Creating the Texture: Outside

The objective was to make the external surface look soft so that it appeared like fur. Hilary Jackman created this external texture by hand, squirting plaster through her fists to produce a tactile, haptic surface on the outside of the Possum Skin Cloak. (Pictured overpage: Hilary Jackman experimenting with the texture of the outside of the Cloak)

‘Vicki always gets us involved right at the beginning, which opens up possibilities. Plus, we’ll come up with an idea or materiality or something that’s outside the square. We enjoy inventing new things and working through how a work might be done or what materials we can use. It’s just so enjoyable and the ideas flow. They just materialise.’

HILARY JACKMAN