Collection: Emma Wallbanks

Emma Wallbanks is a multi-disciplinary artist currently based in Lyttelton. She studied at Ilam School of Fine Arts between 2012 and 2019 attaining a First Class Honors and a Master of Fine Arts.

Alongside her exhibiting work, Emma Wallbanks founded her own independent clothing label in 2019. Branded ‘Fascinating but Potentially Dangerous’. Akin to her visual practice Wallbanks’ label focuses on the ‘edge’ as a thematic starting point. Clothing pieces are all one offs and treated much like her earlier sculptural works and video installations, insofar as their repurposed nature and rebellious sensibility.

Transferring skills developed through her work as a sculpture undergraduate, her garments are all constructed through unconventional pattern cutting means. Hand-sewn elements are met with hand dyed aspects that are reminiscent of abstract painting.