Texstyle 2004

An exhibition of HSC Textiles and Design

Major Textiles Projects

Anna Jones

The Peacock Dress
Richmond River High School
Inspired by peacocks, Anna designed a black wool crepe backless evening gown. The gown features satin appliquê, machine embroidery and cording to show a direct reference to peacocks.

Aasha Campbell

Savannah Sunset
Heritage Christian School
The wall hanging designed by Aasha presents a sunset inspired by the Savannah as the background for the giraffe silhouette. She has used patchwork that has been embellished with machine embroidery to achieve her desired look.

Lisa Field

Postcards
Heathcote High School
Lisa has made a five-panelled wall hanging inspired by Australian postcards. Each "postcard" represents aspects of the Australian bush landscape.

Kate Fitzgerald

Lucci' care'
St George Girls High School
Kate's blue silk dress portrays human destruction of the environment. Kate's dress reflects the ocean and the earth enabling her to depict a fundamental issue of human destruction of the earth

Phillipa Barnfield

Heart and Sole
Terrigal High School
Heart and sole is a bed runner which incorporates Phillipa's love of shoes, although love is an understatement as it is more like an obsession. The furnishing bed runner also allowed her to express her interest in New York, showing the city from morning through to night using shoes to highlight these changes.

Jessica Goldstein

Japanese Fairy Costume
Riverside Girls High
Jessica's choice for her Japanese fairy costume is a pink and cream dress. It features lace wings which are supported by a metal plate and felted slippers.

Nicola Nossal

The story of Sadako
Hornsby Girls High School
Nicola's work reflects the emotions evoked by the remembrance of the Hiroshima bombing in 1945, in particular Sadako, a young girl who as a result developed Leukaemia. Sadako resolves to fold one thousand paper cranes so that she can live her next life happy and healthy. The work reflects the ideas of peace and hope and a remembrance of those who lost their lives in World War ll, through reflection of Japanese culture.

Kiran Toor

Golden Temple
Grafton High School
Kiran's idea to recreate the Golden Temple as a Textile Art piece first evolved three years ago after visiting the Majestic and Spiritual temple. Kiran's imagination and self-expression helped her to create the image of the Sikh temple.

Rosemary Gosper

Dance of the Paparazzi
Lambton High School
"A tutu and tiara set that explores the perverse nature of the tabloid media through stylised images" is the thought behind Rosemary's inspiration for her Textile Art piece. It combines traditional decoration and form with digital media to convey conceptual meaning.

Ebony Barber

Train, Bustle Mini Dress
Nambucca Heads High School
Ebony used the inspiration of the 1860's but added a contemporary twist. The mini dress with six overlapping ruffles is completed with a detachable bustle and a scooped neckline incorporating a row of organza hand made roses.

Morgan Griffin

Desert Dweller
Camden Haven Distance Education
Attends St Paul College Kempsy
Morgan's desert dweller dress features the machine embroidered lizard made from Shibori dyed silk that sits on the shoulder with its life size tail travelling down the back of the dress. Her desert theme is finished off with a hemline of Sturt Desert Peas.

Alyssa Morgan

Conch
Maitland Grossmann High School
"Shells are lovely natural objects, they are more often than just baubles on beaches…" A conch shell inspired Alyssa's design. She wanted to capture the unique qualities of the shell, particularly the contrast between its smooth and textural surface. Her work is a contemporary interpretation of a unique natural object.

Tima Nagata

Highly Flammable
Elderslie High School
Fire has been the inspiration of Tima's costume of a headpiece, skirt, bustle and corset. The felted corset depicts the flames. The skirt has been printed and combined with the distinctive black bustle. The flowered headpiece completes the costume.

Benita de Wit

Addressing the Man
North Sydney Girls High School
The blue ensemble designed by Benita, is cut on the bias with an irregular hemline. The dress features a quote sewn on the front with Celtic knot work and a corded quilting design on the back. The ensemble includes a purple knitted Mohair belt and blue/green tights sprayed with a web finish.