Speak Up : Spragwerks

First things first, tell us about yourself & your product!

My name is Richard Anthony Sandomeno Jr – you can call me Rich.

Inspired by the post-industrial wasteland of Northeastern New Jersey, SPRAGWERKS was created in 2002. I create custom jewelry and belt buckles that fuse my passion for industrial design with my vision of a post-apocalyptic world where the borders between the organic and the mechanical dissolve. [Handmade and wrought by myself, all the jewelry is cast out of sterling silver and accented with copper, gold, and found objects.]  Made in NYC and L.A.

What makes you Haute Macabre?

Because I can’t help feeling goodness in darkness, [finding] beauty in both death and decay, and a passion for the bizarre and absurd.

Were you a potential serial killer as a child, that instead evolved into a designer?

I was, and still am, an obsessive collector of dead things, curiosities, odds and ends (mostly odds).    I was always seeing everything as something else, noticing the things that most people [disregard as mundane] don’t, and [re-]assembling them in no particular order.  I evolved into a designer unintentionally – [when I found what I loved to do, I dove into it obsessively.]  I took to making Jewelry the same way I took to collecting bugs as a child – it engulfed my thoughts. It seeped into my brain…and at some point people started to notice.

How would you describe your personal style?

Equal parts: Little Richard, Soda Pop Curtis, and a hobo (circa 1920’s).

What would you wear for a moon landing?

A custom made skin-tight black leather spacesuit made by Agatha Blois, accented with  silver clasps and fasteners made by me, and a titanium ray-gun.

Leather or Lace?

Leather

Why?

How dare you!

Do you ever notice footwear in your dreams?

I think of footwear constantly…it’s the first thing I notice.

What style advice to you have to share?

Be bold and daring…and above all, make no excuses.

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