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Wearable arts collaboration

Year: 12, 13

Curriculum level: Level 7, Level 8

School: Wellington High School, Queen Margaret College

Teacher: Barbara Knight, Kylie Merrick, Jan Morris

Student: Kay Leary, Megan Baxter, Ellen Gazdowics

Strand: Technological Practice

Curriculum component: Brief Development, Outcome Development and Evaluation, Technological Products

Technological area: Construction and Mechanical Technologies, Resistant Materials - textiles

Students from Queen Margaret College and Wellington High School collaborated to create wearable arts costumes for display in the main windows of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Their work followed previous Queen Margaret wearable arts displays at Te Papa in 2006 and, in 2007, a Queen Margaret College year 13 student developed a costume over a full year, while the two Wellington High students developed half a costume each as a two-term project.
Teacher Guidance Additional Material:

Nature of Technology:

  • Characteristics of Technology – collaboration between schools, teachers and students

Technological Knowledge:

  • Technological Modelling – evaluating design concepts, trialling fabric manipulation techniques, producing samples
  • Technological Products – recycling and sustainability, investigating properties of materials, testing materials

Technological Practice:

  • Planning for Practice – effective planning techniques
  • Outcome Development and Evaluation – consultation with client and stakeholders

 
Wearable arts collaboration

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