WOW - What an amazing weekend. My dress for WAM - Wearable Art Mandurah took out a major award on Saturday night. Creative re-use - Reuse discarded objects or material to create a product of higher quality or value than the original. Requires a minimum of 80% repurposed materials. The showcase from beginning to end was a magical journey. Lighting, amazing costumes, music... a complete sensory delight. I just love to view the outfits and guess the materials. It inspires me to create and push myself. Barb Thoms at City of Mandurah is a most amazing lady with a calm exterior. WAM is her 'baby'. She nurtures, encourages and hands out amazing opportunities. To Barb, I say thank you. I have been so very fortunate this year to have had my 'Fish' featured at AGWA, on Today Tonight, front cover of the Kwinana Courier, Billboard advertising on Mandurah Road and also whole page adverts in the local newspapers. To wrap all of that up, an amazing surprise of the front cover of the WAM brochure. Although I created my Fish, the amazing models and dancers bring it to life. I have been so very lucky to have had 5 amazing people wear my fish. The amazing Tash at DTX - who danced her socks off in my 2016 outfit last year. She works tirelessly, she shares my vision and wears without complaint! Tash wore my Fish at AGWA. Jess the amazing 14 year old who wore my Fish on judging day in April and whose face is now appearing all over Mandurah! She was 'fierce'.. stunning. Ashleigh who flittered around the stage over the weekend dancing and gliding, Steph another young model who spun around on Today Tonight and finally Emilie from DTX who wore my fish after the showcase yesterday, and was poked, stroked and prodded by a group of visually impaired people but stood patiently and answered questions in a professional manner. To all of those gorgeous girlies I want to say a huuuuuge thank you.
So now, back to normal and back to another working week and in the back of my mind there is a little creative seed that is bubbling and fizzing with ideas for my next wearable art piece. I have 4 ideas scribbled down but none of them are 'the one'... that moment will come but for now I have 5 schools and art pieces to work on/with, a mural to design and today 3 artists and myself find out if we have been selected to interview for a huge installation project.. all very exciting... :) Till next time....... X
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