tailor – Product by Process

Behind & beyond everyday objects.

The Soft Side of Steel – driven from a blacksmith’s perspective with a tailor’s ideology

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The ‘The Soft Side of Steel’ project is a research into fabrication processes and a study of material properties. The project transforms an existing material, steel fibres into flexible sheets, which are explored within the traditional fields of textiles and metalwork. The process started from a unconventional and immediate engagement with materials and tools, cumulating in a refined process involving and partnering up with diverse parties within the industry of manufacturing and production. The project explores alternative processes of making and challenges existing manufacturers in the industry to work in…

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Handmade Suits – Rafael

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Thousands of migrants come to South Africa looking for a piece of the African Dream. They are drawn by Johannesburg which boasts the largest economy of any city on the continent. Most of them don’t make any money. But there are a few who do. Rafael, a tailor from The Republic of Congo came to the City of Gold where he now runs a small business making and selling handmade suits. This video showcases the beauty of real handwork. Music: Robert Johnson – I believe I’ll dust my broom Director…