Upcycled’ Plush Toys
This exhibition in the Tardis Gallery will run alongside ‘A Good Yarn’ exhibiting in the Main Gallery.
Takapuna Grammar Students – organised by teachers Deborah Woodward and Demelza Cusens- are looking at the issue of sustainability from an environmental and societal/ cultural standpoint. They each created an ‘upcycled’ plush toy using a pre-loved garment to appeal to a specific target market or niche collector. The idea is that by creating a cheap and desirable product we can create some revenue to support other Technologists working in the field of social/cultural sustainability.
These plush toys are researched, designed and made by the students. They also researched and decided where there is a need that can be partially met by funds they have generated.
Tardis Gallery, The Depot Artspace, 28 Clarence st, Devonport
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