Fashion technology and costume students successfully cleaned up the student categories of the Screen Printing and Graphic Imaging Association of Australia’s (SGIAA) Digital and Screen Print Awards held in October in Sydney.
Sydney TAFE has been entering the biennial event since 1999, but this is the first time we’ve won every student award.
The students study screen printing at Sydney TAFE as an enrichment to their mainstream studies.
Silver medal winner Brianna Bondaruk-Jachin said studying screen printing was “really beneficial”.
“It’s really hands on and the teachers are fantastic,” Brianna said.
She described the teachers as “hugely encouraging”.
Her task in her fashion technology diploma was to create a crinoline dress in gelato colours – which she took literally, designing what she calls her ice cream dress.
She took pictures of ice cream cones which she edited and then had digitally printed onto material.
Cassilda Parkinson who won a gold medal was inspired by nature and the story of The Secret Garden.
Head Teacher, Screen, Digital Printing and Print Finishing, Stephen Anderson said the students had to learn how to be professional in what they did.
By studying digital and screen printing they were given tools so they don’t have to outsource. Most importantly they can talk printing terminology.
Stephen said Sydney TAFE was supported by industry and had “unique and probably the best equipment” of any training institution in Australia.
Students had the capacity to “print on anything”.
Head Teacher, Fashion Technology, Tracey Malvern thanked Stephen and his team for their dedicated approach and for giving her students “the knowledge and skills to add to their competencies”.
“These hands-on skills and experiences will make them very attractive to the industry at the completion of their studies.”
Winners
Digital print, Gold Medal, Cassilda Parkinson
Digital print, Silver Medal, Briana Bondaruk-Jachin
Digital print, Bronze Medal, Elizabeth Maratheftis
Screen print, Gold Medal, third year apprentices
Screen print, Silver Medal, Ellen Figgis and printed by stage 2 apprentices
Screen print, Bronze Medal, Elizabeth Maratheftis
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