sculpting

“It wasn’t until I took a sculpting class that I realized how much I love working with my hands,” said Simpson.

From a young age, Hsiao, now 42, was drawn to working with her hands and taking art and sculpting classes.

The Amsterdam- and Paris-based label offers surreal and seductive fashion that merges three-dimensional sculpting techniques with traditional handiwork, all made from a mix of recycled textiles, deadstock and new sustainable materials.

It might be hard to believe that this meticulous woodworker, sculpting delicate art pieces in his home studio, was once a rocker swinging his guitar around on stage in high school.

Cutting hair is math and also assessing — assessing the bones of what it’s about to be before you actually go into sculpting.