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— 📂 goodbye viscom !

two months of hard work whilst studying for the leaving cert, working on my portfolio day and night. in june 2021, we sat the exams wearing masks and social distancing. while i also distanced myself from my friends in order to focus on my future. i couldn’t contain my excitement once i received the acceptance email.

it was a fresh slate. throughout the next four years, i learned so much more than i could imagine. from studying typographic terminology, pulling all-nighters to write an essay only to submit it late in the end, navigating my own artistic journey, lots of imposter syndrome, and many many breakdowns.

and so the last of our final submissions to brightspace have been submitted, the final year exhibition gradx has come and gone, our final year award classifications are still pending, and we wait to walk the stage in our gowns and caps in autumn.

another chapter is coming to a close, and i can’t help but think of me at 17 years old, finishing off my music exam, relieved that it’s finally over, and also terrified of what’s next to come. she’s probably feeling exactly how i do right now.

i wanted to thank the beautiful, wonderful people who have made my college experience so worthwhile, so worth coming into class even if i have no work done and i get slated in the crits. some i’ve known since the first day of school, and some only a few months.

some of us will go further into education, and some will travel until they’re broke. we’ll all keep checking up on each other on linkedin and insta to see how we’re doing in life. i’ll never forget my childhood friends from my teenage years, even though we barely speak anymore. i know we’ll always hold a place in our hearts for one another, like right now, except we’re heading into our mid-20s.

so thank you, fingal community college class of 2021, for the bittersweet youth we’ve spent together, and to tudublin design visual communication class of 2025, for being the bridge to my career and teaching me how to survive crits. i wouldn’t be here without the help of my good friends, you know who you are, and our tutors too. good luck to everyone waiting on results! see yous in october ❤️ by @35mm.ploy

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a year ago

Thesis-in-studio project: Dear Third Culture Parents
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This project is about creating a safe space for my parents to return to their youth, to acknowledge the sacrifices they made as immigrants. It also addresses the autonomy that is being negotiated between parent and child.

It’s difficult watching your children grow up, especially in a culture unfamiliar to your own. Having to navigate uncharted waters while raising Third Culture Kids is a challenge in itself.

They will eventually have to go out into the world and live their lives. We are all someone’s kid, but we are also all our own person. by @35mm.ploy

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a year ago

days feel like months
mindlessly going through the motions
just need to get through another day
without ever knowing…
she keeps me awake
as if to reveal the porcelain mask
underneath a safety blanket
hands bloodied and shaken

an unsolvable riddle,
frequenting the corner of my eye
when i am home alone
sometimes it’s easier to think
someone is haunting me, and then
i am relieved because at least i’m not truly alone,

at least there is a presence
malicious or not, somber smiles take over
well at the least i don’t have to
battle these thoughts by myself,
even if it means it’s all in my head
i can try to pretend it’s a warm embrace

and when the tea leaves finally bloom
there’s nowhere left to hide,
morning sunshine doesn’t feel safe
it’s going to melt away this careful facade
that i’ve worked so hard to build
from a house into a home,
and a spark now quietly fading into the night

and once you get close enough
there’s not a soul
who would feel that i’m missing
and everyone will return to their routines,
and i can finally rest my tired feet,
the mountains are starting to gain on me

no matter how fast i think i am,
a month can turn into a decade
once you tune into the illusory habits,
i’m afraid of my own self,
the cold metal is comforting in a way that
sofa cushions cannot resemble.

release the heavy noises
far along the northern winds,
my eyes are blurred and i lay awake
but it gets harder and harder
to drag myself out of bed,
deep down, i hope this paralysis keeps me hostage,
would that be easier than starting over? by @35mm.ploy

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22 days ago

an old pentax with film still left inside, photographs of someone’s life completely foreign to me, a life frozen in these hues of pink and purple, a life beyond the chemical reaction. by @35mm.ploy

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2 months ago

a world full of colour! photography date at our first date spot — she was blue and he was red,, shot on my nikon coolpix s3200 and matthew’s lumix lx5 ! by @35mm.ploy

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3 months ago

frankfurt + darmstadt weekend adventure!!!! not much else to say except how lucky am i to have friends worth flying for🤍 by @35mm.ploy

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4 months ago

romanticising manhole covers in korea & hong kong ! by @35mm.ploy

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4 months ago

2 layer 8” chocolate cake with lemon ginger whipped cream frosting 🤍 by @35mm.ploy

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7 months ago

2 layer 8” cake vanilla sponge cake for mother’s day <3 by @35mm.ploy

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7 months ago

2 layer 8” chocolate cake with whipped cream frosting ! this one is expressing the spring energy we all crave right now. hope this baddie enjoys her bridgerton inspired cake! it was originally going to be baby blue…

note to self: butterfly pea only works for cancelling out the yellow hues in buttercream - not strong enough for colouring cream! also i swear by this recipe because whenever it feels like i won’t have enough, there’s always extra leftover :) by @35mm.ploy

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8 months ago

Auspicious Eight Artist Panel 2026
i’m deeply honoured and moved that people decided to take time out of their day to come to the panel. thank you @jinnyly for giving us this opportunity to speak about our practice! thank you @lixyphoto_ and @cestlahan for such great insights into their work! thank you @designbyjiayiluo for the pics and for everyone for coming to listen to us today! see you next year❤️ by @35mm.ploy

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8 months ago

3 layer 8” black forest birthday cake! cherry infused chocolate layers stacked with homemade cherry compote and whipped cream. i won’t lie, this was a challenge trying to stack 4 layers, it actually came toppling down, but all is good we managed to save it.

the sweetness of the cake is cut by the sour black cherries and fluffy whipped cream! also my current setup is my turntable on top of a pot… manifesting proper equipment! hope everything was to people’s liking <3 by @35mm.ploy

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