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LEATHER ARTIST AND EDUCATOR ACTIVE SINCE 2011. DRAWING ON EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN BESPOKE COSTUMING AND COLLABORATIONS WITH EMERGING FASHION DESIGNERS AND STYLISTS, MY WORK SPANS CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE, DISTINCTIVE SCULPTURAL HANDBAGS, AND SPECIALIZED COMMISSIONS.
MY PROCESS RELIES ON ADVANCED WET-MOLDING—A METICULOUS TECHNIQUE OF SHAPING PLIABLE VEGETABLE- AND CHROME-TANNED HIDES TO CAPTURE EXTREME ANATOMICAL PRECISION AND TACTILE SURFACE DETAIL. THROUGH EXPERT MANIPULATION, I TRANSFORM GARMENT-WEIGHT LEATHER INTO INTRICATE, HOLLOW, THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORMS ENTIRELY WITHOUT INTERNAL ARMATURES. RATHER THAN RELYING ON RIGID INTERNAL FRAMES, THE PIECES HOLD THEIR SHAPE THROUGH STRUCTURAL MASTERY ALONE TO PRODUCE HYPER-SURREALIST ARTWORKS AND WEARABLE SCULPTURAL PIECES.