is fascinated by learning and telling stories, and she hopes to use design as a bridge between the product and the user. She can usually be found drinking tea, petting a dog, or both at once.
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Marika Ridder

Marika is currently a junior at the University of Washington's Mechanical Engineering department. She has previously worked on 3d printing projects that were related to product design and prostheses but is super excited to be working with clay this quarter! She is interested in interdisciplinary methods to find solutions and ways to implement 3d printing and engineering in a wide variety of disciplines.
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Xun Cao

Xun, a freshman at UW intending to major in Computer Engineering, is particularly interested in building robots and creating interactive physical computing systems. “Slip Rabbit creates an environment for solving problems creatively and cooperating with people from other disciplines. That’s why I enjoy spending time at the studio.”

Veloria Zhu

Veloria, a senior in psychology, studied motivation and the "imperfections" of the human psyche at the UW. She is interested in applying psychology in the real world and planning to have her own business in the film industry. At Slip Rabbit, Veloria helped out with our outreach efforts, including creating our promotion materials.
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Kayla Lee

Kayla was a sophomore at the UW, intending to major in informatics when she did two internships with the studio. She is intrigued by the interdisciplinary potential technology brings to various disciplines. “At Slip Rabbit, I’d like to be part of a process where technology meets art, expand my knowledge and meet amazing people.” Kayla plans to work in data science or software development.
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Nicolas Wong

Nick was a senior at the UW studying Communication while doing an internship with us. He hopes to combine his interests in marketing and technology to pursue a career in either social media management or in the media industry. At Slip Rabbit, Nick expanded the outreach of the studio through the use of social media and video production.

Alison Gray

Alison, a junior at the University of Washington studying Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE), contributed her Java programming expertise while also learning about ceramic 3D printing at Slip Rabbit. She has had a lifelong passion for art, especially ceramics, and plans to pursue a career in UX Design. Alison is also a DJ at Rainy Dawg Radio.
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Zeray Admasu

Zeray, as a fresh graduate of UW Mechanical Engineering, experimented with arduino motors while with the studio and picked up a passion for forming learning communities around experimental uses of technology. Zeray is interested in the manufacturing, engineering and user applications of 3D printers in various disciplines, including art.
Find out more about Zeray's experience from his resume

Caroline Slick

Caroline, a senior in Industrial Design at the University of Washington, hoped to expand her skills in her final year of school and create meaningful products and experiences that help people live a better life. in her own words, Slip Rabbit provided her a place to explore the new possibilities of technology through 3D printing and CAD modeling, while experimenting with form.
Go to Caroline's website for her portfolio

Eli Kahn

Eli Kahn is driven by curiosity and his desire to create. Eli was a Junior in VCD at the UW when he did an internship with us because he finds Industrial Design fascinating and rewarding.
See more of Eli's work on Instagram

Daria Micovic

As a senior in mathematics, Daria spent two quarters with us. She was involved with the Washington Experimental Math Lab (WXML), working on a research project related to patterns with algebraic curves. She is interested in visual and tactile representations of mathematical objects as a means of understanding them.
See one of Daria's math visualization projects

Pooja Krishnan

A junior at the University of Washington studying mathematics and sculpture, Pooja is intrigued by the connections between the two disciplines, and how they complement each other.

Soham Ghose

Soham, a sophomore with a double major in Math and Econ and a minor in informatics used his internship to learn about the ceramic process and experiment with us using VR.
See Soham's GrabCAD projects

Annabelle Wu

Annabelle, spent two quarters with Slip Rabbit, filling the studio with her positive energy. A recent BDes graduate of the UW Industrial Design Program, Annabelle was chosen in 2016 as a competition finalist for the Rometti Award. At Rometti, she designed and produced a ceramic prototype. Annabelle's wizardry made the Rhino design environment seem like the funnest thing in the universe.
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Frida Saucedo

Frida studied Interdisciplinary Visual Arts DXARTS at the UW. Interested in exploring ideas related to dreams and bases her artwork on shapes and patters of nature, she combines traditional art with new media art to create meaningful experiences.
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Huiqing Wang

Huiqing earned her BA in Interdisciplinary Visual Art at University of Washington, Seattle in 2017 and spent two quarters with Slip Rabbit as an intern. As a dedicated artist with the focus on interdisciplinary art and ceramics, Huiqing values craftsmanship and materials. Her figurative sculptures reveal the sophistication and simplicity of being human and her understanding of clay as the most accessible medium for honing character and temperament as well as training physical and perceptive ability.
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Yi-Chun Sun

Yi-Chun (Kate) graduated from Interdisciplinary Visual Art and Psychology at the University of Washington. Yi-Chun centers her art practice around topics such as self-identity and environmental issues while incorporating materials that hold personal meanings. Besides making art, Yi-Chun is also interested in museum studies. She did a summer internship at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan in 2016.
Go to Yi-Chun's website