I was standing on the Yamanote line when I saw it. A video advertisement reminding commuters to check the back of their hair when you get ready. Because someone behind you is always looking, and judging you.

Every morning, you wake up and prepare. You comb your hair. You make sure it is right before you leave the house. Hair has strict rules in Japan. Straight, shiny, tied up. In schools it goes even further. Black hair. No natural waves. No volume. Everything controlled, everything presented correctly at all times.

The comb is the tool that enforces all of that.

The Monster Comb series takes that object and mutates it. Each piece is hand-built in stoneware, modeled on the comb form, with teeth that rebel against the social pressure that controls how we look, how we present ourselves, and how freely we can express who we are.

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