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Our idea is giving your emotions, desires, and blood to others yet in return you lose yourself to the lust and to drugs. In our process we also thought about the movie Bones and All and even Vampire Dairies in the way they romanticize cannibalism.

Jacquy, Yandel, Vivi

Jan 271 min read

Senior Cords

Painted corduroy pants inspired by vintage 1920s Senior Cords I made these pants, inspired by the holy grail of vintage: Senior Cords. Basically, there was a trend in Indiana around the 1920s where high school seniors would paint on their corduroy pants. They included imagery of school mascots, club logos, or anything symbolic of their interests and time in school. I wanted a pair, but they are such a rare and pricy find, plus the iconography wouldn’t be meaningful to me. The

Harper Smith

Jan 272 min read

The Other

**"The Other" Is a philosophical undertaking of the abject/horror, sitting with discomfort. film photography on fiber paper** “The Other” is a collection of black and white prints on fiber paper. This project explores a figure meant to embody “the creature” or “the other,” deliberately confusing the viewer’s sense of what is real versus abject. There is no clear understanding of who or what the creature is. I intended to create an atmosphere of unease, to invoke fear while a

Maryam Yusuf

Jan 272 min read

Antler Bags

**This summer, I worked on creating what I have been calling "Antler Bags". They are up-cycled bags that I have used a small, shed, deer antler to create a handle. It fits nicely over the shoulder because of the curve. Since sharing them, I have been able to create them for friends and clients.** The push in raw, natural materials in fashion has been clear in the past few seasons. Fur is back - if you’re really on the rapid trend cycle, you’ve put down the city bag and picked

Brandon Mar

Jan 271 min read

Giving & Receiving

**Relationships are universal—and hard. Giving yourself to someone and getting little back is both simple and complicated. In any bond, even sexual ones, there’s an exchange: fluids, energy, trust. Sometimes people give too much, too little, or don’t want to give or receive at all. Dating today feels harder than ever. Nonchalance is “cool,” approaching people feels awkward, and hookup culture—especially in queer spaces—often leads to catching feelings that go nowhere. The lin

Justin Herrera, Elizabeth Roehl, Harper, and Lily

Jan 272 min read

Who do you do it for?

**This is a photography project I creative directed and shot that is very personal to me and my journey with my art. It's called "who do you do it for?"** Who do you do it for? I misspelled fulfillment. When I noticed this, I panicked. I beat myself up and deleted it without question. As you can see, the carelessness made it back into my project. Immediately after deleting the photo, I regretted the decision because it went against everything that these photos stood for to me

Sidney Petersen

Jan 271 min read

On Verses and Virtue: An Unfiltered Interview with Rapper and Poet Jason Hill

Bars of Steel talks toxic masculinity, creative expression and finding community in foreign environments. “[Growing up in Philly] I was happy. My dad worked a lot, my mom worked, and I had a little brother who was 5 years younger than me. I had friends on the block, friends in the hood, friends that came from nice circumstances and bad circumstances. . . I learned a lot. It taught me who to trust, who not to trust. That put me into a certain mentality that I had to get out o