| Susan Holmes: Firebird 2009 |
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Artist: |
Susan Holmes |
Title: |
Firebird |
Inspiration: |
Birds of Paradise |
Year: |
2009 |
Type
of Work: |
Costume |
Awards: |
Winner 2009 New Zealand Wearable Art Awards: WOW Factor Award |
Components: |
Black knit dress with sculpted rings. Harness with wings attached and hat. |
Materials: |
Hand dyed stretch nylon mesh. Stiffening rods of woody reed. Black polyester stretch knit (in dress) Sticks and polycellular foam in hat. |
Location: |
Costume in World of Wearable Art™ (WOW®) Collection, Nelson. |
Photographer: |
Jackie Meiring |
Angela Fraser, Patterns of Identity: Textiles in Aotearoa Research
Team, 2009
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