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Waipu’s rejuvenated wearable arts event, WAM – Waipu in Motion, was a stunning success with three sold-out shows, raising thousands for the Northland Emergency Services Trust.
Held in the town’s Coronation Hall on October 31 and November 1, the event showcased an incredible range of creativity and imagination, from woodland and ocean goddesses, to garments fashioned from op shop finds, beach rubbish and even tablet blister packs, to a creepy creature with massive wings.
The show’s top accolade, Best of the Bunch, went to 15-year-old Kyla Mansell, who modeled her silk necktie design ‘Tied Together’, which also won her the Creative Impact award.
A garment created from op shop paintings, ‘Canvas It’ won designer CiCi, the prize for Model with Attitude, and Caroline Stocking was awarded Recognition of Workmanship for her amazing creation ‘The Craw.’
Eleven-year-old Maungaturoto girl, Charlie Kate Brown, won the special award for Young Designer for her fabulous ‘The Voice that Cannot Speak,’ which she modeled and fashioned from op shop items and washed-up beach debris.
WAM spokesperson Sue Welford said every entry told its own story.
“WAM’s catchline ‘step into the unexpected’ certainly resonated with every one of the enthusiastic onlookers,” she said.
“The audiences were spellbound by the quality, creativity and beauty of all the garments on display. The evening will be remembered long after the curtain came down for the final time.”
