
Various
2022-2023
Shoes made from waste and recycled material, salvaged from the garbage and thrift stores to be reborn into rugged, capable footwear for survival in the coming environmental apocalypse.
ODE TO WAR: UTILTY ARTIST'S BAG
Canvas, Denim, Machine-gun Strap
2023
Military drab adorns this bag, with military surplus machine gun straps providing mounting points for pens, pencils, and paintbrushes. The bag itself is made from up-cycled civilian pants, whose earthy and desaturated colors turn to military aesthetics, a more subtle reflection of America's military induction culture. In war objects are made to kill, but in disaster objects are needed to survive. Durable bags and carrying cases will be necessary as we face seemingly imminent environmental disaster, to carry on creating where there has only been destruction.
ODE TO WORK: UTILTY ARTIST'S CASE
Milwaukee Drill Case, Foam, Aluminum Composite Sheet, Leather
2022
The old Milwaukee drill box provides protection. In a time where "workwear" has created garments focused more on a certain aesthetic repetition than an interest in producing pieces that provide utility, the only way to really get durable items is to turn back to the actual tool brands. The drill box was gutted and reinforced with metal and foam, and sealed with leather to protect anything placed inside.