Making a Monster
Made slowly. On purpose.
Each Yoshi Monster sweatshirt is built by hand from start to finish. What looks simple at first glance is actually a layered, time-intensive process — designed to let each monster have its own personality, texture, and mood.
Every monster begins as a sketch pulled from a specific feeling or moment I wanted to capture. From there, it’s revised again and again — stripped back until the mood is obvious, the shape is distinct, and the details are simple enough to survive being cut, trimmed and sewn.
What remains is intentional: enough information to communicate the emotion, not so much that it distracts.
1. Design - starts as an idea
Each monster begins as a sketch and becomes a stencil. Things escalate
2. Cut out the shape
The monster is cut from the back of faux fur—either scored with a blade or melt-cut with a soldering iron, depending on the fabric. Both take a while. Both require patience.
3. Who wants a haircut?
Each monster is given a very long haircut with very small tools. This is the most time-consuming step. Trimmed and shaped until the expression finally appears. It’s rarely optimistic.
4. Add some eyes
Painted by hand. Sealed. Dried. Attached. The monster is now aware.
5. The point of no return
The monster is sewn on slowly, the seams brushed out, trimmed one last time, and finished. It is now stuck here.