LUXURY BRANDS
EVOKE A CERTAIN EMOTION
From the feel of superior materials, to the attention to detail
placed into each product, luxury houses like Chanel, Hermès,
Valentino, Dior, and Gucci have been creating beautiful products
for generations. Every product purchased from these luxury brands
comes wonderfully packaged in a beautiful box. Usually, there
is much hesitancy to throw one of these boxes away. They are a
status symbol in and of themselves so, inevitably, the boxes usually
go into storage somewhere, but are eventually discarded.
Because Stephen Wilson creates many pieces using luxury
fabrics like Hermès scarves, the studio becomes littered with
boxes. While working on sketches one day, inspiration struck and
Stephen decided to use these boxes as a canvas for his new
pieces. Each box is carefully selected and turned into a work of
art using embroidery, assemblage, and collage. Each box has its
own characteristics and is often vintage in age. Each work is either
wholly original or is part of a limited edition series of three or less.
Once the boxes are finished, they are three-dimensionally mounted
in a contemporary acrylic frame.