{"id":604652,"date":"2026-09-18T20:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/604652\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T20:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:56:10","slug":"ethereal-night-goddess-by-kiwi-designer-wins-supreme-wow-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/604652\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ethereal night goddess\u2019 by Kiwi designer wins supreme WOW award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Husband and wife team Erna and Karl Van Der Wat, who have also been regular WOW finalists and winners, received the 2026 Runner-Up Award for Armour of Pain. Judges said the piece, which was inspired by Erna\u2019s journey with chronic pain, was a \u201cfearless portrayal of pain and power\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Armour of Pain, Erna Van Der Wat &amp; Karl Van Der Wat. Photo \/ Andi Crown\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Armour of Pain, Erna Van Der Wat &amp; Karl Van Der Wat. Photo \/ Andi Crown<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">The 2026 World of WearableArt Show: GLO! runs until October 4. <\/p>\n<p>2026 World of WearableArt Winners<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Supreme WOW Award: Sacred Nightfall, Kayla Christensen, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Supreme WOW Award Runner-up: Armour of Pain, Erna Van Der Wat &amp; Karl Van Der Wat, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Section winners<\/p>\n<p>Open Section<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Winner: More, Katherine Bertram, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Runner-up: Spectrum of a Wallflower, Louise MacKay &amp; Allison MacKay, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Avant-garde Section<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Winner: Hard Exterior, Alter Ego, Bethany Cordwell, Australia<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Runner-up: Marginal Gravity, Chao Po-Chien, Shih Chien University, Taiwan<\/p>\n<p>Aotearoa Section<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Winner: Sacred Nightfall, Kayla Christensen, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Runner-up: MOTHER VAKA, Vasemaca Tavola &amp; Czarina Wilson, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Metallic Section<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Winner: Armour of Pain, Erna Van Der Wat &amp; Karl Van Der Wat, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Runner-up: The Golden Illusion, Shantanu Singh, India<\/p>\n<p>Kinetic Section<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Winner: Thoughts, Tracey Murphy &amp; Isabel Costley, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Runner-up: Lophii, Joe Blanck, Australia<\/p>\n<p>Bizarre Bra Section <\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Winner: Bust a Move, Lyndal Linton, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Runner-up: Busted!, Katherine Bertram, New Zealand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Husband and wife team Erna and Karl Van Der Wat, who have also been regular WOW finalists and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2346,3595,28145,156,156823,89518,194,111,139,2551,69,30246,6202,2139],"class_list":["post-604652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-award","tag-by","tag-designer","tag-entertainment","tag-ethereal","tag-goddess","tag-kiwi","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-night","tag-nz","tag-supreme","tag-wins","tag-wow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}