Always a sucker for the sculptural, I was enchanted by Vanessa Emirian’s Circulate collection shown as part of the National Graduate Showcase at VAMFF 2015 in Melbourne last week.

A look from Vanessa Emirian’s Circulate collection. The wonderful photos above and below are by Ramen Spoonz.

Emirian tells Hope Street Magazine that she was influenced by polka-dotted legend Yayoi Kusama. I remember clearly that it was the Kusama issue of So-En that got me hooked on the magazine.

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Yayoi Kusama demonstrating to the breathless crowd how she subdues a wild polka dot.

Yayoi Kusama in So-En Magazine, May 2004.