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HELLO MY NAME IS RAY LIKE THE SUN RAYS!
I believe it all started in my childhood. I've always been drawn to the overlooked and unwanted, crafting stories in my mind and transforming these items to suit my own taste and function, giving them new meaning and purpose. As the youngest in a large family, I inherited clothes from my older cousins each year, an experience that has subconsciously shaped my creative inclinations. This practice of repurposing and reimagining has stayed with me, continually evolving as I embrace new passions that push me beyond my boundaries and comfort zone.
I feel a deep need to understand true necessities and utilize what surrounds me in a respectful and sustainable way, living symbiotically with nature. I enjoy exploring new methods and placing myself in situations that demand curiosity, ingenuity, and resourcefulness, which ignite the true spark and drive in my artistic practice and research. My dream is to live nomadically, creating my own materials from which I can craft anything, sharing my process and research, and most importantly, creating a community of like-minded people.
My artistic practice involves manipulation, deconstruction, reconstruction, and subtraction, allowing me to forge an intimate connection with fibers. In my textile journey, I seamlessly collage everything I love: stories, discarded items, and nature. My work is driven by a profound passion for the narratives embedded within materials. This evolving passion led me to Fabricademy. Through my art, I strive to inspire and provoke thought, encouraging viewers to pause, reflect, and become acutely aware of our shared humanity and the world we inhabit.
MIX & MATCH:
- Trash scavenger hunts
- Italian fashion/designer from the 60s: Cinzia Ruggeri
- Japanese designers: Rei Kawakubo, Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto
- Avant-garde fashion designers: Martin Margiela, Elsa Schiaparelli
- David Bowie
- Costumes and films by: Anna Biller, Alejandro Jodorowsky (way of imagery in his movies and philosophical aspect)
- Bushcrafting: using nature, discovering its potential, learning by doing
- Richard Long and his natural landscape art (contrasts between natural and unnatural)
- CAMP aesthetic
- DIY (DO IT YOURSELF)
- Architecture: Michael Rakowitz
- My surroundings: examples of trash findings, more pictures of them
- Non-fictional, irrational, magical transformations
MIX & MATCH
I WONDER...
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