6 Issue 57 – October 2016 – QUEEN MARGARET CALLING
In September, our Year 13 Materials Technology
students had their wearable art window displays
showcased to the public as part of the World of
Wearable Arts (WOW).
Ava Anderson and Tigerlily Mathieson created
designs for the National War Memorial using the
theme of Conscription, which was introduced 100
years ago.
Tigerlily created her pro-conscription piece, Standing
by the flag, to remember those who thought New
Zealand should fight for ‘King and Country’ and go to
war.
“My design is inspired by the New Zealand flag
and the New Zealand fern badge, which was given to
soliders who fought,” Tigerlily says.
She cut, painted and manipulated thousands of
plastic circles with a heat gun to create a depth of
layering in the flowers on her garment.
The copper colour symbolizes King, Crown, country
and wartime success and the flowers represent soldiers
– the flower of the country’s youth.
Ava Anderson created an Anti-Conscription piece,
Field Punishment No.1, to remember those who were
pressured into service despite their own personal
convictions.
Her design has symbolic elements to it, including
white feathers, which were a traditional symbol of
cowardice but also symbolised passive resistance.
Using the College’s laser cutter, Ava cut numbers out
of vinyl fabric to represent important details, such as
1916 – when conscription was introduced, 2320 – men
gazetted as defaulters and 18,058 – current official
WWI New Zealand roll of honour figure.
Sophie Lawler and Ruby Chappell had to create
designs for Te Papa Museum, using four objects from
the museum and a specified colour scheme.
The sculptural design of Sophie piece was inspired by
a green vase in the museum’s collection.
THE WOW FACTOR
Queen Margaret College WOWed Wellington this year with its outstanding wearable art
“The floral detail came from a dress in the textile
collection and the kina further influenced my circular
design which I used en masse for visual effect,” Sophie
says.
“I had seen a doll with an interesting skirt that
sparked my fringing detail seen throughout the
garment.”
Sophie made the skirt wide to give her design the
extra WOW factor and used just under 1000 plastic
flowers to cover the entire garment.
“I felt really proud when I looked at my finished
WEARABLE ART: Sophie Lawler’s (far right) and Ruby Chappell’s (far left) designs on full display at Te Papa Museum.
KING AND COUNTRY: Tigerlily Mathieson’s
pro-conscription design.