The Initiation

Inspired by a powerful coming-of-age story, this piece speaks to the journey from youth to manhood. I watched a documentary where young men ventured alone into the forest, returning only when they’d discovered their true selves. When they came back, they were no longer boys; they’d become men of honor, symbolically welcomed with a blanket bearing a red stripe—a mark of maturity and value.

When I found this fabric, it called to me to create something that carries that same weight. This wrap embodies that rite of passage, marking the transformation from boy to man, honoring both the journey and the arrival.

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