Catwalk Arts 2022

Judges Tracey Paton, Matt Henderson and Philippa Stichbury had the unenviable task of selecting the best from a total of 30 wearable art ensembles across six categories. The Supreme Award went to designer Carolyn Gibson whose creation Rock Me Amadeus featured 115 handmade roses made from 950 hand-cut petals and a cello crafted from heavy plastic and covered in faux leather.

The matinee show was opened by some of Catwalk Arts’ very first organisers - all volunteers who now range in age from their eighties to 97. Many of them had been a part of the very first fundraising events that hospice ran in Warkworth – skit shows in town halls, co-organiser Lesley Ingham explains. Those skit shows morphed into Harbour Hospice’s very first Catwalk Arts show in 2006. The group brought the house down when they stepped out onto the catwalk on Saturday in full costume to ham it up for the crowd.

This is the first Catwalk Arts show Harbour Hospice has been able to run since 2019 because of Covid-19. “We’ve had to postpone the event three times, so it was a case of fourth time lucky,” says Lesley.

Most of the entries came from outside Warkworth, and organisers are hoping to receive more entries from locals next year. There were also a lot of first-time entrants this year. 

Catwalk Arts 2022 Results

Besoul Fantastic Families
1^st Sluginker by Sophia Gilmour
2^nd In the Bag by Leila Jones

Besoul Youth
1^st Water Warrior by Nathaniel Dalton-Wilson
Highly Commended        Behind the Eye of the Feather by Andee-Grace Tilling and Brooke Burger

Amazing Aotearoa
1^st Pukana by Sophia Gilmour
Highly Commended Green Turtle – Honu by Diane Ruth Rimmer

Warkworth Oaks Bizarre Bras
1^st What a Crackin’ Pair! By Anna Holmes-Libbis
Highly Commended Maliboobs by Julie Moncur and Philip Earles

Highly Commended Pinky Blinder by Avis Cadwgan

Wearable Advertising   
1^st Covid Warrior by Kowhai Surgery

Mason Containers/Northland Waste Open
1^st Rock Me Amadeus by Carolyn Gibson
Highly Commended Iridescent Regalia by Rebekah Thoroughgood and Samantha McIntyre

People’s Choice
Iridescent Regalia by Rebekah Thoroughgood and Samantha McIntyre

Recycling Award
1^st New Zealand’s Next Top Bottle by Lesley Ingham
Highly Commended Cleo‘cap’tra by Katie Holmes-Libbis

Marvellous Mannequins
1^st Rosie by Paddy Sullivan

Mason Containers/Northland Waste Supreme Award
Rock Me Amadeus by Carolyn Gibson

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