A contemporary sculptor, Roderick Owen unveils a universe where stilettos abandon the living to become presences shaped by fire and shadow.
His story is one of inner pursuit, a path where the need to create gradually eclipses all human reference points.
Every encounter, every trace left in the material becomes a vibration feeding his vision.
For a long time, this breath remained without form, until the day the fire, stronger than words, demanded its place.
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Roderick Owen let go of the superfluous and returned to metal, a living matter he had once brushed without knowing it would become his language.
It was not a place that answered him, but a call rising from within, an inner flame only steel knows how to hear.
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Iron twists, breathes, searches for its own line.
From this silent dialogue between fire and shadow rises a presence forged from radiance and night.
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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.
