Year 9 Textiles - Sustainability in Design

Year 9 Textiles students have been designing and creating unique wearable art pieces using recycled materials this term. 

As part of the design process, students investigated and experimented with a range of materials, including paper, plastic bottles, milk jugs, pipe cleaners, cardboard and even yoga mats! 

Students were exploring creative ways to manipulate these items into innovative costume designs, stepping away from the machines and toward a greater focus on design rather than sewing.

Students selected celebrities or fictional characters as their clients, using these inspirations to guide their design concepts and final creations. Through this project, students developed their creativity, problem-solving skills, and understanding of sustainable design practices.

The completed wearable art pieces will be proudly displayed in glass cabinets in Cobblebank's new San Damiano Building, where they will be preserved and eventually showcased as part of an end-of-year art exhibition.

Natalie Malle

Arts and Technology Domain Leaders