ALEXI FREEMAN v’s MATERIALBYPRODUCT 

Collaborative project displayed in the window at EnCounter, Craft Victoria as part of the L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program in March 2009.

Craft Victoria said about our show “Both studios are actively engaged in the exploration and promotion of hand processing techniques in contemporary design. While Alexi draws upon dry-point etching methodologies to produce his signature geometric print motifs, MATERIALBYPRODUCT appropriate markers of construction as templates for print design”.

What has emerged from this collaboration is the Punched Out and Studded Flapper; an exploration of Alexi’s iconic geometric flapper motif that has been reinterpreted with MATERIALBYPRODUCT’s investigation of surface: incorporating hand punched leather and a play on the grid, with 2,379 bifurcated pyramid studs replacing signature beading.

More information about this show can be found on the Craft Victoria blog.

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