02 — FORMS OF PLAY

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Photography by Evin Holley

CREATED WINTER OF 26

THE SECOND CHAPTER OF GIRLAND, FORMS OF PLAY, EXPLORES TRANSFORMATION THROUGH MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATION AND SCULPTURAL CONSTRUCTION. CENTERED AROUND AN ALL-WHITE PALETTE, THE COLLECTION INVESTIGATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOFTNESS AND STRUCTURE, FRAGILITY AND RESTRAINT, OBJECT AND BODY.

PLASTER, RESIN, WOOL, WIRE, AND FEATHERS ARE MANIPULATED INTO EXAGGERATED FORMS THAT CHALLENGE TRADITIONAL IDEAS OF FOOTWEAR AND WEARABILITY. WHILE SCULPTURAL IN APPEARANCE, EACH PIECE REMAINS GROUNDED IN THE LANGUAGE OF SHOEMAKING AND PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION.

THE COLLECTION EXAMINES THE ACT OF MAKING AS A FORM OF PLAY — WHERE MATERIALS ARE STRETCHED BEYOND THEIR EXPECTED PURPOSE AND FOOTWEAR BECOMES BOTH ARTIFACT AND PERFORMANCE. THROUGH MONOCHROMATIC SURFACES AND LAYERED TEXTURES, FORMS OF PLAY REFLECT ON TRANSFORMATION, TENSION, AND THE BEAUTY FOUND WITHIN EXPERIMENTATION.