Textile Art Piece (TAP) Challenge – 2021 Results
2021 ‘JOURNEY’ TAP Challenge – Winners & Highly Commended
Stage 5
Position – 1st Place
Student – Sophie Poole
Title – Steps for Womenkind
School – Catherine McAuley
Position – 2nd Place
Student – Maya Chawa
Title – Migration
School – Catherine McAuley
Position – 3rd Place
Student – Georgia Bath
Title – The Girl from Lipari
School – St John Paul College
Position – Highly Commended
Student – Paula Mueller
Title – Seaside
School – Riverside Girls High School
Position – Highly Commended
Student – Natalie Guerreiro
Title – The Tale of Two Cities
School – Santa Sabina College Strathfield
Position – Highly Commended
Student – Hannah Garvin
Title – A Tree’s Journey
School – James Sheahan Catholic High School
Stage 4
Position – 1st Place
Student – Amanda Linh
Title – The Dragon in Me
School – Cherrybrook Technology High School
Position – 2nd Place
Student – Ella Justic
Title – Badges for a Journey
School – Cherrybrook Technology College
2021 ‘JOURNEY’ TAP Challenge – Judges’ Feedback
The TAP Challenge was once again disrupted by the impact of Covid restrictions placed on our schools. In order to facilitate participation in the challenge, TEA decided to extend the due date to December 2021. We particularly thank those teachers who were able to support their students to complete and submit their projects. Despite the difficulties faced, the judges were again impressed by the quality and variety of projects presented by the students, making the task of choosing winners difficult.
The judges would like to provide the following feedback:
- Student entries were again lower than average in the Stage 5 category. We expect this is due, in the main, to the Covid19 disruptions which we experienced in our schools during the year. The Stage 4 category again had minimal entries, and TEA is keen to investigate the reasons for this and how to make the challenge more accessible.
- All schools completed the online application form and correctly attached ID tags to student projects. This made identification and the linking of the description of the project very easy, and provided judges a deeper insight into the student’s work and their approach to the design process.
- The majority of Stage 5 projects clearly communicated the inspiration of taking the viewer on a journey through their textile art piece. The designs were very thoughtfully developed and showed great creativity. The more creative pieces chose appropriate decorative or construction techniques which were completed to a high standard and clearly supported their ‘journey’ theme.
- High-quality projects were submitted utilising a variety of surface decoration techniques, including stencilling, applique, patchwork, painting, weaving, knitting, macrame, needle felting, shiva sticks, thread painting, machine embroidery, dyeing, beading, digital printing and hand embroidery.
- The majority of projects were wall hangings, addressing the criteria able to be hung up for display. Some of the projects, however, demonstrated a creative response in the form chosen, including a bound book and cushion covers.
- The high quality of all projects submitted this year is to be commended.
The judges wish to congratulate all students who participated in the competition this year AND their teachers who guided them through the design and completion of their projects. The TEA TAP team values your feedback.
If you would like to give some specific feedback, please contact TEA at enquiries.teansw@gmail.com