A contemporary sculptor, Roderick Owen unveils a universe where stilettos abandon the living to become presences shaped by fire and shadow.
His story follows an inner path, where the need to create gradually overrides all human reference points.
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Each experience becomes embedded in the material and shapes his vision.
For a long time, this search remains without form.
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Then comes a moment of refinement.
Roderick Owen sheds the superfluous and commits to metal, a material long held in quiet anticipation.
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Iron twists, breathes, and searches for its own line.
A silent dialogue emerges, one of resistance, material, and mastery, giving rise to a presence shaped by shadow and radiance.
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The artist then understood: metal is not something to dominate.
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It is a force that chooses those capable of hearing it.
Under the fire, he perceives its murmur, fragile as ash, indestructible as darkness.
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Every spark becomes a heartbeat.
Every strike, a birth.
Fire becomes language, metal becomes skin, memory, fate.
In the curve of a stiletto, he senses a presence watching, foreign to all humanity, sovereign, timeless.
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No longer fashion accessories, stilettos become presences born of fire and silence, severed from all human identity, neither male nor female, beings beyond our world, free to forge their own designs.
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From this revelation grew his gesture: to bring forth entities of steel that retain their allure forever, freed from flesh, needing no wearer, bound to no body.
Steel heels that break from their origin and assert their own singular existence.
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Entities of fire and steel, released from the living.
From that moment on, the artist’s life shifted without warning, unaware that, a few years later, his universe would be recognized far beyond borders.
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Like a couturier shaping rare fabric, he sculpts iron with the same precision and vision, merging the aura of fashion with the power of metal into a single act.
In his studio, he pushes the boundaries of matter, shaping contemporary sculptures with a singular identity.
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His universe builds itself through a constant dialogue between fire and darkness, where sovereign presences emerge.
His forged-steel stilettos embody forms liberated from flesh, each curve revealing a transformation with no return.
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Mysterious and contrasted, his sculptures invite a contemplation where humanity holds no sway.
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He draws inspiration from what he perceives, what he senses, what burns.
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He continues his ascension through collaborations with renowned houses such as Imperial Heritage Caviar and Champagne Duval-Leroy.
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Forged-steel stilettos, shaped by fire and shadow, where elegance becomes trace and matter becomes presence.
R o d e r i c k O w e n
Timeless sculptures, beyond flesh, sovereign over a realm forged in metal and fire, where humanity holds no power.
