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Textile and Fibre

An individual work or series of works with a focus on textiles and fibre (Visual Arts Stage 6 Syllabus).

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Ian Chae

The King's School

Beautiful Anxiety

Textile and Fibre

Ian Chae

The King's School

Beautiful Anxiety

Textile and Fibre

Admitting to having a mental health condition still carries negative connotations despite all the awareness and research. My body of work expresses anxiety and other mental disorders as beautiful flaws, part of one’s identity, something that makes you … you. Realising that everyone in some way experiences anxiety dismantles the common misconception that mental disorders are only for the few. Representing personal symptoms that I have experienced as different types of suit jackets and a blanket, my intent is to demonstrate that anxiety is like clothes: without them you are naked; without them you are not yourself.

Kaitlyn Mateta

Trinity Catholic College Goulburn

Stop The Spread'

Textile and Fibre

Kaitlyn Mateta

Trinity Catholic College Goulburn

Stop The Spread'

Textile and Fibre

In an attempt to ‘stop the spread’, we are ordered to sanitise, isolate, lockdown, check-in, get vaccinated and mask-up. But are these measures working? The virus continues to infect and new strains emerge, with each one more contagious, more deadly. Stop the Spread is a postmodern work inspired by the current global pandemic and the somewhat ineffective measures we are taking to ‘contain’ the virus. A mass of crocheted coronavirus structures spews out of a limp and arguably useless face mask, with an unidentifiable strain creeping out. Maybe we simply cannot stop the spread …