a portfolio of my work as a maker
Posted in 2007, drop bears, floriade, masks, sculpture on Oct 10th, 2007
Two drop bear characters made for HighWire for roving entertainment at Foriade 2007, where the theme was Aussie icons.
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Blog post: Beware the drop bears are, and she was
Posted in 2006, coffee cup hats, floriade, props, sculpture on Oct 21st, 2006
Espresso coffee hats made for the performance art group A Bunch of Posers. They were first used for performances of the group Acappellacino at Floriade 2006. The hats are fashioned out of foam sheeting, muslin, dacron, paint and latex.
At Floriade:
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Blog post: Espresso coffee hats
This large cross-section flower was made for CSIRO’s Division of Plant Industry, initially to be the centrepiece of their display at Floriade 2006 in Canberra. The flower stands about 180 cm tall. It is likely it is now in CSIRO’s Discovery Centre.
The petals are molded from felt that has been saturated in white [...]
Posted in 2006, bodysuit, floriade, puppets, stilts on Oct 9th, 2006
In late winter 2006 I lead workshops with a group of kids from the Warehouse Circus, collaboratively designing and helping them to make some big puppets for a carnivale puppet parade during Floriade. Robin Davidson was the artistic director, bringing together the eight characters the kids had proposed into a kazoo band. We used quite [...]