Wear the Wild is a community arts project by Sarah Seahorse and Luna Aquatica inspired by the endangered flora and fauna of the Darebin Parklands and Darebin Creek area, creating fabulous wearable art and costumes made from found, foraged, recycled and repurposed materials collected from the local area. Each artist created a beautiful body of work inspired by their time spent walking through the Darebin Grasslands and Darebin creek- a place of sanctuary and inspiration during the past year of lockdowns.
This project was funded by Darebin City Council’s Spring Fuse Festival 2021 Artist Grant.
Look 1:
Celebration of the Darebin Grasslands 1: featuring Native Grasses, Magenta Storksbill, Native Bluebell and Blue Grass Lily
Materials: Mountain Dew Bottles, Green plastic Bottles, Found plastic toy balls, found plastic drinking straws, found vintage fabric, wire.
Look 2:
Celebration of the Darebin Grasslands 2: featuring Native Grasses, Bulbine Lily and Native Flax Lily
Materials: Mountain Dew Bottles, Green plastic Bottles, Found plastic toy balls, found vintage fabric, wire, hessian, pva glue.
5G and the Future of Fashion
Sarah Seahorse X Tenfingerz
These designers have seen a gap in the fashion market and filled it with high-end tin foil hats.
In response to a burgeoning 5G-conspiracy culture, artists Tenfingerz and Sarah Seahorse have
created a line of haute couture headwear.
One of a kind hats fit for the most discerning of fashion aficionados - with a desire to protect
themselves. The collection is made entirely from common household items - tin foil, sticky tape and
cardboard.
The tin foil hats are available for purchase with prices upon application.
Image credits:
Creative director: Tenfingerz
Milliner: Sarah Seahorse
Photographer: Theresa Harrison
Stylist and model: Moosedoll
HMUA: Kate McWilliam
Designer credits:
Cowboy:
Top: Fashion Chelsea
Two piece suit: Jordyn Smith
Accessories: Stylist's own
Marie Antoinette:
Dress: Love Manifesto
Accessories and corset: Stylist's own
Bonnet:
Dress: Fashion Chelsea
Earrings and body chain: Mesh Gallery
Cloche hat/1920s:
Dress: Gia Phuc Ly
Jewellery: Mesh Gallery
80s spring race hat:
Dress: Jarrod Reid
Accessories: Stylist's own
Created by Sarah seahorse & Luna Aquatica
Photography by Theresa Harrison
Received third place in the Illumination Illusion category, World Of Wearable Art Awards, Wellington, NZ, 2017
Tears of the Nudibranch is a heart felt homage to the great barrier reef. A response to the catastrophic environmental disaster that is the worst, mass bleaching event in the reefs history.
With intricate and experimental textile manipulation, and organic fabric creations we have created a spine tingling memorial to the Great Barrier Reef, depicting the bleaching of the reef with the transformation of the costume from neon coral to bleached coral.
One the bear By Black Honey Company
“A fairytale for the hip-hop generation”.
Costume Designer and Maker for hip hop theatre show by award winning writer Candy Bowers.
Presented by Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW and La Boite theatre, QLD , Arts Centre Melbourne & Sydney Opera House.
Created by Sarah Seahorse and Luna Aquatica
Concept by Sarah Seahorse and Luna Aquatica
Winner of The International Design Award for Australia and the South Pacific @ W.O.W. (World of Wearable Art) Awards, Wellington, NZ
Materials: Recycled Lycra Scraps, Studio Floor Detritus, Buttons, Sequins
Photography: Teneille Clerke, Saint Damascus, LizIntoTheWoods, WOW AwardsNZ, Kim Hale
As part of the 2015 Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program Tenfingerz Productions brings you.....
Perfect
A showcase of local underground designers with ethical and sustainable practices.
A live art spectacle of extravagant fashion proportions.
Perfect Runway 1 featured local Melbourne designers with ethical and sustainable practices.
GooLife
Penny Drop
Gun Shy
Cut Throat On The Street
Lexis Laqua and Ocram Si
Fizzy Fingers
Perfect Runway 2 featured local wearable art designers.
Rose Chong Costumiers
The Alkira Wearable Arts Group
Gemma Falconer
Lexis Laqua and Ocram Si
LunaSea by Luna Aquatica and Sarah Seahorse
Video by Rach Imam
Music by Thriftworks
Concept: Luna Aquatica
Silk, Organza, Tulle, Fishing Line, Feathers, Foam
Materials: Handpainted silk. Aluminium Wire. Wadding. Wire. Amber. Beads.
Found, Foraged, Gleaned and Dumpster dived junk food + fast food waste. Lovingly preserved with resin and re-created to become cult wearable food art.
As part of my ongoing Junk.Food series, drawing attention to the wasteful nature of consumerism, capitalism, over-consumption and food waste, using wearable adornment to tell these stories.
Including:
Queen Of The Confectionary Aisle
2013
Materials: Biscuits inc. Iced Vovos, Jam fancies, Hundreds & Thousands and Honey Fingers. Resin. Glitter. Foam. Mesh. Faux Pearls. Lycra
Opulent Breakfast Queen
2014
Materials: Dumpster Dived Bacon. Dumpster Dived Egg. Dumpster Dived White Bread Toast. Resin. Velvet. Silk. Lycra. Organza. Chain.
Toast Crown:
2019
Dumpster Dived White Bread Toast. Resin. Velvet. Silk. Lycra. Organza. Chain.
Memento Mori: Everybody Dies
Dumpster dived chicken nuggets + chicken strips, resin, found sequin fabric, foam, wire, vintage trim, chain
Egg Head:
Found plastic cutlery, buckram, wire, glue
Toast Accessories, Set & Styling by Sarah Seahorse
Photographed by Kyrian O'cane @ Creatington in Los Angeles
Toast prince & Set Assistant: Anthony Greenz
