With Sophie and our stencils |
Sophie with her stencil and Richie McCaw's. Unfortunately Richie couldn't be there so Sophie sprayed his for him. |
Just finished spraying our stencils |
Ellie and logan interviewing Sophie |
On the 20th of May Art Extension ventured off to
the Re-start mall in Christchurch to spray the stencils we made of our faces
with SCAPE.
SCAPE is an organization that supports and creates art for
Christchurch. Josie Whelan, a teacher who works for SCAPE, came to Heaton to
teach us how to make stencils. She took us through several stages, including
taking pop art photos of ourselves, then laminating and cutting them out. The
laminated stencils were then ready to be sprayed in black spray paint onto the
Re-Start Mall walls.
We arrived at the Re-Start Mall with our stencils and spray
paint cans in hand. Not soon after we had stuck our stencils to the wall a
crowd gathered to see us spray our ‘legal’ stencils. Several newspaper
reporters and TV people watched as we began to spray.
Sophie Pascoe, a Christchurch born Paralympian swimmer with
many gold medals, came along to spray the stencil that she made of herself as
well as Richie McCaw’s stencil.
After she had finished spraying her stencil she said “This
is better than expected”.
We then went on to ask Sophie who her childhood idols were.
She replied “My mum, because she stuck with me and was just like a best
friend”. We also asked her why she chose swimming, she said, “I was good at it
so I stuck with it, also at the time there weren’t many opportunities for
children of my age.
We were then filmed and interviewed by CTV. Other members of
Art Extension were also asked some questions by the Christchurch Star and The
Press newspapers.
Finally Art extension would like to thank the efforts and
help of Josie Whelan, Sophie Pascoe, Vicky Edwards – Brown and the fabulous Mrs
Taylor.
Ellie Leigh-Thompson and Logan Cooper – Kākano Mano Visual
Art
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