Metal Stamping is an old school technique that we have modernized in the eyewear industry to create incredible textures on temples. In our latest Lucky Kid collection, the Zipper utilizes this time-honored treatment, shining in multifaceted planes through transparent acetate temples. On a relatively simple frame, this stamping creates an awesome moment of design discovery that kids respond to.
In an incredible combination of the old school and the modern, stamping is being used by Lanzavecchia + Wai’s One Day to weave everyday actions of a routine day into the Life of V.M Earth Quilt.
“The Space Quilt was created to preserve the memory of life on Earth as would be seen from “another terra”, a future human colony on another Earth-like planet.
Says Lanzavecchia + Wai, “It was not uncommon, in early American culture, for quilts to reflect a mosaic of a woman’s life, often including swatches of material from memorable events…”
“On any routine day of V.M, it is marked by the objects of everyday actions. However on Another Terra, daily life could be completely different. Like a mantra, on each woven golden Mylar strip is hand-stamped repeatedly in absolute chronological order, the individual names of objects encountered, touched, or used.”
“A seemingly mundane fragment of life is then sealed, given permanence. These words re-materialize the possessions, their related everyday gestures and rituals of a day on Earth that is impossible to repeat ever again.”
