Miss New Zealand’s name was inspired by the mascot for the Sydney Mardi Gras one year, who was a 1950’s young lady in twinset & pearls, who obviously never went out without her coat, hat and gloves.

The starting point was the novelty Harrods branded padlock, it was an obvious handbag. Her body is a trailer plug, arms from a gas lighter and hands are electrical terminals. Her shoes are also some sort of electrical clippy thing. Her hat is a brass nut from a plumbing fitting.

I was pleases that she actually balances on her feet, its quite tricky to get this right, which is why so many of my pieces repose on plinths and podia.

Here’s a lineup with a couple of other small figures.

Also appearing are the Oyster Rabbit and a funny apple that looked to me like a cartoon Chinaman so I made him a hat.