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Susan Holmes: Winged Warrior 1995
 
   
Artist:
Susan Holmes
Title:
Winged Warrior
Year:
1995
Type of Work:
Costume
Awards:
Finalist in 'Visual Symphony' Section, 1994 New Zealand Wearable Art Awards.
Brief:
To make a piece that makes a sound. The wings could flip up and down and I put a ball in a bowl that made a sound as it moved.
Components:
Consists of hat, wings and shield, underdress.
Technique:

Recycled woven chair, painted, pulled apart, sculpted.
Silk underdress dyed and crinkled.

Location:
Dismantled and sold as a wall sculpture and a separate dress.
Photographer:

Craig Potton

Angela Fraser, Patterns of Identity: Textiles in Aotearoa Research Team, 2006