Anonymous
04/21/2025(Mon)04:04:00 No.15398
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production was tough because trying to get that texture + finding enough of the same vintage buttons wasnt easy, but if you zoom it, you would see all of these rips in the item, which are then all repaired by hand (inspired by japanese sashiko, a style of repair)
, as if this jacket was given to you by your elder, and as the buttons fall of, you would repair them with the buttons ur grandma gave you,
as it would rip, you would stitch it back up with ur own sewing kit.
its meant to look like an artifact, something you would find in your attic.
Admin
04/21/2025(Mon)03:04:00 No.15396
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The Hibernation set was originally like this, both the pants and the top were lined with some sort of faux fur/insulation
We had already designed the Grandma trench by then and worked on the grandpa trench, so james had already dialed the waxing process and we knew what our design language was going to be for this set.
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04/21/2025(Mon)03:04:00 No.15395
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Jibril, Tokyo - 2023
While in japan, we thought it would be a good idea to do another test shoot since we had more prototypes made since our last shoot in NYC.
We wanted to see what the clothes looked like on people and not a rack.
Anonymous
04/21/2025(Mon)03:04:00 No.15391
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>"so we went to a sex store in NY and bought a few different sets of nipple chains / weights" pic related
this is the nippy hoodie which we made from another set of nipple weight we got in the same shopping spree lol
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04/21/2025(Mon)03:04:00 No.15394
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The thing that we learned in japan is... time
patience
we were rushing into something that needed time. I understand, great things take time.
We had alot of japanese friends, and people we knew come to our showroom which i had set up at the hotel i always stay at in tokyo.
They loved everything, but with our collection being over 30 pieces, the timeline that we were given wasnt feasible with our goals.
But we didnt give up just yet.
from our time in japan, we learned alot about denim, hand distressing, and attention to detail we wouldnt have learned about without the insight of our japanese friends.
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04/21/2025(Mon)03:04:00 No.15393
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Jibril, Tokyo - 2023
What really drew us to japan is how good they are at recreating vintage, they have truly figured out the art of making clothes look ancient, worn and lived in, even though they are brand spanking new.
Thats what we were trying to figure out, how the fuck do we go from these prototypes that are actually vintage, hand sewn, hand dyed, waxed, distressed etc into Production pieces.
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04/21/2025(Mon)03:04:00 No.15392
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The original prototype of the notre dame crewneck was an old collegiate sweater we found from notre dame with a massive sunkist ad on it. We wanted to cover the ad by putting a leather patch on it which was handsewn with dental floss, and then i remembered all those margiela sweaters with the elbow patches which then inspired these elbow patches
Anonymous
04/21/2025(Mon)02:04:00 No.15390
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Iris, tokyo - 2023
The finished prototype ended up much lighter after letting dry in the sun for a weeks + the bleach, but it had retained this changed texture.
For the production version we had used italian silk and made our own hardware, and also made it i black. The base of silk we used for the final version was black and the bleach is how we got it to be the color it is now.
Anonymous
04/21/2025(Mon)02:04:00 No.15389
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This was the fetish dress after the first few rounds of waxing, dying and bleaching. the wax gave it this almost leather like look to it, which happened on accident of course, but it was all part of the experiment.
Admin
04/21/2025(Mon)02:04:00 No.15388
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Besides the sexual aspect of this, the /fa in me always thought this was a cool piece of hardware, so we went to a sex store in NY and bought a few different sets of nipple chains / weights (we looked mad sus lol (╥﹏╥) im talking to the guy at the counter like "nah bro, i swear, this for fashion bro, i got a brand" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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04/21/2025(Mon)02:04:00 No.15354
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We had found this white one, but we hadn't figured out what exactly to do with it, its classic, but boring. as we were building the essence and identity of the brand, we were trying to figure WHAT could make this item "Marking Distance". James had really good waxing and bleaching techniques, but as the brand was coming to fruition we also knew that fetishism was one of our big inspirations.
Admin
04/21/2025(Mon)02:04:00 No.15352
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First we have the very kawaii fetish dress (ᵕ—ᴗ—) when we started designing, we werent planning on ever making any womens pieces. One of the pieces we ran into alot of in the process of prototype making were silk slip ons.
Admin
04/13/2025(Sun)04:04:00 No.15221
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we really started with a whole bunch of nothing and some good ideas (subjective)
>pic related
this a photo of all the stuff james and I have found / bought second hand to make our prototypes
(my old studio in LA)
If you made it this far,
you're a real fucking nerd, and i love you for that, and thank you for taking the time to read this.
More content and context to come.
Admin
04/13/2025(Sun)04:04:00 No.15220
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For production, it was so hard to find a fleece or a cotton that felt exactly like our prototype. The treatment it had went through had given such a specific weight and texture. We found that only way to nail it on the head was to mill our own cotton blend from scratch which as it was milled would leave little holes all over the fabric as it was being made, which is what had happened to the fabric from being soaked in the acid solution over weeks.
After that it was smooth sailing, this piece ended up being one of the most complicated things to make and actually the last thing that was done in production because of how long it took to make our own fabric.
Its all hand distressed and italy ofc.
Admin
04/13/2025(Sun)04:04:00 No.15219
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Once the hoodie had been dyed, bathed in acid and sun faded we landed at this marvelous color which we than embroidered our logo pretty big right across the front in a tonal color. In a world of hoodie and t shirt brands, we didnt want to just make a hoodie with our logo on it. We didnt want it to be too in your face, but we did want it to represent who we are as a brand.
Admin
04/13/2025(Sun)04:04:00 No.15218
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The logo hoodie was a vintage hoodie we found that was grey at first, then dyed blue by james and left in solution of vinegar, acid, and other things we dont want to tell you yet ;) for a few weeks which corroded the fabric and starting disintegrating it. Once taken out of the solution, we left in on the roof for a few months during the fall and let the sun, the rain and the weather wear it down.
Admin
04/13/2025(Sun)04:04:00 No.15217
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Over time, our manufacturer started understanding our design language and how much hand done details, texture, and color means to us. James and I had also went to italy and walked them through the whole collection piece by piece and also explained the process in details for all the items.
They found ways to produce and make our vision with the upmost quality, while not compromising the look and feel of it, which was hard. Because some of the pieces like this one, the prototypes were buried in actual soil for weeks/months which is NOT viable way to produce clothes (or sanitary)
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04/13/2025(Sun)04:04:00 No.15216
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In the same spirit of the officer jacket, we had found this boy scout button down shirt what came with a rope tied around the arm.
James had made a dye mixture that we let the shirt soak in a few days, then once taken out, we buried the shirt in soil which stained the fabric even more. Once that was done then we removed the patches on the arms which is how we got the discoloring on the sleeves. We then hand stitched another black leather name patch, added lighter caps and found these western collar tips at a random yard sale and attached them to make the shirt feel more like a sheriffs shirt. After all that was done, james then hand over waxed the whole shirt multiple times, which then changed not only the texture of the shirt, but the color.
Anonymous
04/13/2025(Sun)03:04:00 No.15214
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We then replaced where the police badge used to go and put tongue and nipple piercings in where the holes were. hand stitched a black leather name patch where you're supposed to write your own name in white out, replaced the missing buttons with spikes and added our signature lighter clips caps on the collar.
Anonymous
04/13/2025(Sun)03:04:00 No.15213
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PEEP THE FIT OF THE JEANS THOUGH, they were soft and vintage when we found them and got them to retain this shape. This picture now brings me to the officer jacket. Vintage police jacket we found that had police patches and missing buttons. We wanted the jacket to feel anti authoritarian so we stripped the jacket of all of its badges.
Admin
04/13/2025(Sun)03:04:00 No.15154
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lmfao, we didnt realize how toxic flex seal was btw, so we were in this staircase with no ventilation breathing in toxins and started getting mad light headed after a little while, when we went back for round two we wore masks and shit coz the first time we did this shit we left with headaches *__*
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04/13/2025(Sun)03:04:00 No.15153
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the original prototypes were done in james's staircase in NYC, where we coated the denim with two layers of flex seal, the first we would let dry for 24 hours and go back the next day and repaint them again ontop of the layer that dried to be able really change the material and feel of the denim.
Admin
04/13/2025(Sun)03:04:00 No.15152
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The flex set was truly a challenge to get produce, especially in europe in a safe way. The reason that its even called the FLEX set was because on the original prototype we used FLEX SEAL which is a product used for waterproofing, sealing and protect surfaces from all liquid and moisture etc...
Its extremely insulating, HOT, and probably not safe to wear (+flex seal is also not legal in europe for chemical reasons i think lol). After alot of tests and different trials and error, our italian manufacturer figured that liquid silicone would be the best and safest way to make the pants while keeping its look and retaining the shape that the flex seal gave the denim on the original prototype. Each pair is constructed in italy then sent to a separate factory where they hand paint each pair of denim, so no two pair are ever the same.
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04/13/2025(Sun)02:04:00 No.15151
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for the production piece, the hardest part was figuring how to transfer over that rusted old feeling and color and we found that airbrushing while the shirt was folded in different ways would be the most effective way to materialize that idea onto production.
Admin
04/13/2025(Sun)02:04:00 No.15150
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The original Notre Dame shirt aka the "SCHOOL BOY" shirt was an old school uniform shirt we had found that been left in a rusted bin which is how it got to its color. Growing up in paris and hanging out at the Notre Dame cathedral and james growing up having to wear school uniforms, this piece felt like one of the first things that really represented both of us, our upbringing and shit.
We got the the Notre Dame cathedral drawing rendered and single needle embroidered in the garment district in NYC
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04/13/2025(Sun)04:04:00 No.15116
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The white crust pants were such a tedious process, but we always wanted to make a pair of crust pants. Crust pants are typically black, or are a black base, I personally have never seen a white pair. We couldnt do just WHITE though, it felt too clean and the base denim we found was a bone color, but james and I went leather shopping and our leather guy had these scrap hides of dirty leather that used to be white but with time and being stored incorrectly had turned into this skin line cream color. After acquiring those hides james started cutting the hides into rectangles and over the span of 3 months he started attaching each piece one by one hand sewing them using dental floss, all the little burn marks are from sealing the floss thread using fire to make sure each piece is secure.
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04/13/2025(Sun)03:04:00 No.15115
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To go with the spirit of the lighter caps, we thought soda can tops would be fit (especially coz alot of people make necklaces out of them, or some punks put them on their hats too). Theres only been 2 of this jacket made, the time each jacket takes from distressing it, hand sewing all the patches and hand embellishing every piece was time consuming and expensive. As Marking Distance grows, we want to really dive into the world of high embellishing using italian haute couturiers, its fun to know that alot of the people that work on these pieces typically make dresses, suits and such.
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04/13/2025(Sun)03:04:00 No.15114
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when we were developing the pieces, we really wanted to dial in the hardware, its such an essential part of the brand identity and everything is detail oriented, especially when making this jacket.
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04/13/2025(Sun)03:04:00 No.15113
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After both patches were sewn on, we then embellished the jacket by hand studding the jacket with different spikes and studs and using the rest of the lighter caps we had left on the shoulder snaps.
Admin
04/13/2025(Sun)03:04:00 No.15112
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James then hand stitched the the patches onto the jacket using dental floss (which is typically the real crust punk way + stronger than most thread + smells good)
Admin
04/13/2025(Sun)03:04:00 No.15094
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NEXT WE HAVE THE "BIRDIE PERFECTO" which started with a cropped perfecto jacket we found a bail of a million leather jackets at a vintage warehouse. The cut of the jacket was just too perfect to pass up, but we had to sift through hundreds of dog shit leather jackets just to find this grail, which was worth all of the trouble :) for the original prototype we just ripped the satanic warmaster logo and screen printed patch just for the sake of getting the idea onto paper (in this case onto leather)
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04/13/2025(Sun)02:04:00 No.15093
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On the final product, which we had developed and worked in italy, james and I went for bull leather, which is a heavier, thicker hide. We wanted the jacket to retain this extremely stiff shape, but still be able to have movement. We had the atelier re do all the hand done details, like the studding and the hand stitch down the spine, which turned out to be more complicated than we thought getting a sewing needle through that thick ass leather over and over again. To take it a step further we had also instructed that the atelier hand distressed the jacket as well, but not in a way that is gimmicky, but in a way that seemed real. We wanted the piece to look like it had lived a life before you purchase it, but once you own it, its time for you to give it a new life. Considering how complicated this piece was to make, we didn't end up producing this jacket at full scale and made less than 10, to ensure every single one of this jacket that got made got the love and attention it deserved.
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04/13/2025(Sun)02:04:00 No.15092
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James started perforating the jacket and hand studding the jacket with all the studs and spikes, quite a tedious process but it turned out phenomenal. As we were putting holes in this old wretched jacket it was falling apart, the leather was cracking and pieces were flaking off. If you go back to the first image of the thread, you will see a stitch going down the spine, it was hand stitched
Admin
04/13/2025(Sun)02:04:00 No.15077
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First is the "HORNBALL TRENCH" we found this jacket (plain) in a vintage store, it was about as stiff as wood and falling apart, but its shape and closure was interesting. It had no buttons and this clasp with a strap on the inside, it reminded me of something you would see in the movie cruising you would see some leather daddy wear. The jacket as is was not enough though, james and I wanted to add to it, and take the piece up a notch, make it harder... hornier maybe?
We started by adding lighter clips to the pocket with clamps.
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13850
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what a beautiful sight.
a tired and drunk italian woman being carried out like a princess out of some dogshit italian club by a shirtless black hunk.
MILAN, 2023
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13690
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must be cool, when you grow up and youre like "yeah, my first concert was deftones, musta been one... or two tops"
Mr man
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13670
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this is the original version, made during covid.
these are built astronomically less well built than the V2 but you gotta start somewhere ya know.
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13646
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i was stressing myself for not doing more but in the end
the speed at what you do something
doesnt always matter
taking breaks from shit and revisiting them is alright too
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13645
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as about a few months ago
they became a real fucking thing
and the great part about it is
the chairs when all put together in the right configuration
form kind of a reverse conversation pit
what would usually be INTO the ground and relaxed
is now lifted up and feels idk...
grand ?
i cant find the right words describe it yet.
but having everyone seated up and be at eye level is a sick experience.
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13643
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after fucking around with a torch and testing out different levels of burns at the marking distance HQ
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13642
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the chair sat there for 2 years.
but fast forward some time
after spending some time away from it
spending some time in japan and finding out about the japanese wood burning technique called "Shou sugi ban"
i wanted to revisit the throne.
and this time find an easier way to assemble it using wood.
(2022)
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13641
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i was fucking hyped
this thing was sick
and without thinking about it
the chair fair more medieval than anything.
it truly felt like you were sitting on a throne.
walking up steps to sit, and then being at a higher level than the people standing,
both figuratively and literally elevate you.
which wasnt the original intent of the design.
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13640
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then voila
my first piece of furniture made from scratch, almost
(not counting the mustang chair because we repurposed old car seats for that, but we'll get into that later.)
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13639
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at this point,
most of the chair was built
but moving this thing was a real pain in the ass, and working with metal isnt necessarily the easiest thing in the world.
the welding process was taking forever
the shit was heavy
etc...
boohoo, whatever
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13637
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at this point i didnt realize how heavy this fucking this was going to be.
only three pieces deep and i moving this thing was already a nightmare.
but, as things started to materialize infront of my eyes.
i was getting excited!
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13636
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considering that my buddy owns an autobody shop
he mainly had metal cutting tools
such as this CNC laser cutter
and a bunch of scrap diamond cut metal that had been rusting in the back of his shop
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13635
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i thought bulding a chair with stairs might be ironic
or funny
(which i guess it wasnt in the end)
was a good idea
we started mapping the thing out
considering that i am a noob in furniture making + i love brutalism
the design seemed perfect for both my skill level and taste level.
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13634
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i was hanging in boulder city nevada with my buddy skyler
(who owns an autobody shop) he offered to help me (who's never built anything)
Anonymous
09/23/2024(Mon)03:09:00 No.13633
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in 2020, when there was nothing but time
and was spending most of it sitting down.
i was thinking of new "fun" ways to sit
(๑>◡<๑)NY2TOKYO(˶˃ ᵕ ˂)Admin
04/21/2025(Mon)02:04:00 No.15350
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In this thread, we will discuss the influence japan has had on marking distance, going through our second prototype shoot and the making even more of our pieces.
First we have the very kawaii fetish dress (ᵕ—ᴗ—) when we started designing, we werent planning on ever making any womens pieces. One of the pieces we ran into alot of in the process of prototype making were silk slip ons.
We had found this white one, but we hadn't figured out what exactly to do with it, its classic, but boring. as we were building the essence and identity of the brand, we were trying to figure WHAT could make this item "Marking Distance". James had really good waxing and bleaching techniques, but as the brand was coming to fruition we also knew that fetishism was one of our big inspirations.
MA(r)KING THRONESMr man
03/26/2024(Tue)06:03:00 No.13406
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The wooden throne is a chair i have been developing since the pandemic.
stemmed from boredom into a physical...
now physical objects
MA(r)KING PROTOTYPESAdmin
04/13/2025(Sun)02:04:00 No.15069
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In this thread, we will discuss the inception of the brand and go into depth into how the prototypes came about, what spawned them etc.. :) (WARNING; TLDR)
First is the "HORNBALL TRENCH" we found this jacket (plain) in a vintage store, it was about as stiff as wood and falling apart, but its shape and closure was interesting. It had no buttons and this clasp with a strap on the inside, it reminded me of something you would see in the movie cruising you would see some leather daddy wear. The jacket as is was not enough though, james and I wanted to add to it, and take the piece up a notch, make it harder... hornier maybe?
We started by adding lighter clips to the pocket with clamps.
James started perforating the jacket and hand studding the jacket with all the studs and spikes, quite a tedious process but it turned out phenomenal. As we were putting holes in this old wretched jacket it was falling apart, the leather was cracking and pieces were flaking off. If you go back to the first image of the thread, you will see a stitch going down the spine, it was hand stitched
black mustang chairMr man
09/16/2023(Sat)01:09:00 No.12885
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Made in boulder city nevada,
using upcycled mustang chairs.
wood blackened using japanese shou sugi ban techniques.
still a noob at it though.
GIMP TABLE :PMr man
10/05/2023(Thu)06:10:00 No.231
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made in brooklyn, original idea developed at chateau.
inspired by berghain...
IYKYK
ill explain more of the lore another time.
PHYSICAL CONTACTMr man
12/27/2023(Wed)10:12:00 No.13831
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2023 was a pretty brutal year, but on the bright side the world has opened back up.
people are back together.
hanging out with each other, having fun, and touching each other :)
i just wanted to highlight physical contact and touch.
after 2020-2022 where proximity was taboo
it feels nice to feel again