https://www.samuelschwindt.xyz/writing daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://www.samuelschwindt.xyz/front-side daily 1.0 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/0ba71ff1-417c-4166-98e7-89ba2213d05d/HeadshotSchwindt.png https://www.samuelschwindt.xyz/leather-and-light daily 0.75 2026-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/5a32aa11-cea9-4de4-a59a-83163be791d2/Skin+Break1+copy.jpg Visual Work It's (almost) skin break, babe!, 2026, Hemp-vegan leather, veg-tan leather, cross-stitch sutures, the chisels the leather broke, the needles that punctured my fingers. 38” x 23” 30” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/9ae09d12-3877-4058-ae4d-3c1e39770a50/7B8A951A-1E84-4845-92AB-098140247318.jpg Visual Work Not My Bag! (After Paris Hilton) 2025, Cheap leather bags, pigment, 28" x 23" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/8f21b6ca-7674-46e5-815c-2a14f2184c62/IMG_5053.JPG.jpg Visual Work Leather Rack 3, 2025, the artist's collection of leather, 30" x 38" x 14" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/f1ec634a-c65b-44ef-a941-7e0ee7aaeadb/Failed+Amphibious+Figure.jpg Visual Work Failed Amphibious Creature, 2026, heat-soaked and molded weather leather, translucent leather, neon, cross-stitch sutures, 29" x 40" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/cfd12153-b164-4d2d-95d4-284cb686e0b5/cowboy1.jpg Visual Work Critical mass, 2026, Heat-soaked and molded leather, cross-stitch sutures, upholstery tacks, boot shanks, 26" x 16" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/5bdb45da-6f33-40f3-8a69-dad37bccd605/5.JPG Visual Work Buell Blast!, 2025, My old Buell Rider motorcycle, Heat-soaked and molded leather, precious pigments, 26" x 32"  x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/84a22fdc-3c6a-4fc8-99b7-c45ef48a2c0f/18.jpg Visual Work The Cartographic Figure (as Mad Spectacle), 2025, leather (sourced from Mexico City, Chicago, and Indianapolis), lavender light, cross-stitch sutures, 40" x 63" x 14" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/a15bb381-84cc-4ecf-880d-14b07ff00767/19.jpg Visual Work Detail of The Cartographic Figure... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/82938e90-99ae-4ac8-bb71-4f2a0e3e4d60/Morosefigure1.jpg Visual Work The Morose Figure, Preserved, 2025, translucent leather, 27" x 18" x 10" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/10327b0a-cb57-4bc3-aa5a-15b065014bf3/13.JPG Visual Work The Figure Ravaged By The Sublime, 2024, brush-off leather, heat-soaked and molded translucent leather, cross-stitch sutures, neon, cable covers, 47" x 52" x 11" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/5959d593-b598-4494-9884-f43f17484088/14.JPG Visual Work Detail of The Figure Ravaged By The Sublime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/6e05f1d4-cc0c-4b7d-bcd9-bb56a8983950/1.JPG Visual Work Leather Racks 1 and 2, 2025, the artist's collection of leather, each 68" x 60" x 10" 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/953df7e8-2b11-4f1c-bce5-bda059022107/Leather+Rack+1.jpg Visual Work Details of Leather Racks 1 and 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/f7978489-4a32-478d-855e-bdcb2857aeaa/8.jpg Visual Work She sleeps with the particles, 2025, Molded veg-tan leather, pigment, detritus for FERMI research lab, 31" x 25" x 28" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/52770639-eae6-4f99-a69f-9d0b548fde6d/6+copy.png Visual Work Buell Dirt Crash, 2025, Heat-soaked and molded translucent leather, Buell Rider Motorcycle cables, cross-stitch sutures, vermiculite, 48" x 19" x 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/40d094a2-a046-41fb-99e8-f902d7fe17cc/Slow+Sleaze+Tease.jpg Visual Work Slow Sleaze Tease, 2025, Vinyl, fresnel lenses, steel hardware, neon, 71" x 26" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/4da9fc44-a7fc-499f-a0c5-93b848e5c9d4/leather+prints+2.jpg Visual Work Scarred Samples of the Figure (2), 2025, collagraph prints of leather, each 11" x 7.5" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/fb6ccd6b-7b1e-4dba-8c01-8b22efecc189/1b.JPG Visual Work detail of leather racks 1 and 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/bd100d65-1a29-4fb2-87e0-c3be597bbda6/3.jpg Visual Work Secret Posture 2025, Leather, iridescent pigment, pipe, 24" x 17" x 14" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/162413e7-19e4-4b36-ab1f-b2bb7aa1bfb4/Schwindt4.jpg Visual Work Scarred Samples of the Figure (1), 2025, collagraph prints of leather, each 11" x 7.5" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/575790d5-06c2-467c-bbc0-c2325da4da97/Dust%2520Shake%2520%282%29%2520copy.jpg Visual Work Dust Shake (2), 2025, Leather, vermiculite, and pigment on leather, 24" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/676b62a5-30dd-43db-b89c-5e3f90e3cb7a/Bigtranslucent1.jpg Visual Work A Sutured Figure in the Apocalyptic Night, 2024, Translucent leather, leather harnesses, neon, sweat droplets, mesh cable covers, 78" x 26" x 22" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/b0396fe8-3ccc-4f8c-b9d7-4a5fc69f0fa9/Bigtranslucent3.jpg Visual Work Detail of A Sutured Figure in the Apocalyptic Night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/8368aeed-f83b-4676-9021-c4c6d0202da6/APC_0175.jpg Visual Work A Cramped, Eccentric Muscle,  2024, Hand-and-machine sutured translucent and salvaged leather, dyed meat bags, found steel, 7" x 9" x 9" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/e28aff66-1532-4bf5-bdf8-3e37bc2cbc36/16.jpg Visual Work The Figure (Pierced) Regenerating From The Fragments, 2024, Heat-soaked and molded translucent leather and weathered leather, salvaged leather, machine-and-hand sutures, window screen, neon, cable covers, steel, 70”x 32” x 28” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/becd7f67-fc96-4be7-945f-e912241c8aa5/17.jpg Visual Work Detail of The Figure (Pierced) Regenerating From The Fragments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/f9514d3e-a741-44cd-8de7-ea8e5ebdf0cf/4.jpg Visual Work Liminal Shock (Lavender Scare), 2025, encaustic, distemper, and vermiculite on canvas, 20" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/13700f84-4544-4eae-86ff-1977b801c50c/10.JPG Visual Work An Imputrescible, Closeted Figure, 2024,  Heat-soaked and molded weathered leather, sweat droplets, neon, cross-stitch sutures, mesh cable covers, 33" x 22" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/702ba901-36a3-4fef-8f0e-ef96cd5e4840/11.JPG Visual Work Detail of An Imputrescible, Closeted Figure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/9f3e1dfe-e298-42d3-adcd-6dc6de2f906c/Phantom1.jpg Visual Work A Phantom Figure, Lacrimating in the Night,  2024, Translucent leather, leather harnesses, neon, sweat droplets, mesh cable covers, dyed meat bags, 78" x 26" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/4ff430b1-9d39-43e3-84c1-ffd5509a3b1c/Phantom2.jpg Visual Work Detail of A Phantom Figure, Lacrimating in the Night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/68965b9e-668f-4032-95a9-1f8f5159ce9c/7.jpg Visual Work The Figure Sutured, Punctured, and Re-Vamped, 2024, Machine-and-hand sutured salvaged leather, meat hooks, found steel, 33" x 22" x 19" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/d9686540-7c85-4062-9337-0c2e29e14b50/IMG_8092.jpg Visual Work Installation image of solo exhibit "Revealed Armor: Leather and Light" at Epiphany Center for the Arts, May-July 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/3096e595-5f6b-4fae-aab9-78baeb836b1e/3+-+installed.jpeg Visual Work nstallation image of solo exhibit "Revealed Armor: Leather and Light" at Epiphany Center for the Arts, May-July 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/8eaa8af8-758b-42d5-ab77-f3d32b962d29/5.jpg Visual Work The Figure’s Re-Vamped Muscles, 2024, Translucent leathers, leather harnesses, variety of other salvaged leathers, dyed meat-bags, found steel, 28" x 45" x 6" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/218a5bad-d721-4e83-b340-52bdc6057fa4/6.jpg Visual Work Detail of “The Figure’s Re-Vamped Muscles” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/9dce1413-1888-4136-80d4-46cd72d3506a/APC_0563.jpg Visual Work A Figure With A Punctured Thoracic, 2024, Heat-soaked and molded leather and translucent leather, brush-off leather, cross-stitch sutures, neon, mesh cable covers, 20" x 53" x 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/81493e9d-0d16-4210-b985-cb33ebb1f47c/APC_0559.jpg Visual Work Detail of An Imputrescible Figure With A Punctured Thoracic" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/bc34000f-0247-40d9-ae02-6c6bab84e1a2/Sam7.jpg Visual Work The Skin Feeling Like Physical Manifestations of Screams, 2023, tattooed leather, layered and carved leather, heat-soaked and molded veg-tan leather, copper, tattoo transfer paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/69a19af3-5eab-4709-b8ba-d911b265aed2/sam8.jpg Visual Work Detail of Physical manifestation.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/8b2ab3ac-90ed-4ce2-bd6d-16a4e366994e/anodized+2.jpg Visual Work Report!, 2020, news article police report etched onto anodized aluminum, leather, polycarbonate, 14" x 6" x 3" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/6ffcae3a-ecbc-4cdf-bb47-d4c90918eefb/13.jpg Visual Work Keeper of a disorderly house, 2021, screen printed Chicago Tribune article onto RFK Reeves paper, Dimensions variable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/d5e869fd-9dc1-4931-94b4-61eedf76c5d2/tempImageu3bvMZ.png Visual Work Keeping a House of Ill Fame, 2021 Fresnel lenses, leather, light, screen printed Chicago Tribune article onto pleather Dimensions variable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/d68fd3b7-b2fb-4004-851e-3df7fadbf5f1/window+works.jpg Visual Work Window Works: Fresnel Radiance, 2019, fresnel lenses, polycarbonate, aluminum, site-specific installation in storefront in Bucktown, Chicago. Dimensions variable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/3effbe35-f94d-4f01-ae15-03ba0af8545f/tempImagep2OuCj.png Visual Work Fresnel Leather Pleasure, 2019, fresnel lenses, leather harnesses, 60" x 42" x 16" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/5ecd2b30-5d8b-4e13-8729-c678a92662b0/IMG_9408.JPG Visual Work Soak, 2016, oil paint on canvas, 24" x 36" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/0008d59b-ba8f-413d-8e89-409888cd5f92/Maybe2016.jpeg Visual Work Rough Scrub, 2017, power-sanded oil paint on canvas, 24" x 36" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/6b86bc76-9771-4ffd-a0f7-8c5c85360c60/2.PNG Visual Work Letter from Pete to Jana, 2016, etched anodized aluminum, polycarbonate 12" x 12" x 6" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/f79cf451-fc36-470d-a535-929e79a6166b/8.jpg Visual Work Decapitated Parisian Lamppost, 2016, cardboard, steel, wood, polycarbonate, 65" x 28" x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e5c5f5453eec064338628f/a89b8dbc-2515-4d89-a8db-d464caf1da5b/a2.jpg Visual Work Ambulance Doors, 2016, cardboard, 60" x 28" x 6" (each door)