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Susan Holmes: Quicksilver 1998
 
   
Artist:
 Susan Holmes
Title:
 Quicksilver
Year:
 1998
Type of Work:
 Costume
Awards:
 Winner 1998 New Zealand Wearable Art Awards, 'Transformation Section
Section Brief:

'The 'Transformation' in this piece was a large slug-like thing with a big mouth comes out, then the mouth flips back and out comes a silver bird.

Components:
Consists of outer 'slug', wings, tail tied at wasit, knit top, trousers, mask
Technique:

Slug-like outer case - stiffened with fibre glass.
Knobbly back is recycled bras.
Inside bird piece was recycled baskets, spoons, and silver trays.
The wings are stiffened used foiling plastic.
The trousers are crinkled and stiffened with nylon cord.

Location:
 Costume in World of WearableArt™ (WOW®) Collection, Nelson.
Photographer:
 Martin de Ruyter, Nelson Mail Ltd.
Angela Fraser, Patterns of Identity: Textiles in Aotearoa Research Team, 2006