EXODERME COLLECTION

EXODERME is a collection built around the idea of adding structure to the body:
a new layer, not born from the skin, but built above it.
It explores how an external form can protect, amplify, or redefine the contours of the human shape.

 

INTENTIONS & INFLUENCES

EXODERME draws from the logic of exoskeletons and external defenses:
rigid layers, protective shells, segmented lines, surfaces that carry weight instead of yielding to it.
Not armor in the traditional sense, but an outer architecture.

Here, these elements become wearable extensions 
not to imitate insects or shells, but to explore what happens when the body gains a structure that is not its own.
A visible layer that alters posture, attitude, or presence.

EXODERME is not about transformation into something else.
It is about adding tension and stability, creating a form that stands slightly apart from the body while remaining connected to it.

 

MATERIALS & PROCESS

Each piece is shaped in the Paris atelier through slow, deliberate steps:
3D modeling, prototyping, resin forms, lost-wax casting, solid silver, and precise hand-finishing.
The process seeks clarity of line rather than organic texture.

Silver is used for its density and its ability to behave like a structural element 
a frame, a support, a defined silhouette.

3D-printed resin allows for geometric distortions, sharp contours, and the construction of forms that cannot exist in traditional metalwork alone.

Leather appears as an anchor layer when needed, creating contrast between soft and rigid surfaces, between the body and the exodermal structure placed above it.

The goal is not smoothness or symmetry, but control:
a form that holds itself, a form that brings its own tension.

 

THE PIECES

The pieces in EXODERME function like parts of an external framework.
They do not follow the anatomy; they interact with it.
Independent pieces, but connected by a shared intention:
to create a visible, deliberate outer layer
an exoderme that shifts the silhouette without imitating anything natural or familiar.