South West Fashion Festival Reminder

Just a note to remind you that if you are in the Bunbury region  make sure you get to the South West Fashion Festival which is being held from 24th February 2011 to 26th February 2011.

Tickets are free and you can reserve your seat today by emailing info@swfashionweek.com or calling 08 9791 1611. Full details of the event are available on South West Fashion Festival's website - just click here to get to it.

Parade times are:
Thursday 24th February
 - 11am and 2pm

Friday 25th February
 - 1pm, 3pm, 5pm

Saturday 26th February
 - 10am, 11.30pm, 1pm, 2.30pm

Venue Bicentennial Square, Bunbury.

The parades highlighted in red indicate the must see shows which include gorgeous felt appearing under the category of "Art to Wear Organic Fashion" .    The felt all has a red theme and is sure to provide a stunning display.

Be there or be square!!

Circle of Vessels

In our post of 5th February we showed you this picture from Val Hornibrook's entry  into WOW's Bizarre Bra section. 



Circle of Vessels by V Hornibrook WOW Awards Show 2010

 This is one of WOW's official catwalk photos and all though it is lovely to see this amazing piece of underwear on the WOW catwalk many of you have commented that you cannot see the detail.

Here it is in all it's glory -

Circle of Vessels by Val Hornibrook

Val's entry to WOW described the bra as representing "The circle of vessels is complete when sharing with visitors a delight that is within".  We love the sentiment expressed in this piece -  food, drink, family, friends - all the really important things of life captured in this representation of the ancient Greek coil pots.

We think you will agree that this piece of art truly illustrates the versatility and beauty of felt in sculpture (and Val's felting skills of course).

All text in italics is taken from WOW World of WearableArt Awards Show 2010 Catalogue. For more information on WOW click here.

Must See Event - South West Fashion Festival

In our last post we mentioned that we are having a fashion parade at the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence.  Everyone's  wonderful felt creations will be paraded on the catwalk in an evening of glamour and style. 

We love to see felt on show and to get us in the mood for things to come at Convergence we are really looking  forward to South West Fashion Festival - an exciting local fashion event designed to promote local designers, artists, photographers and retailers.  Many of the models will be wearing stunning felt clothes and accessories created by members of the Bunbury Felters Group so we are thrilled to be involved in this event. 

The South West Fashion Festival runs from  24th February 2011 to 26th February 2011.
Venue Bicentennial Square, Bunbury

Parade times are as follows:
Thursday 24th February
 - 11am and 2pm

Friday 25th February
 - 1pm, 3pm, 5pm

Saturday 26th February
 - 10am, 11.30pm, 1pm, 2.30pm

The print in red indicates the shows include our gorgeous felt which appears under the category of  "Art to Wear Organic Fashion" .

Tickets are free and  you can reserve your seat today by emailing  info@swfashionweek.com  or calling 08 9791 1611.  Full details of the event are available on South West Fashion Festival's website - just click here to get to it.

Hope to see you there - we'll be in the audience and wearing felt of course!

Designer K Gelmi
Photos by Toni C and Lynxpics.

World of WearableArt Awards Show 2010 - Postscript

We have had several emails from readers over the last couple of weeks saying how much they have enjoyed seeing all the amazing wearable art entries from the WOW World of WearableArt Show 2010 and how they feel inspired to create  a garment of their own.

Well, if you are coming to the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence you will have a great opportunity to display your garment and accessory creations in our very own Fashion Parade that will be held on the evening of Tuesday 4th October 2011.  Put the date in your diary now!

We will be having a spectacular night of entertainment with your work on show. So if you are coming to the Convergence remember to bring your beautiful garments and wearable art for this fashion event. We will be providing models for the catwalk show and all will be professionally  photographed.

The pieces don't need to be as extravagant as the ones we have been showing in our recent WOW posts. To give you some ideas here are our very own WOW entrants Kerry Gelmi and Val Hornibrook and their new best friend Svenga wearing their own felt creations at the WOW World of WearableArt Awards Show 2010 -

Kerry, Svenga and Val WOW Awards Show 2010

Don't they look great and don't you love Svenga's stunning nuno felt dress.

So get creating and bring your garments to Convergence and participate in this colourful night of fashion.

Note - if you wish to attend the Convergence the places are filling up fast so we encourage you to get your completed enrolment forms back to us as soon as possible.  If you haven't yet got your Information and Enrolment Form with all the information on the Convergence email us at feltconvergence2011@westnet.com.au

Happy Valentine's Day

Felt Hearts by The Bunbury Felters

How To Attend the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence

To join us in Bunbury in October for the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence you must complete and return an Enrolment Form. 

The Enrolment Form is only available by emailing us at feltconvergence2011@westnet.com.au or by writing to us at:
Felt Convergence
P O Box 403
Capel, WA 6271.  
We will then send you the Information and Enrolment Form which contains details of the Convergence including cost.
 
So please get those Enrolment Forms back to us as soon as possible as places are filling up fast.

Convergence Announcement - It's Filling Up Fast

You will notice a new picture on the right hand side bar of our blog from today -


 In the star we are showing the number of places still available at the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence.

Bookings have been coming in thick and fast since we sent out the Information and Enrolment Form to those who registered their interest in attending.

We only have a limited number of places available at the Convergence so if you are wanting to join us here in October for an extraordinary felting event then get your completed Enrolment Form back to us with your deposit as soon as possible. 

We will be sending out receipts to all who have enrolled and paid deposits shortly.

If you are interested in attending the 11th Southern Hemisphere Felting Convergence and would like a copy of our Information and Enrolment Form which gives all information on the event then please email us at feltconvergence2011@westnet.com.au or write to us at:-

Felt Convergence
P O Box 403
Capel, WA 6271.