Cat-shaped heart

articulated themes

  • the subtleties of animal-human relationships and mutual activation of one another as vessels of feeling;
  • an individual appreciation for the mundane bonds I have with my cat, my body, and our shared animalness;
  • questioning what is public and personal through an exchange of deep intimacy/vulnerability;
  • explicit inclusion of trans nudity and queer joy in the face of unrelenting censorship as a survival tactic to disrupt oppressive, cisnormative systems.

material reality

  • zines: accessible, hand-crafted items that celebrate flaw and the process of creation;
  • Risograph: a medium that imbues each comic with a lifespan of their own.

  • 1. cat-shaped heart


    2. imprinted


    3. texture in path


    4. sun in me, sun in you


    5. channel vein


    6. of a heart
    (that gives all)


    7. marred

    edition of 40



    • 2025; risograph-printed, hand-bound comic perzines
      (108mm × 140 mm;

      4.25”  × 5.5”)

    • Printed at ARTSLab,
      generously funded through the UNM honors college as a HILA major capstone project.

handmade books

demon comic (2023)

  • book of friends (2023)
    part I: oboe

  • book of friends (2023)
    part II: boris


derivative monster (2025)

venture (2025)