DECONSTRUCTION by Elijah Nykamp
Textile.
“Coming of age brings questions difficult to answer & experiences that are tricky to explain. Deconstructing social norms, religious backgrounds & familial expectations can bring pain, shame, guilt, isolation, avoidance, substance abuse & self-harm. This coat speaks to the hiding, wounding, messiness & grief. Amidst it all, we begin to show who we are.”
Produced as part of the Long Memory Project, vol. 2
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About Elijah Nykamp:
The name of my studio storefront & process is called nykamping. It's how I consider fashion, sustainable secondhand sourcing, ethical labor pay, body positivity, and local focuses. It's creating clothing as a blanket and a comfort; an expression of self and an exclamation of support; a piece of a maker and a piece of a special place. To go nykamping is to contemplate how we communicate who we are through what we wear. Through the daily ritual of choosing which clothes to adorn our bodies, we intentionally and unintentionally tell the world and people around us what companies we support, how we feel about ourselves, and how we want others to see us. Some people shout it while others let us know through whispers, hoping to go through each day unobserved.
Suttons Bay, Michigan - Artist website
Textile.
“Coming of age brings questions difficult to answer & experiences that are tricky to explain. Deconstructing social norms, religious backgrounds & familial expectations can bring pain, shame, guilt, isolation, avoidance, substance abuse & self-harm. This coat speaks to the hiding, wounding, messiness & grief. Amidst it all, we begin to show who we are.”
Produced as part of the Long Memory Project, vol. 2
—
About Elijah Nykamp:
The name of my studio storefront & process is called nykamping. It's how I consider fashion, sustainable secondhand sourcing, ethical labor pay, body positivity, and local focuses. It's creating clothing as a blanket and a comfort; an expression of self and an exclamation of support; a piece of a maker and a piece of a special place. To go nykamping is to contemplate how we communicate who we are through what we wear. Through the daily ritual of choosing which clothes to adorn our bodies, we intentionally and unintentionally tell the world and people around us what companies we support, how we feel about ourselves, and how we want others to see us. Some people shout it while others let us know through whispers, hoping to go through each day unobserved.
Suttons Bay, Michigan - Artist website
Textile.
“Coming of age brings questions difficult to answer & experiences that are tricky to explain. Deconstructing social norms, religious backgrounds & familial expectations can bring pain, shame, guilt, isolation, avoidance, substance abuse & self-harm. This coat speaks to the hiding, wounding, messiness & grief. Amidst it all, we begin to show who we are.”
Produced as part of the Long Memory Project, vol. 2
—
About Elijah Nykamp:
The name of my studio storefront & process is called nykamping. It's how I consider fashion, sustainable secondhand sourcing, ethical labor pay, body positivity, and local focuses. It's creating clothing as a blanket and a comfort; an expression of self and an exclamation of support; a piece of a maker and a piece of a special place. To go nykamping is to contemplate how we communicate who we are through what we wear. Through the daily ritual of choosing which clothes to adorn our bodies, we intentionally and unintentionally tell the world and people around us what companies we support, how we feel about ourselves, and how we want others to see us. Some people shout it while others let us know through whispers, hoping to go through each day unobserved.
Suttons Bay, Michigan - Artist website
