Fox Paw Tie

Year: 2017

Material: fox paw, leather, elastic band, metal clasp

A real fox paw replaces the classical tie. Set in leather and made wearable with a clasp, it takes the place of an accessory traditionally associated with status and affiliation.

The paw originates from surplus materials of a furrier’s workshop – taken from a hunted, not farmed, animal. Through its recontextualisation, it becomes part of a critical ornament.

The work allows no distance. It touches ethical and moral boundaries – between wearability, power, and symbolism. The fox as a cultural-historical sign, the paw as a visible fragment – situated between adornment, disturbance, and memory.

What is touched when something wearable is also disturbing?
What history resonates – visible, unspoken, unresolved?

photographer: Martin Say