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My debut collection entitled “Set” tackles and embraces cultural anxiety and familiarity concerning the human figure, creating a dialogue that reveals the quirky, absurd, and relentlessly humorous visual language of the body. As I grew up, my scientist-parents constantly discussed the human body in unidentifiable and sterile language at the dinner table. Hemoglobin, factor nine, thrombosis, and mito-genesis caused my eyes to glaze over. Moreover, growing up in the Midwest, I realized how uptight my peers were concerning the body and its visual representation. By dress-ing the human form in colorful textures and playful knits, sometime with nipples, my collection presents an accessible confrontation to this frigidity. Everyone wears undies!I begin a piece by sketching abstract shapes of the body either from memory or working loosely from images.
Then, I experiment by plugging various hand and machine knit swatches into the shapes. I then realized that I needed beautifully crafted simple woven separates to balance out the color frenzy that is the knitted component of the collec-tion. Perfectly - fitting - pants - extraordinaire Cathryn Hunt answered this need by creating 100% natural linen and cotton pieces.The initial inspiration for this series of work was Claus Old-enburg’s “Store,” with its large-scale and humorous repre-sentation of ordinary objects. Focusing on the human figure, expanding and distorting its proportions, my work challeng-es pre-existing corporal connotations and forces the viewer to embrace the body as an object. In addition to Olden-burg’s pieces, my work also references the installations of Niki de Saint Phalle and other forms of modern feminist art. My constructions avoid the didactic elements of feminism by celebrating a universal utilitarian freedom.
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creativedirector/photographer: Mark Fina - lookbookdesigner: Sandrine Amar model: Annie Akerman from major - collaborator: Cathryn Hunt - jewelrydesigner: Katelin Gibbs hairdesigner: Anthony Campbell - makeupartist: Daniela Klein - casting: Lisa Duckworth forpressinquiries: [email protected] - allotherinquiries: [email protected]