Last night Waihi College hosted UNHEMMED, our inaugural wearable art show. It was a fantastic evening filled with innovation, creativity, music, kapa haka and lots of laughs. A big thank you to Jess Ellis & Sharn Ammann for judging our winners!
The winners of the night were:
Highly Commended:
Bloom – Honoka Kobori (Waihi)
Te Tīmatanga o te ao – Mahana Magee (Waihi)
Wicked – Abigail Dovey (Hauraki Plains)
Excellent Garment Construction: Preserved Petals – Breeze Clothier (Waihi)
Stories of the South Pacific: Bound by the Tide – Kaitlyn Ruby Te-Kae Pokaia-Lane, Hollie Ormsby, Sage-Ruby McKenzie (Katikati)
Crafted Couture: Beyond the Weave – Zoe-Beth Naisby (Waihi)
Depths & Heights: The Sun and the moon – Haile Salais & Duncan McKinnon (Waihi)
RED: Hidden Scars – Rika Takagi (Waihi)
Open: White Terror – Cleopatra Huang (Waihi)
Best Model: Aleera Castro (Waihi)
Bizarre Bra: Knead Support – Mrs Fitz & Max Morely
Junior Star: How Maui pull up Aotearoa – Ataarangi Douglas Hunt (Katikati)
Star of the night: When the stars drowned – Mieya Smith (Hauraki Plains)
It was a spectacular evening celebrating innovation, boundary-pushing design, and pure creativity. Thank you to all the incredibly talented designers and models who brought the UNHEMMED to life last night. The photos are now online via our School Photos page.
Thank you to Gordon Harris and National Art Supplies for their donation towards prizes, Hamish McKinnon for our show photography and Wendy Shave for our studio photography.
