Peita launches limited edition ceramic dresses inspired by suffragettes

On March 8, 2017 we silk-screened the first breasts. Not just any brand celebrates its birthday on a day of feminist resistance and was born for it. It's been a year since Peita (which wasn't even Peita yet) took to the streets for the first time, to march against sexism, inequality, intolerance. We are not the first to fight. Women have been demanding their rights for centuries and, valuing their/our struggle, today we are launching a series of sculptures of dresses inspired by suffragettes and women workers from the beginning of the 20th century. There are 50 handmade models by designer Marilzete Basso do Nascimento. There are also 'breasts' from 'Fight Like A Girl'

Marilzete came to us in December last year with a proposal for the T-shirts. When we signed the partnership we had no idea that she spent three years testing clay masses until she found one that offered the plastic and malleable alloy for the development of her 'confection' project. The passion for ceramics began with a workshop held in 2008 at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (where he taught for 32 years). In 2010, Marilzete traveled to Cunha, a small municipality in São Paulo and a center for ceramics in Brazil, to learn more from the renowned plastic artist, Luciano Almeida. Since then, she has perfected her technique and now, in addition to other projects, she models feminist pieces in partnership with Peita.

The sculptures are designed like a garment. The designer takes the measurements, creates the mold, stretches the dough, cuts it as if it were fabric, 'sews' the clothes and models them, one by one, as if there were a little body inside. “I was never one to sew. I made a dress or two for my daughters when they were little. My work is a rescue of what my grandmothers used to do”, says the retiree. The process takes over 50 hours. It's a hell of a job!

Look at the step by step:

1. mold development in autocad;
2. impression of the mold in a reduced scale;
3. open the dough, leaving it very thin;
4. cut;
5. sewing and modeling;
6. wait for the dough to dry;
7. 8 hours of firing + 12 hours waiting for the kiln to cool down;
8. enameling of each of the pieces;
9. one more firing, now it's 10 hours in the oven and another 15 hours waiting to open.

The first collection is limited. There are 50 frames, numbered and exclusive. “Each dress is different from each other. Some have more breasts, others less. There are plump ones and skinny ones”, explains Marilzete. The pieces come inside a box, 20cmx20cm, made of walnut wood and the frame is 5cm wide. We are also launching titties, these are not limited, you can buy them whenever you want.

Special thanks to Bia Varanis, from As Mina da História, who believed in the project and is helping us publicize it.

Got into it? www.peita.me