{"title":"Samantha Mach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"max-height: 300px; max-width:55%\" src=\"https:\/\/helloart-prod-bucket.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/artist\/samantha-mach\/samantha-mach-profile.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSammi Mach is a multidisciplinary mixed-media artist and wearable designer based in San Francisco, California. Her practice anchors itself in the visceral, hands-on transformation of raw and salvaged materials, spanning heavy-body acrylic painting, fine archival ink illustration, polymer clay sculpture, and reconstructed apparel. She is also the founder of the independent label trashb0t, an experimental project bridging DIY subculture, tangible jewelry, and subversive accessories.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eMach’s work treats garments and canvas alike as dimensional surfaces for storytelling. From hand-painted upcycled outerwear embedded with hardware to detailed, ink-drawn narrative linework, her creations repurpose discarded textures into expressive physical artifacts. Her mixed-media pieces and wearable collections have been showcased across Bay Area gallery exhibitions, independent fashion runways, and local print publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eARTIST’S STATEMENT\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy practice is centered on tangible transformation—taking discarded textiles, fluid pigments, and raw hardware to construct layered, textural narratives. Working across painting, detailed ink illustration, and garment reconstruction, I examine the collision between raw physical decay and expressive reclamation.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eI approach every piece through an intuitive, process-driven layering technique. On canvas, thick acrylic impasto meets dense, archival line work and sculpted polymer accents. In my wearable work, secondhand garments and salvaged metals are deconstructed, altered, and hand-embellished with illustrative motifs to challenge the disposable nature of modern consumerism. The process is inherently tactile and responsive; garments become wearable sculptures, while two-dimensional surfaces take on physical, sculptural depth.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eBy treating everyday materials and discarded clothing as artifacts worthy of preservation, my work seeks to restore intimacy to the things we hold, wear, and inhabit. I invite viewers to step away from the polished and ephemeral, engaging instead with the grit, texture, and raw humanity of physical craft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"love-is-love-is-love","title":"love.is.love.is.love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMixed media on wood panel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16x20x1\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samantha Mach","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44485153063015,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1787724517_16356.jpg?v=1787750862"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/collections\/1_1787724517_16356.jpg?v=1787750865","url":"https:\/\/helloart.com\/fr\/collections\/samantha-mach.oembed","provider":"helloart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}