Collection: Emma Wallbanks

Emma Wallbanks is a New Zealand multi-disciplinary artist based in Ōtautahi. Graduating 2019, from University of Canterbury with an undergraduate degree in sculpture, and a Masters in film. Alongside her exhibiting work, Emma Wallbanks founded her own independent clothing label in 2019. Branded ‘Fascinating but Potentially Dangerous’. Akin the 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.