When I started reading and studying Balenciaga’s work, I felt an immediate connection to his perspective on design and fashion. Even at that time, and for many years, Cristobal Balenciaga didn’t only make beautiful designs but he actually challenged the way people see fashion. He understood and transformed the technique. The Designer had an exceptional sensibility to the crafts, and always had the body and human being as the center of his work. 

Therefore, for this project, I wanted to work with objects and garments, contrasting the idea of art, product design, and fashion. Bringing all of this together and in connection to the human body. 

THE OBJECT (sculpture)
With “the object” I wanted to honor the most traditional techniques of garment making. I wish that the piece will resemble the memory of Balenciaga’s work. His passion for crafts. The imprint of the designer in fashion history. 
The idea that something/someone was there, and even though it isn’t there anymore, it left its marks. Reflecting upon the impact of fashion in culture and is wear.
To achieve that effect, I decided to make fabric and clay sculptures that would after be vacuumed and transformed into translucent or metalic three-dimensional plates.