THE FOUNDATION OF THE COLLECTION IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN MY PERSONAL JOURNEY ACROSS VARIOUS INDUSTRIES, SYMBOLISES THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY AND A SENSE OF BELONGING. THROUGHOUT MY UPBRINGING, THE ABSENCE OF A TRUE SENSE OF BELONGING WAS A SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF MY LIFE, COMPELLING ME TO EMBARK ON A SEARCH FOR MY COMMUNITY. THIS PROFOUND DESIRE TO FIND MY PLACE INSPIRED THE CREATION OF THIS COLLECTION, WHICH DRAWS SUBSTANTIAL INSPIRATION FROM THE STATIC SCULPTURES CRAFTED BY ARTIST HEDE BÜHL. I REACHED OUT TO HEDE BÜHL AT THE START OF THIS COLLECTION AND HAVE GAINED VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO HER MANNER OF WORKING, CONSEQUENTLY, SHE ALLOWED ME TO VISUALLY USE HER SCULPTURES WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. BY INTEGRATING ELEMENTS FROM MY EQUESTRIAN AND BLACKSMITHING BACKGROUND, I HAVE PLACED METAL, LEATHER, AND CRAFTSMANSHIP IS AT THE CORE OF GARMENT CONSTRUCTION AND TEXTURE. THESE MATERIALS NOT ONLY ENCAPSULATE THE ESSENCE OF MY ARTISTIC VISION BUT ALSO SERVE AS A REPRESENTATION OF MY PERSONAL JOURNEY. THEY EVOKE STRENGTH, RESILIENCE, AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF EMBRACING ONE'S TRUE SELF. THE INTRICATE FUSION THESE DIVERSE INFLUENCES AND MEDIUMS ALLOW THE COLLECTION TO MANIFEST AS A TANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF MY EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY AND THE PURSUIT OF A GENUINE SENSE OF BELONGING. EACH GARMENT SERVES AS A TESTAMENT TO THE MULTIFACETED NATURE OF HUMAN EXPERIENCES AND REFLECTS THE PROFOUND IMPACT THAT EMBRACING ONE'S UNIQUE BACKGROUND AND PERSONAL NARRATIVE CAN HAVE ON THE PATH TOWARDS SELF-DISCOVERY.