north east regional extra | March 17 - 23, 2021
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March 17 - 23, 2021
Sophia’s local connection By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE
SOPHIA Hanover is returning to her roots with her current project in Wangaratta. The New York-based designer, who is undertaking the water tower project in the Wangaratta Railway Precinct, grew up in Beechworth and returns every year. “Beechworth and the surrounding areas are incredible places to grow up, I feel incredibly lucky to say that I grew up surrounded by nature, and always had the best of both worlds in between the country and Melbourne,” she said. “I was fortunate to be surrounded by art, design and visual culture from an early age, both in the form of content I was introduced to and consumed, and an artistic community of older peers, which at the time in Beechworth was really flourishing. “I would say the fields of art and design are more of a mindset; being able to produce things within time frames, think critically, analysis and synthesis skills, I was taught to think for myself and, while it’s a simple thing, it can sow some pretty powerful seeds later on in life when dealing with the professional world.”
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Continued page 2 ◆ BACK HOME: New York-based designer Sophia Hanover is excited about her current project in Wangaratta.
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