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Lucas Sellier

SCHOTT

Words Across Borders

A collaborative exploration of material, construction and origins.

Sector

Garment

Object

Process

Prototyping

Sketching

Technical Drawing

Hand Painting

Type

Collaboration

Year

2024

Material

Leather

Acrylic Paint

A Schott shearling jacket transformed into a piece about origin, memory and conflict. Hand-painted with words by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, the piece creates a dialogue between the ongoing war in Ukraine and Schott’s own history, founded in New York by Irving and Jack Schott, sons of Russian immigrants. An American icon becomes a surface where inherited origins and contemporary history collide.