Chocolate Wonders Of Wearable Art PORTFOLIO

Chocolate
Wonders Of
Wearable
'Choc Wear' by Bonnie O'Keefe
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Chocolate Wonders of Wearable Arts offers
persons of all abilities to be involved in a fun
and innovative way in Chocolate Winterfest,
Latrobe, Latrobe's wickedly delicious festival
celebrating all things chocolate.
Artists are challenged to let their
imaginations soar and create a fantasy
wearable costume inspired by
chocolate.
Entries are publicly exhibited at
Chocolate Winterfest, Latrobe,
exposing the talent of the artist
to an extensive audience.
PORTFOLIO
Rio Carnival
Created by Lauren Scott
MAY
CONTAIN
NUTS
Created by Amy Morris
Reves de Chocolat
Created by Amelia Walker
Vanilla Dream
Created by Zara Lunson
Cocoa Culture
Created by Frances Ollington
Aztec
Chocolate
Goddess
Created by Alicia Maney
Chocolate
Decadence
Created by Caitlin Donnelly
Inside
White
Out
Created by Eunice Horne
Wouldn’t
it be nice
Created by Amy Mellors
Chocolate
Fon Tu-Tu
created by Kea Gargivio
My inspiration for this garment came
from a fondue maker. I like the way
the chocolate flowed down a
fountain all melted.
The layers of the fountain gave
me the inspiration to form a
garment that would create
three elements - melted,
layered and chocolate.
Hopefully I have managed to
achieve that.
CEASAR’S MALTEASERS
created by Georgina Ridge
The good feeling that comes from eating chocolate is its creamy
texture and different forms.
Chocolate Winterfest, Latrobe gives the festival feel and formed
the idea to use malteasers as beads.
COVERED IN
FROSTING
created by Amy Morris
Chocolate cupcakes, chocolate sprinkles and all the
little decorative things people put on cupcakes.
Cup cakes taste good, smell good and look
good. Some are so extravagantly designed;
it’s a shame to eat them.
It’s someone’s small form of art that you can
eat.
CHOCOLATE
DESIRES
created by Stacey Coughlan
My inspiration was Cadbury’s white, milk and dark
chocolate.
The dark chocolate satin represents the folds
of melted chocolate.
TRIPLE DECK
CHOCOLATE
created by Abby Crossin
Triple Deck Chocolate is depicted in the dress.
The flowing skirt imitates the delights of flowing
chocolate and the colours are, of course, all
chocolate choices.
LICORICE QUEEN
created by Kylie Birtwistle
A lot of people like licorice and chocolate
because the two go together so well, like
peas in a pod.
I decided to make this mouth watering
dress with a touch of sex appeal to attract
the men’s taste buds.
JUST RIPE
created by Lisa McConnon
This garment was inspired by a
piece of scrap, rich red velvet I had
home.
This, combined with the chocolate
theme, inspired me to create a
“Cherry Ripe”
tunic style dress.
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CHOCTAIL
created by Sarah Paige Leembruggen
Choctail is a garment advertising chocolate in a fun,
cocktail way.
The chocolate necklace and fascinator means you
can’t stop the Temptations!
Aero Melt
Created by Stevie Buckley
I decided to eat a piece of
peppermint aero chocolate and
could feel it melting in my
mouth. I thought of green and
brown and then thought of a
milk fountain with the inside
bubbly part of aero melting into
it.
The love heart on the dress is
for the love and temptation for
chocolate, which I know we all
have.
Puff the
Chocolate
Dragon
Created by Michelle and Karly
Shaw
Efforts for this design started as a one
day workshop, bringing ideas and a
year's supply of accumulated chocolate
wrappers to the table. What started
as a caftan type dress turned more
into a Kimono. In keeping with the
theme, Karly and I came up with a
fire-breathing dragon that would
drape from one shoulder to the
other, making use of all those
chocolate wrappers with his
scales
and
various other
body parts. We
had to think outside the square
or rather, the wrappers, with Karly assigned to cutting
out the different parts of the many wrappers. His eye is
from a Humpty Dumpty Easter egg while his scales are
from numerous chocolate wraps. See how many you
recognise.
Cherry Ripe
Created by Kareina Day
Delicious Cherry Ripe - the colour, texture is yum, so is this
beautiful, handmade paper. Totally gorgeous.
Chocolate Delight
Created by Jessica Rutherford
Through my love of designing and making evening gowns, I
wanted to create the feeling of the smooth, warm texture
of melted chocolate.
Chocolate
Dreams
Created by Janelle Woodward
Following Jan Foster's progress in hospital, one of her
first requests was for Kate's Chocolate Mousse! Her
continued recovery is the stuff dreams are made of.
Flow On
Created by Lesley Dell
The flow of chocolate running into moulds has
inspired this creation.
Koalas Aren't
Bears
Created by Lauren Burk
My inspiration was my dog and the day she snuck into
my room and took a Caramello Koala and wouldn't let
go of it!
My design consists of a yellow and purple satin
strapless bubble dress, with a wrapper belt and
matching fascinator. All up there are over 50 individual
wrappers in my design - Koalas Aren't Bears.
This is my first year of studying fashion design and I am
really enjoying it.
Snackalicious
Created by Mel Richley
Inspired by Cadbury Snack
Velvet
Temptation
Created by Melissa Parsons
My inspiration was from a New York fashion show.
I originally thought of having roses indented
throughout the bodice but when I put them on
the top of the bodice, I decided I liked the main
part of the bodice plain.
The skirt was inspired by the colour and
look of velvety chocolate. It is a
romantic design with the association of romance and
melted chocolate.
Melt
Created by Michelle Walker
I have based the dress on melting/melted chocolate. It
drips and drools and teases us with its glossiness. A
slight pink emerging from the hem of the dress could
indicate it may be strawberry flavoured ... perhaps
even Turkish Delight ... mmm
Ze-bra
Created by Kate White
The milk and dark chocolate colourings have
transformed the piece into a zebra stylised creation
which I hope will amaze patrons with the dexterity of
glass and how it can be manipulated to this creative
outcome.
Freddo Dress
Created by Renee Duguid
I created this garment with house paint and Freddo
Frog wrappers.
My inspiration was the Cadbury Freddo Frog
chocolate because it is a yummy thing to eat.
When I was a little kid, I just loved Cadbury chocolate
- and still do!
MOCHA MOOD
Created by Aukje Boonstra
Mocha Mood has been created out of a skirt, a
blouse, a pair of trousers, naturally dyed Japanese
silk, some neck ties - all pre-worn.
Yogo Go Go
Created by Rachel Reily
My inspiration came from Yogo yoghurt. This was
once a daily snack: 6 or 7 a day. But not anymore as I
am now lactose intolerant. This garment is a
dedication to a never again habit!
Cherry Ripe
Created by Anna Martin
I created my dress inspired by a cherry ripe chocolate
bar and its wrapper. It's one of my favourite
chocolate bars.
Winter Dreams
Created by Teaghan Blenkhorn
The snowflakes of Winter and the printed snowflake
of the wrapper inspired this outfit. Whiteness of
snow and Winter fires were inspirations. Curling
up with a hot chocolate on a cool Winter's day
is a perfect ending to the day's work.
The Perfect Break
Created by Kylie Birtwistle
My garment is made out of plastic, melting
chocolate, paint, polystyrene balls and material.
The idea behind the design was incorporated by
the fact that so many Tasmanians love to take a
short break to unwind with coffee and a piece
of cake or confectionary!!! The bodice of the
dress is made from calico and stretch-cotton
material to hold the dress, with the fancy
rose added to give the
ensemble a more
feminine touch.
Cadbury Dress
Created by Alexandra Strobl
I used house paint and Cadbury foils to create my dress and
mask. My inspiration was the colour of Cadbury wrappers.
I love chocolate and would eat it all day long.
Chocolate
Ripple
Created by Michelle Shaw and Gillian Lee
The thought behind creating the dress is to show
different layers of brown/cream material rippling from
the shoulders.
Choc Lerone
Created by Stacey Coughlan
Inspiration for my garment was Toblerone
chocolate
Hot Chilli
Chocolate
Created by Aukje Boonstra
Hot Chilli Chocolate is a woollen coat, naturally dyed
in Eucalyptus and a wool scarf, hand embroidered
and embellished with a hand dyed doylie.
M&M
Kaleidoscope
Created by Gabby McKenzie
I love eating M & M's and thought the different
colours would look really nice together on this
creation. Chocolate and sugared covered
candies inspired this dress.
A Chocolate
Dream
Created by Teena Aird
My garment was inspired by a dream I had and I
simply had to create it and make my dream dress
come to life.
Cherry on Top
Created by Laura Vella
The inspiration for my design was influenced by
different elements; the skirt of my garment was
influenced by my love of cupcakes, the ruffles on
the bodice were inspired by fluffy chocolate icing,
and the cherry on top is the finishing touch.
Choc Wear
Created by Bonnie O'Keefe
I wanted a colourful dress so I thought if I use
coloured chocolate wrappers, that would be exactly
the look I want. The dress looks nice enough to
unwrap and eat. Unfortunately I NO NOT like
chocolate, but I love their colourful wrappers.
All Sorts
by Renee Duguid
I created this garment with fabric, house paint and all
sorts of chocolate wrappers. My inspiration was all the
colours of the different types of wrappers available. Who
doesn't love these sorts of chocolates!
Vote With
Your Lips
by Lauren Burk
I was inspired to use the Chocolate Winterfest
logo on my design as a feature piece as well as
the "Aztec Gold" for the bodice and an array
of wrappers and fabric flowers. The flowing,
layered skirt comes up from the ground and
into the hipline. Vote with your lips but think
of your hips!
Milk Twirl
Created by Chloe McTurk and Hannah Stafferton
The Cadbury advertisement shown on television inspired us to
make this creation.
The advertisement showed milk and chocolate being twirled
around in the air to make the delicious outcome of a
chocolate bar.
The dress is a long, flowing swirl of milk and chocolate
blending together.
Ferrero Rocher
Creations
by Alexandra Strobl
The Ferrero Rocher paper pans, the gold wrappers and
chocolate inpired me to create this delectable garment.
Cupcakes
by Kiarna Best
White chocolate cup cakes, the pastel
colours from the patty pans and icing
influenced this design with a cup cake stand
hat to match.
Minty Moments
by Kate Leiper
I was inspired by premium mint chocolate M&M's.
The skirt intrprets the outer layers of the
chocolate treats with green fabric and a brown
waistband. The shirt interprets the white
chocolate minty filling, while the green
spotted hem represents the M&M's as a
whole.
Marvellous
Creations
by Livia Dry
To make something using scraps of material and leather.
Something patchy and mismatched. The new chocolate
"Marvellous Creations" is exactly that. It matches
different shapes, sizes and fillings.
Sweet AS Swing
Dress
by Rosie Savage
Licorice all sorts were my inspiration for this
garment. It's not exactly chocolate but it's
fun and delicious. Licorice goes so well with
chocolate.
Podalicious
by Dianka Butler and Savannah Cornell
The inspiration for our design was influenced by
cherry pods. The skirt represents the crunchy shell
that covers the smooth cherry flavoured centre
which is shown by a red lace petticoat. It is just a very
podalicious design.
White
chocolate
elegance
by Julia Matthewson
White chocolate wedding cake with
elegant chocolate flowers. All
chocolate is wrapped in paper so
I wanted to use that medium.
The traditional white
wedding cake with dark
chocolate decorations is
the inspiration for this design.
Lindt
by Alyssa Gaffney
The black and silver of the dark Lindt chocolate wrapper
adorns the body highlighted with some Cadbury delights.
Death by
Chocolate
by Timothy Vesper
Too much chocolate can be fatal to our bodies. It is a
hidden weapon against us but we still love to indulge in
its pleasures.
Snack Supreme
by Amy Winkler
I was looking through a magazine and saw a multicoloured dress and immediately thought "snack". The
colourful fabric is a great example of the different
flavours and colours of the snack chocolate. This
design is very similar to
the
Mondrian "Channel
Dress".
After Dinner Mint
by Claire Cunningham
Mint chocolate was the inspiration for my garment. I
came across the idea in a magazine.
The mint choc biscuits were the first ones that I saw.
Also being my favourite type of chocolate, I couldn't wait
to get started.
Schwarzwalder
Kirschetorte
(Black Forest Cake)
by Julie Norbury
This garment is made completely from recycled
materials bought in op shops. It represents all my
favourite things about Latrobe: chocolate, sherries, op
shops and antique designs. Its purpose is to make
people aware that it's possible to make something
new and beautiful using previously loved materials.
GENIE OF A
CHOCOLATE LAMP
by Sarah Duff
Looking over some of the past entries I realised that there
were nomale garments so I decided to make one. I think
it woul dbe great to have a chocolate geni who could
grant all your chocolate wishes
NOT Guilty
by Darian (Dee) Alford
The luxury of my enjoying rich, dark, velvety
chocolate (especially with a coffee chaser),
juxtaposes with the plight of workers in
exploitative situations rests uncomfortably with
my conscience.
Fortunately, I can choose Fair Trade chocolate and
now enjoy my indulgence, content in the knowledge
that I am supporting farmers and workers in developing
countries to improve their working and living
conditions. This really inspires
me! A truly guilt-free
experience.
Aero Dress
by Sara Murphy
I was inspired by the chocolate bar Aero. The bubbles in the
chocolate gave me the idea to use bubble wrap. I painted one
side of the bubble wrap brown and the other green using a
roller.
As Ripe as
a Cherry
by Chloe Bremner
Inspiration for my dress was Cherry Ripe by
Cadbury. You don’t see the red until you bit
into the bar. This idea is depicted on the
hem and wasit line.
Choc
Strawberry
Delight
by Charlotte Rawlings
My inspiration has come from strawberries
and milk chocolate. Two things that taste so
good together. The pink represents the soft,
sweet strawberry flavour. The flowing fabric
is symbolic of milk chocolate smoothly
surrounding the strawberries.
Chocolate Fantasy
by Jessica Aitken
Old world charm of an era past, is the inspiration of
this garment. Parasols & peasant style tops were a
starting point with a love of chocolate being the
material focus.
Crunchie
by Kelsie Bowerman
My dress represents the chocolate Crunchie bar.
The brown top is the chocolate part of the dress
and the skirt and the shoulder piece represents the
honeycomb inside of it. My idea came from a dress
I found on the internet. I then modified and
changed the colours and design to get the Crunchie
look. The skirt is made out of toilet rolls spray
painted. I went and brought a wig and spray
painted it to match the same colours as the
honeycomb.
Fantastic
Fondue
by Claire Cunningham
I was inspired at my Uncles wedding. He had
a huge chocolate fondue fountain as his
wedding cake. I loved the way the melted
chocolate flowed down the sides making it
look like a curtain of liquid chocolate.
Favourite
Blends
by Aukje Boonstra
Dark chocolate is my favourite combined with
cherry, chilli, coconut, coffee or caramel.
The colour of this garment reflects the colours
of those combinations as well as the rich
colours of chocolate wrappings.
Displayed garments are made of natural dyed
Sillis Vintage Japaense materials and a cut up
shirt.
Ferrero
Fantasy
by Torie Hutton
My inspiration came from my favourite
chocolate. I chose a dress with flowers
because the gold flowers enhanced the
dress. This is a dress I would wear. The
different wrappers represent the
different flowers of Ferrero's.
Foil Fantasy
by Tennielle Saltmarsh
I found a silver scarf at an op shop and thought it
would look nice as a skirt. I had enough material to
make a top that was left over. This resembles the foil
chocolate wrapper.
I went out and brought purple satin to use as the
wrapper on the outside and printed the Cadburys
sign on the front of the belt part.
Iced Chocolate
by Joanna Pellegrino
My garment was inspired by the drink "iced chocolate".
The dress represents the cup with the iced coffee and
chocolate mixing through the milk. The jacket with puff
sleeves is the cream.
The hat is the cherry on top of the whipped cream.
Glacier of
Caramel Chock
Mock
by Kylie Birtwistle
I got my inspiration behind making this dress"
Glacier of caramel chock mock" from a
packet of Weathers Original lollies because of
how the lolly breaks up like ice glacier pieces.
I also incorporated other chocolaty
based ingredients to also add the attractive
appeal flow into the pattern of the dress.
Jumpsuit
Chocolate
by Millie Roberts-Smith
My inspiration came from the Cadburys easter
egg wrappers and a tight 60's style jump suit. I
used smarties & sugary licorice to make the
impression of buttons & sewing lines.
Marvellous
Creation
Inspiration
By Naomey Hingston
All the different colours in the marvellous creation,
shapes and textures. I wanted a marvellous outfit to
match the marvellous chocolate.
Marvellous
Creations
By Taya Conley
My inspiration is the new marvellous
creations chocolate. In it is a popping
candy, jellies and beanies.
Due to me not being able to source
those ingredients I substituted them
for smarties and nerds to represent
the colourful lollies in the chocolate.
My Slice
of Heaven
By Riley
I based this piece on the state of mind that has led
to people treating their bodies badly.
Mental state is always controversial but I have had
people in my life struggle with eating disorders, selfharm and general feelings of being exposed to ridicule. So
I left the attire bare to resemble the feeling of
insecurity and the open wounds of
chocolate are there to represent over
eating as consequential self-harm.
The Dark Triangle
By Marieka Brandsma
My garment was inspired by Dark Chocolate Toblerone.
I chose dark chocolate because I really liked the chocolate,
but mostly because of the shape, I love triangles, so
basing the garment on Toblerone was a good way to
incorporate triangles into the design.
The Origin
of Chocolate
By Laura Arnott
My inspiration come from the Cadbury "glass and a
half" of milk in every block of chocolate.
I was inspired about where chocolate comes from
and the concept of milk in chocolate.
I took the idea of milk coming from cows and cows
eating grass.
I was also inspired by the flowing principle of milk.
WhIte
Chocolate
Raspberries
By Sarah Mclean
My garment is inspired by white chocolate
raspberries.
The fabric I've used is red with white polka
dots, I love how the fabric drapes really well
in a dress form.
White Winter
By Alyssa Gaffney
The inspiration for my garment was white
Lindt chocolate.
I have the white snowflake pattern on the
bodice because of the snowflake pattern on
the Lindt chocolate wrapper. It reminds
me of winter in Latrobe.
The gold represents the gold trim on the
wrapper.
Contact for More Information
Michelle Dutton
Festival Director
Chocolate Winterfest, Latrobe
c/- P O Box 63
LATROBE 7307
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 03 6421 4650
Facsimile: 03 6426 2121
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