A VERY SPECIAL PROJECT
IS COMING SOON AND YOU CAN BE PART OF IT!
The Ravensthorpe
District Art Group invites you to create a Wearable Art piece inspired by our
natural environment.
This is the perfect
opportunity for textile artists, craftspeople, students and anyone with a love
of textile art and creativity to show what they can do!
The creations will be
displayed at the Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show Gala Dinner on 19 September 2015, on Manikins or
modeled in the Gala Parade.
What is
Wearable Art?
The wearable art movement made a statement in
both the fashion and art industries in the mid-1900s and despite being hard to
define; wearable art is still very popular today. The term can be applied to
anything that can be worn including jewellery, clothing, bags, and hats. It is
a very creative field which expresses the wearer's personality and values
around colour, design, spontaneity, politics, culture and sense of joy.
Wearable Art might reflect cultural heritage,
a commitment to sustainability, functionality, personal narratives, a wish to
build community and change lives or it may simply be a piece of artful whimsy
aimed at bringing some light hearted fun to the day. As a result most of the
pieces, whether they are jewellery, fabric, felt or leather work will usually
be unique pieces worn by the wearer as a focal point rather than as an
accessory.
Wearable art can be wild and experimental or
simple. It often represents the artists wish to push past their own technical
and aesthetic boundaries in the materials and techniques they use to create
something different that is still beautiful and wearable.
So get your thinking
caps on now! Outfits can be any interpretation of the theme (Our Natural
Environment) as long as they are primarily (more than 50%) textile material,
and group entries are accepted as well.
Examples of Wearable
Art are readily available on the web if you are looking for inspiration. Entries can be a full costume or article of
clothing or decorative piece such as shoulder pads or a cape.
To assist with this
project the Ravensthorpe District Art Group has received support from the Ravensthorpe
Regional Arts Council to run some workshops during the year covering techniques
that may be of use.
The first workshop
“Fun with Felt” will be held over the weekend of 9 and 10 of May. Albany
Felter, Lynley Campbell, will show how to make and embellish felt and
participants will create their own bodice piece or cuffs. Numbers for this workshop are limited so
please contact Jen Chambers on 0429 381018 if you are interested.
Entry forms for the
2015 Wearable Art Exhibition will be available soon at local outlets and more
information will be in the next paper.
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