MLC School family generations
THREADING through time
2020 Year 12 student Mia Novati is one of our incredibly talented Textiles and Design students whose work was on display at the Design, Art and Technology (DART) Showcase on Thursday 3 September 2020. Mia is part of a multi-generational MLC School family: her mother and aunt are Old Girls, as are her grandmother and great aunts. Speaking with Mia about her work which was inspired by the Italian literary fairy tale ‘Sun, Moon, and Talia’ as well as Paolo Sebastian’s couture collections, she revealed her grandmother’s connection to the work. 1962 Leawarra House Captain, Beryl (Bess) Trollope (Houston, 1962) is Mia’s grandmother. Bess, who attended MLC School from Pre-Kindergarten through to her Leaving Certificate, also excelled at textiles at MLC School. Bess continued her love of textiles into her adulthood and has amassed an extraordinary amount of fabrics, threads, ribbons, and buttons. Most of the fabric, ribbon and thread Mia used in her Higher School Certificate (HSC) major work were sourced from her grandmother’s vast textiles collection. Textiles teacher, Robyn Langford, described Mia’s work as an ‘inspirational piece designed around the fabrics, ribbon and lace acquired from her creative grandmother Bess. The silk wall hanging is adorned with stump work, ribbon roses, whipped stitch roses, crochet stitch, bullion and French knots. Mia is a naturally talented Textiles and Design student who enjoys working with both traditional and contemporary hand techniques. Her beautiful wall hanging encompasses delicate techniques and a link to her past whilst commenting on the contemporary issue of sustainability.’ Mia's grandmother, Beryl Trollope (Houston, 1962).
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