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Design to construction: mussel shell set from 'Wives'

  • Sydney
  • Sets & Lighting, Behind the Scenes

From first imaginings to the stage, this gallery shows the detailed work behind the creation of Bangarra's set pieces. The mussel shells are drawn and modelled with scaled dimensions before being built and art directed for stage.

Construction drawings and set model of the mussel shell set pieces from 'Wives', 18 April 2017 Photography Bangarra
Paint detail of a mussel shell set piece from 'Wives', 12 June 2017 Photography Tiffany Parker
Paint detail of a mussel shell set piece from 'Wives', 12 June 2017 Photography Tiffany Parker
Paint detail of a mussel shell set piece from 'Wives', 12 June 2017 Photography Tiffany Parker
Painted mussel shell set pieces from 'Wives' on the workshop floor, photographed from above, 12 June 2017 Photography Tiffany Parker
Mussel shell set piece from 'Wives' under construction in the workshop, 12 June 2017 Photography Tiffany Parker
Bangarra ensemble in 'Wives', 23 June 2017 Photography Daniel Boud
Beau Dean Riley Smith and Jasmin Sheppard in 'Wives', 23 June 2017 Photography Daniel Boud
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