Jimmy Junichi Sugiura is a Craftsman, Designer and Artist with a background in the bespoke shoe industry and creating works that intertwine design and sculptural art, Jimmy began his career as a collector of antique footwear. Inspired by the history of shoe design, he developed a core idea of combining the classic with avant-garde, radically changing possibilites of shoes as ergonomic tools and conceptual sculptures. Through his creative pursuit, Jimmy intends to reframe and defy the fixed paradigm surrounding shoes, encouraging questioning, debating and a rethinking of our traditional assumptions.
Jimmy Sugiura
Jimmy Junichi Sugiura is a Craftsman, Designer and Artist with a background in the bespoke shoe industry and creating works that intertwine design and sculptural art, Jimmy began his career as a collector of antique footwear. Inspired by the history of shoe design, he developed a core idea of combining the classic with avant-garde, radically changing possibilites of shoes as ergonomic tools and conceptual sculptures. Through his creative pursuit, Jimmy intends to reframe and defy the fixed paradigm surrounding shoes, encouraging questioning, debating and a rethinking of our traditional assumptions.
Epoxy Pate, Leather, Natural Resin, Aniline Dye and Wax.
21 x 34 x 11 cm
The Concept Model for 3D printed shoes 'Diversion' series. Training as a shoemaker, Jimmy embraces the Sarabande ethos of cross-fertilisation from multiple creative practices. Working both as a sculptor and designer, this concept model of a 3-d shoe is recontextualised as a sculpture, a piece simultaneously resembling an impossible foot and a shoe, evoking a symbiotic relationship between the two.
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