Hazel Jones

I’m a queer designer and artist from the Bay Area, drawn to the physical world — to objects you can hold, surfaces you can read with your hands, and processes that leave marks behind. I study Product Design at Stanford, following the Physical Product Realization track, where I blend digital fabrication with sculptural exploration.

My practice often begins with curiosity: how different toolpaths affect a CNC-machined surface, how wood tolerances shift under pressure, or how a design changes when it’s re-materialized by hand. Recent projects include a study of ammonite forms using varying CNC tool strategies, precision wood inlays refined through multiple iterations, and a hybrid hummingbird inlay made by pairing laser cutting with CNC pockets to preserve fine detail. Each was an exercise in understanding not just machines, but materials — and how to speak their language.