THE INFORMER PAGE 6

APRIL 28, 1992

Clay & Textile Arts
Students in the Limelight

The Canadian Craft Museum unveiled a dramatic exhibit of
capes designed by B.C. art and design students recently, and
three of the ten selected by a jury of Vancouver fashion design-
ers were Clay and Textile Arts program students.

Second year students Robin Reid and Carol Paley designed
a metallic screen printed and embellished cape in gold and ivory
called “Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Lori Prest, a first year
student, appiqued layers of fabric with pleated and dyed silk to
make her “Spirit of the Wood”. Donna Hamilton, also a first
year student, layered and stitched fabrics of many hues onto
black velvet to make a spectacular “Coat of Many Colours”. The
capes were on display in the Bank of Hong Kong in the third
week of April.

Lesley Richmond also reports that the Surface Design
department received a frantic phone call from a film company
requesting a set of ponchos identical to one worn by Clint
Eastwood in one of his “spaghetti westerns”. They needed five
identical ponchos in three days as they would be filming action
scenes and would probably damage the clothes. John Ritter
would wear them. Lori Tjorhom, a student in the advanced
textile class, designed a giant silkscreen that simulated a woven
poncho. Filming took place in Arizona.

FashioNations ‘92
Draws a Crowd

Merchandising Management students (previously referred to as
both Retail Management and Retail Fashion) produced a spring
fashion show at Park Royal March 24. More than 300 people
attended the successful FashioNations ‘92.