Snowy Mountains Dreaming - the film
Highly Commended
Polly Crowden is an Assistant Costume Standby working in television and film. It was Polly’s time working in the NSW High Country during the filming of The Drover’s Wife, The Legend of Molly Johnson, which inspired Snowy Mountains Dreaming.
The shape of the garment is modelled on a bell-shaped 1900’s antique copper lantern. The lower part of the garment is divided into eight sections. Each has been decorated with different aspects of the Snowy Mountains landscape – the sunsets and sunrises, mountain rivers, distant dwellings and local flora and fauna.
The wearable lampshade is illuminated from within, creating a sparking vision which brings the landscapes to life.
Polly was awarded the 2018 Friends of the Gallery Runner Up Award in 2018 for her piece Adira of Aberlorne