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Apparatus, Thesis-
All art direction, product design was completed by me from conception to execution, including footwear. 

2012, Apparatus
is defined as 'the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose'. At the early stages of my thesis I proposed an homage to my father; a blue-collar worker in automobile mechanics. The concept later developed through researching the industrial era and revolution and the birth of Bauhaus as an artistic and cultural response. Details of Machinery and  at the heart of "form" really "follows function".

I embraced the fusion of natural fibers being welded and fortified by synthetic ones..some are seen in accents of inlays, clean-finished seamwork, and simplified forms. 

Process was paramount here:

I explored molding and imprinting 'gears' on knits, creating water proof elements on shoulders, internal encasing of elastic adjustments in coats, dynamic design of zipper shapes for pockets and elastic of pull on chelsea boots. 
Photographer: Camilo Godoy

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