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 2014 botanical fashion show |
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 Six students participated in the fashion show. After modeling their creations, the artists answered questions about their materials and process.
 Jonah's creation (modeled by Megan), comprised of layered Sugar Maple leaves (Acer saccharum) with jewelry fashioned from woven Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica) and Ginkgo biloba leaves, conveys the feeling of autumn.  Karen's ensemble includes a finely crafted bodice of birch bark, woven pine needles and dried flowers. She accessorized the outfit with jewelry fashioned from hot peppers. Bodice detail. Phoebe fashioned her outfit from lime peels, corn husks, cotton thread, raffia rope, holly leaves, pine needles and acorn caps.
 Olivia's three-piece outfit represents a single flower. The skirt is dyed with Red Cabbage (Brassica oleracea).  The top is the flower: Whirlwind (Anemone japonica (hybrida)), Big Bounce White (Impatiens walleriana), Gerbera Bayadere (Gerbera jamesonii), Chrysanthemum Yellow Daisy (Chrysanthemum grandiflorum), Chrysanthemum White Daisy Pom pon (Chrysanthemum 'Bacardi') The belt -- made from Carolina Long Leaf Pine Needles (Pinus palustris) and Raffia palm (Raphia farinifera) -- holds the precious flower to the ground, unwilling to let the wind blow away its beautiful petals. Jenny personified the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone using Sugar maple (Acer saccharum), Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), Reindeer moss (Cladonia rangiferina), Carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus), Feather reed grass (Calamagrostis acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’), and Hare’s-tail grass or bunnytail (Lagurus ovatus).  The
dress has two sides. One side represents the time when Demeter and
Persephone are together and the other represents the time Persephone
spends with Hades. The changing colors of the maple leaves represent
the transition between these two times.  Paola's simple outfit places focus on her lion's mane headdress made from ornamental grass (Miscanthus sinensis) seedheads. Teaching assistants and instructor Marcia Eames-Sheavly (right) joined in the fun.
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