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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 practice.

I have had success with this work in WOW (World of Wearable Art).

I won Mac’s Bizarre Bra in 2002 with Budgerigar Brassière, and The Work with the Most WOW Factor in 2014 with my Sulphur-crested 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 toward animals?

I don’t think so.

My aim is to provoke the viewer, encouraging them to question our often callous 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