- The ABC made this story about me and my work -
I majored in jewellery at Sydney College of the Arts so work for the body is also at the forefront of my practise.
I have had success with this work in WOW (World of Wearable Art).
I won Mac’s Bizarre Bra 2002 with Budgerigar Brassierre, and “The Work with the most WOW Factor” in 2014 with my Sulphur Creasted Frockatoo.
Attitudes toward wearing and owning parts of dead animals and birds have changed.
Is this simply due to fashion, or has society truly become more compassionate towards animals?
I don’t think so.
My aim is to provoke the viewer, encouraging them to question our often callus treatment of animals and birds, and to reflect on how we subconsciously classify them - as pet or pest, valued or worthless, beautiful or plain - and why.
~Em