Wednesday 21 October 2009
Excitement builds for third Lakes DHB Hidden Talents Exhibition
Lakes DHB staff have a huge range of creative talents which will again be celebrated at this year’s Lakes DHB Hidden Talents Exhibition to be held at RAVE in early November.
The exhibition will feature the work of about 40 staff members from across most areas of the DHB and includes: antique dolls, weaving, painting, patchwork bags, jewellery as well as at least one entry in the recent Rotorua Wearable Arts Competition held in Rotorua.
Lakes DHB Chief Executive Cathy Cooney, who came up with the idea several years ago, says it’s very exciting that each time the biennial event is held, the numbers of staff entering the exhibition increases. She is delighted that so many staff members have taken the opportunity to display their work to the public and to their colleagues.
Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon Gary Back is exhibiting three paintings done in soft pastels and water colours. He says he usually does landscapes in the impressionist style and is especially inspired by 19th century French Impressionists.
Statistics Officer Frances Ellery thought she didn’t have an artistic bone in her body until she saw IS Educator Lesley Evanson’s crazy patchwork bag in the 2007 Hidden Talents exhibition and got inspired. This year, she has entered her own crazy patchwork bag in the Hidden Talents exhibition.
Taupo-based Occupational Therapist Ann Reeves completed her first piece of embroidery aged five. She’s advanced since then to President of the Taupo Embroiderers’ Guild, but she’s kept her first piece.
The lifelong passion has kept Ann busy embroidering a whole range of items including: table linen, beaded brooches and bags, canvas work, quilts, pictures, cards, bookmarks and cushions.
Emergency Department Receptionist Lesley Savage makes her korowai (cloaks) with the traditional method but uses contemporary materials as they are easier to get and quicker to prepare. She makes the korowai as presents to give away to her family, usually to those who have graduated or for special birthdays.
Hearing Screener Lyn Hanson is fascinated by the Victorian era and spends countless hours recreating antique dolls to be exactly as they were made in that time. Lyn painstakingly sews the clothes of the period which include several petticoats with antique lace and ribbon sewn by hand, the lacey drawers and silk and woollen clothes.
A girls art group on Wednesday nights is how nurses Gitty Paalvast Borkes, Julia Gatens and Jo Dodd got inspired to create “Lady of the Terraces” - an entry to the Wearable Arts Competition. The dress they created with four other friends brings alive the eruption, the destruction of the Pink and White Terraces and acknowledges the survivors of the disaster.
Gitty says the dress is beautiful and needs to be seen close up as there is a huge amount of detail involved in it. Jo Dodd modelled the dress. She says creating the dress was lots of work but lots of fun too and the team work was the best part.
Any funds raised will help purchase craft supplies for the Hospital Women’s Auxiliary. This group does a lot of work repackaging hospital supplies into manageable units and also supplying knitted garments for the hospital wards.
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