Begin Thine Incantations
Well for my last post of the year I’m going with a label who’s aesthetic is the antithesis of holly jolly christmas. Black, vampiric and esoteric and mystical. Meet Ccwdmoss.
Ccwdmoss is an independent label of handmade shoes and accessories by Andrey Moss, which do more than merely make a statement: they express the impermanence of the human experience through an artist's eyes.
Following the traditions of artisan production, Andrey Moss offers his customers shoes and accessories made by hand in his small studio in the Russian provincial city of Ryazan, where in 2013 Andrey launched his own label.
At the heart of the designer's work is the process of creating an artistic image through which Andrey talks about the dark side of culture through his vision of women, art, religion and sexuality. Behind the ascetic design with raw edges and feminine silhouette with rough details hides a sophisticated ideology of work, which Andrey devotes to exploring the female body, working through an anatomical approach to creating, material analysis and how texture relates to form.
His pieces are just hauntingly beautiful. The bags, oh my goodness the bags.
Each Ccwdmoss product is crafted by one pair of hands using self-taught, unconventional methods and rare materials ensuring the uniqueness of every piece. To achieve high quality in the production, Andrey uses leather by one of the oldest tanneries in Russia, paints from Spain, chemicals and fabrics from Italy and care products from France. He honor the belief that every detail has its own purpose and meaning.
“Temptations all around me,
is there nowhere I can turn?
Hellfire is all about me,
now I know that I shall burn,
I face excommunication for the error
of my ways - to burn in Hell for all my days.
Bell, book and candle, candle, book, bell,
forwards and backwards to damn me to Hell”
Whatever shade your festive holiday is, I wish you all health, happiness and time with loved ones. See you in the new year.
