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ANZEG Postbag Challenge 2021: Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

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ANZEG Postbag Challenge 2021: Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

Congratulations to our winners!
Remember, you can vote for your favourite pieces using the Heart icon at the top... the most hearts at 5pm on Friday October 15 wins $50!

OVERALL WINNER: ANZEG Prize ($500)
1st: Sewing Supplies Prize ($300)

August 19 is World Orangutan Day, where we celebrate one of the world’s most intelligent primates. And what better was to celebrate than with some bling?!
260x215mm.
NFS

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© A Night To Sparkle by Amber McIntosh, Mana.

Print Ready Merit Award ($150)

Every girl dreams of wearing a beautiful sparkling gown at some stage in their lives. To have the chance to twirl and shimmer softly in the light at a special occasion is a wonderful experience.
300x430mm.
NFS

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© Diamonds Of Disguise by Shirley Pygott, Warkworth.

2nd: Sewing Supplies Prize ($150)

I was inspired by the harlequin pattern of repeating diamonds, and the Baroque–style decoration on Venetian masks. Unlike the diamonds design to attract attention with brilliant sparkle, these are ones a girl can hide behind, should the need arise. Silk shading and metal thread.
220x170x55mm.
NFS

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© Which One To Choose? by Joanne Saunderson, Hibiscus Coast.

3rd: Sewing Supplies Prize ($100)

So many colours and so many shapes, my challenge was to make it sparkle like diamonds, which I did with the use of threads and beads.
150x200mm.
$200

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© Look Girls, My Little Diamonds by Dawn Nicholl, Whangarei.

Because I have been doing a bird book I have birds on the brain. That’s why my thought of this. I’ve used silk threads to get the facets of the gems glowing.
240mm dia.
NFS

Felted stitched jeweled wrap giving ‘Ice Maiden’ warmth and security.
130x250x40mm.
NFS

The purple diamond in the centre was the starting point, to learn different embroidery stitches and designed worked out as I went, plus threads, to make a journal cover.
310x205mm.
NFS

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© Diamonds In Red by Olwyn Horwood, North Shore.

Piece of work grew from diamond shapes with various stitches worked in silk threads red and cream. Edging is ‘twisted up and down buttonhole’.
225x240mm.
NFS

This canvaswork design (my challenge for this year) is based on an image of the ‘Regent Diamond’ which was discovered in 1698 and is on display at the Louvre in Paris.
140mm sq.
$150

© Lolly Pink With Bling by Caroline Strachan, Upper Hutt.

This is purely abstract using diamond shapes and those two girls’ best friends; pink and bling. 150x50mm.
$120

© Diamonds Are For Wearing by Cheryl Curtis, Nelson.

My inspiration is from Marilyn Monroe silhouette, showcasing diamonds, with diamond pattern long stitch background done on painted canvas.
250mm sq.
$250

© Playing With Diamonds by Jennifer Kirker, Warkworth.

Drawn to the diamond shape, I used colour and sparkle to create the sign of love.
155x190mm.
$50

© Who Is Your Diamond? by Glenys Fry, Marlborough.

When considering the theme of this challenge I was struck by the idea that all “girls” no matter their age have a best friend or two that are absolute diamonds. They are with us through the good times and the bad, they shine and make us smile. That was the starting point of this piece of work.
410x300mm.
$150

© The Rarest by Shuna Giles, New Plymouth.

Pink and Red diamonds are the rarest in the world. Mine may not be real but they gave me a great deal of pleasure while designing and stitching the piece.
240x370mm.
$750

© Even The Christmas Fairy And The Tree by Helen Milbank, Auckland.

While in a garden centre I saw a fairy hanging on one of their Christmas Trees and thought how we dress the fairies and the trees themselves in sparkles like diamonds, thus the inspiration for my piece.
160x210x30mm.
NFS

© Dainty Diamonds by Louise Shelton, Nelson.

Most diamonds are worn on the hand to embellish what I consider an amazing part of the body, which works more than any other body part.
180x230mm.
$40

© Sparkling Performance by Felicity Willis, South Taranaki.

Marilyn Monroe’s iconic performance of Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend inspired my research and I was fascinated by the numerous ways a diamond could be cut.
500x300mm.
NFS

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COMPLEX: ANZEG Extensions exhibition 2021

©WINTER’S BUTTERFLIES by Shirley Pygott, Auckland.

WINNER

Using traditional needlelace techniques to explore the complex structure and intricate six-fold symmetry of Stellar Dendrites – common type of snow crystals. True to folklore, not one is the same.
Technique: Needlelace.

©A PIECE OF --------- by Rae Yee, Wellington.

SECOND & Judge’s Choice

Growing up I never got abstract art, preferring exacting shape and form. Juxtaposed random and precise stitches; each exploring their respective spaces, taking the simple to make complex. Some will get it, others not, does it really matter?
Technique: Mixed media, surface stitch.

©PLANET EARTH by Kim Hayes, Whangarei.

THIRD & Judge’s Choice

A complex ecosystem full of colour and beauty.
Technique: Beaded embroidery.

©WIRED UP by Wendy Johnstone, New Plymouth.

Intrigued by the complex wiring in the markets of India. I decided to reverse the bright colours of the crowded markets and the grey of the wiring.
Technique: Painting, stencilling, machined cords.

©ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE by Caroline Strachan, Lower Hutt.

Original idea was a range of building roofs, not the idea of one building but a complex of people going about their day appealed more. The musicians are based on the lockdown practice of people entertaining their neighbours.
Technique: Mixed media, surface stitch.

©STITCHER'S NIGHTMARE by Dawn Nicholl, Whangarei.

A jacket sleeve is a perfect pattern –complex– needed to be disrupted. Embroidered pieces are from sketches of my garden, neighbour’s cat, card shape playing, doodling and the person sitting in front of me at New Plymouth conference.
Technique: Surface stitch.

©LANDFILL by Donna Kennedy, Waikanae.

I have been a keen embroiderer and sewer all my life and of recent years enjoyed the possibilities needle and thread and fabric can produce.
Technique: Mixed media.

©ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER – INFILL HOUSING by Caroline Strachan, Lower Hutt.

Concern for future water systems with infill housing taking place. Showing the difference between spaced housing and planting. Where paved areas are subject to surface flooding is a complex problem.
Technique: Mixed media, surface stitch.

©WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH? by Maria Champion-Forster, Wellington.

The joy of stitching with a restricted palette whilst creating an interesting textured piece. New stitches and threads but keeping in mind a pleasing effect and balance of the piece.
Technique: Layered stitch and fabric.

©COMPLEXITIES OF NATURE by Felicity Willis, Hawera.

A sunset is a complex mix of Rayleigh function, ozone absorption and light scatter. Massive trees grow by absorbing carbon dioxide and water. Volcanoes are formed by magma forcing itself to the surface. Complexity is all around us.
Technique: Machine embroidery and quiliting.

©THE PLANETS by Caroline Strachan, Lower Hutt.

Inspired by Gustav Holst’s music ‘The Planets’. This work has many layers of interpretation which lent itself for stitch and the idea of containing them into a box as an analogy of the solar system.
Technique: Mixed media, surface stitch.

©THE RED THREAD by Lyn Duncan, Lower Hutt.

Inspired by India Flint and excited about making marks on cloths with leaves and found objects. My first foray into a complex folded book which has been stitched and immersed in a dye bath of pohutukawa flowers and ironed with various leaves between the folds.
Technique: Mixed media.

Chaos theory states that within the apparent randomness of the complexity in nature there are patterns. Double-sided design.
Technique: Long and short stitch.

MIXT has evolved from covid contemplations of humans having such complex lives – surely other species are not so complicated. This work evaluates the rough and smooth and the fragility of life.
Technique: Mixed media, surface stitch.

©FEAR NO EVIL by Jane Woodhall, Te Horo.

I am interested in the complex and common fears which result in good luck, signs and amulets in all cultures. This blue eye is designed to ward off “The Evil Eye”, blue being a powerful colour, the metal reflecting the evil back at itself.
Technique: Mixed media on silk paper.

©COVID 19 DOES NOT FIT IN THE BOX by Joanne Saunderson, Auckland.

Borders closed – good, bad – lockdowns-
Conspiracy – yes or no, job losses – bubbles
Government – good or bad job – schools opened/closed – are we lucky or not.
The rest of the world is tied in knots.
Technique: Mixed media, surface stitch, beading.

©A GOOD LIFE by Donna Kennedy, Waikanae.

Working with needle and thread and fabric I enjoy creating. Extensions group gives me that place to experiment.
Technique: Surface and appliqué embroidery.

©DOES MY BUM LOOK BIG IN THIS? by Rowena Lukomska, Christchurch.

Three dolls with concerns about how they look, big bum? Big bust? Too tall?. Then by the time we come to terms with all of this our skin starts to show wrinkles.
Technique: Layered free machine embroidery.

©THE CRAZY FLOWER by Judith Redmond, Otane.

Inspiration from a very old crazy patchwork bag at the Hawke’s Bay Museum embroidery collection. Crazy patchwork is small pieces of velvet stitched into raw silk then enhanced with boro stitching. The centre inspired by the rose General Gallieni.
Technique: Crazy patchwork.

©A COMPLEX MIND by Mona Townson, Warkworth.

A person’s imagination can overwhelm their mind with circular journeys, curves, loops, meandering pathways making it difficult to create links and decisions.
Technique: Surface stitch.

©SIMPLE FOLDS – COMPLEX SHAPES by Judith Balchin, Manawatu.

Origami sculptures consist of a series of simple folds to create intricate and complex shapes.
Technique: Origami.

©IN TOUCH by Coromandel Extensions Group.

In Touch… to be viewed, unpacked, unravelled, lifted, examined, replaced... drawing the viewers in… engaging, incorporating sight, touch, movement adding complexity. Complex in nature, by design.
Technique: Mixed media.

©SIMPLY COMPLEX by Pat Vaissiere, Auckland.

Much time and thought went into the design process to create a pleasing result.
Technique: Crewelwork.

Thank you for viewing the 2021 Extensions Exhibition, Complex!

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