MUSA RARA

by Julian Catzim

Textile · Photography · Mixed Media

San Francisco, CA / México

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The studio

Musa Rara is a contemporary creative studio exploring textile art, photography, embroidery, and mixed media. Through thread, fabric, image, and recovered materials, the project creates visual narratives around identity, body, memory, and transformation.

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Selected work

Available works

Each piece is one of a kind. Works in stock are reserved with a Zelle deposit; made-to-order pieces are created on commission.

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Julian Catzim working at the sewing machine
Process

From image to thread

The process begins with an image, a memory, a body, or a material fragment. A line becomes a drawing. A drawing becomes thread. The thread becomes a surface where intimacy, memory, and transformation are held.

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About

Musa means inspiration. Rara means rare, unusual, outside the ordinary. Together, Musa Rara is a space for what feels different, emotional, sensual, and transformed.

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Get in touch

Commissions, collaborations, and studio conversations.