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Built by hand, worn down Surf Avenue.

Built and worn for the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, every year since 2006.

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade

Every June since 2006 I have built a costume and worn it down Surf Avenue. It is the one part of my practice that is three-dimensional, sculpted and sewn rather than drawn, and it feeds a screenplay I am writing about the parade itself.

Sculpted headdress with gilded tentacles and roses, scaled bodysuit, fishing-net cape.
Golden OctopusSculpted headdress with gilded tentacles and roses, scaled bodysuit, fishing-net cape.
The whole build reads at parade distance and holds up close.
Golden Octopus, on Surf AvenueThe whole build reads at parade distance and holds up close.
Feathered headdress over a sculpted gold crown, shell bust, and a skirt wired with lights that actually illuminate.
Phoenix MermaidFeathered headdress over a sculpted gold crown, shell bust, and a skirt wired with lights that actually illuminate.
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