Stella displays her masterpiece—50 perfectly shaped states pieced together to create an American map.
No one knows this better at MSA than senior Design/Build student, Stella Ma. Over the past semester, she has carefully carved each state out of wood and pieced them together to create a political map of America. Paying attention to every twist and turn of each state, she created a masterpiece that is a marvel to behold.
She began the project by drafting the map in Google SketchUp. This allowed her to see ahead of time the complexity of each state and the challenge of piecing each individual piece together into a map.
Over the past three years, Stella has established herself as one of the most accomplished woodworkers at the school. Her portfolio includes a wide-range of projects that highlight both her talents as a visionary artist as well as her precise skills with the tools of her craft.