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Visual Artist + Art Teacher HobArt

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When I found this dress in the costume room, it looked like it had such a story to tell. Meg Lawson and I were looking for costumes to wear for ‘ladies of the night’ in Les Miserables production in 2018 for speech night, when we were bolstering choir numbers. 

I saw this dress, the pale-est yellow silk, just like the colour of my old summer uniform… the woven braid around the collar and bodice, and the intricate black embroidered buttons…and the name tag carefully sewn into the collar; of Isobel Travers, one of the two incredible founders of @fahanschool 
 
I hung it in the art room for years, with the intention of drawing it one day. I’ve been working on this all year and now it’s finished. 

The actual dress now lives in the archives. The school celebrated its 90th year this year, so it’s a fitting birthday present. 

The dress has become a symbol to me of Isobel Travers’ and Audrey Morphetts’ shared vision for Fahan, the value they placed on the creative arts, and the power of education
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When I found this dress in the costume room, it looked like it had such a story to tell. Meg Lawson and I were looking for costumes to wear for ‘ladies of the night’ in Les Miserables production in 2018 for speech night, when we were bolstering choir numbers. 

I saw this dress, the pale-est yellow silk, just like the colour of my old summer uniform… the woven braid around the collar and bodice, and the intricate black embroidered buttons…and the name tag carefully sewn into the collar; of Isobel Travers, one of the two incredible founders of Fahan School Hobart Australia
 
I hung it in the art room for years, with the intention of drawing it one day. I’ve been working on this all year and now it’s finished. 

The actual dress now lives in the archives. The school celebrated its 90th year this year, so it’s a fitting birthday present. 

The dress has become a symbol to me of Isobel Travers’ and Audrey Morphetts’ shared vision for Fahan, the value they placed on the creative arts, and the power of education
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