Gown Made of Discarded Auto Radiator Copper

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January 21st, 2010 5

New Zealand’s Victoria University recent graduate Emma Whiteside made this incredible 18th century-style gown from discarded automotive radiator copper for the 2009 World of WearableArt show. The dress weighs 22 pounds and took 200 hours to sew. Check out this closeup:

5 thoughts on “Gown Made of Discarded Auto Radiator Copper”

Shawn Connally says:

January 21st, 2010 at 11:26 pm

I love this, such amazing work!
Kate says:

February 4th, 2010 at 6:22 am

Victoria University is in Australia in the state of Victoria. The Show as you have mentioned can be entered by anyone worldwide
Goli Mohammadi says:

February 4th, 2010 at 10:53 am

There is also a Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand (http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/default.aspx), which is where the artist is from. You are right that there is a Victoria University in Australia, but I don’t believe that is the one Whiteside attended.
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