Blazon Revstance

Welcome to another episode of Blazon! Our guest today is Kelsey Ann Kasom, a Sculptural Textile Artist and Designer with a fascinating approach to woman's wear. She bends the norms and sculpts around the body in a way that blends sculpture and fashion into a form of artistic expression. We discuss her journey to becoming an innovative artist combining fine art and fashion design. We delve into her process, the exploration of concepts, the idea of audience, and the dynamic between art and desi...

Welcome to Blazon!In this episode, we sit down with Birgit, a passionate heels enthusiast who turned her dreams into a reality. From a young girl exploring her mother's shoe collection to becoming the founder of Empress of Heels, a luxury vegan shoe brand, Birgit's journey is one of passion, resilience, and innovation. Discover how she transitioned from a 15-year career in finance to launching a sustainable high heels brand, leveraging unique materials such as apple leather and recycled plast...

Welcome to Blazon! Have you ever thought about how we give meaning to the physical world around us? Have you ever tried giving that meaning shape? These fundamentals are arguably an important part of what makes us human.In this episode we dig into these questions with Juliette Bigley, a sculptor that works with metal. Whose work explores how we live in the world, who we are as humans, and our life. We also dig into her journey as a sculptor.Link to the transcript can be found here: https...

Welcome to Blazon! As a creative, sometimes the path that lies ahead is full of possibilities and potential, particularly when your skills and experience span multiple industries. The art you create is an embodiment of this path, creating a journey filled with experimentation, adventure, hope, inclusion and joy. In this episode, we talk to Benjamin James Ryan who gives us an insight into going on such a journey and following such a path. Benjamin is a traditionally trained sil...

Welcome to Blazon!Have you ever wondered how tradition and culture impacts what we wear ... the textiles used, the symbology ingrained in every stitch and fold? In this episode, we dig into exactly that.On this episode of Blazon, I'm talking to Francesca, the founder of Filanda N.18, a design project exploring textiles, cultural narratives through textile-centric editorials and capsule collections.Link to the transcript can be found here: https://blazon.revstance.com/exploring-textiles-...

Welcome to Blazon The fashion industry spends so much time looking to the past for inspiration and people who follow fashion often focus on a mix of the past and the present... so what about the future? Who builds the future of fashion?In this episode of Blazon, I'm talking to Bolor Amgalan, an experimental, anti-disciplinary designer investigating the role of e-textiles, virtual reality and other disruptive emerging technologies as catalysts for social change. Link to the tra...