A WARRIOR angel wowed Swell Sculpture Festival-goers during its final weekend.

Model Penny Hoffman became a living, breathing, moving sculpture with the aid of Ink'd Generation Tugun tattooist Driz and Academy Award-winning - for his team's work on the movie Babe - Gold Coast artist Wayne Nelson.

Mr Nelson said several days were spent sculpting Ms Hoffman's prosthetic spine while it took three hours to attach it to her back and apply temporary tattooing.

"Then we went for a wander into Tugun and took her to the main festival at Currumbin.

"We noticed the feeling changed when she showed up; people came around her in a circle and it seemed to click with them that she was a part of Swell because of the sculpture on her back."

Founding director Natasha Edwards said as well as the "huge crowd" on Sunday a "nice, constant trickle of people" flowed through the exhibits and enjoyed the film festival and music on Saturday night.

"We've had a lot of feedback from Wayne's sculpture; it was such a different dimension and we try to have some element of surprise," Ms Edwards said.

"Some people simply enjoyed the atmosphere, while others were seriously scrutinising the works."

Mr Nelson has assisted other Swell artists in the past but said his first direct contribution to Swell was intended as a study only, and not for sale or competition.

"I just wanted to gauge the public's view of the art. Body art is normally just paint on skin and maybe a little jewellery, but I wanted to push it further into prosthesis-based body art."