Charity Auction: Good Wreath! Parnell - E. Berge

3. Elizabeth Berge: Untitled

Dimensions & materials:
60cm in diameter, zips, fairylights, cane hoop, florist tape, thread (2010)

About her work Elizabeth states: 'For my wreath I took inspiration from NZ European and pacific cultures.I love flowers at Christmas and my design takes Poinsettia flowers from European culture and places them in a round Pacific Lei to create my Zippitydoodah take on a Pacific Christmas. The Lei to me symbolises "welcome home for Christmas" and ties in the idea of Christmas wreaths being used to greet visitors at the front door, Leis being given to great visitors and worn for special occasions. The Bow is made from zips in NZ native plant colours sewn together to create a striped ribbon, for a NZ flourish. All the zips I have used are surplus from manufactures in the NZ fashion industry which is a little bit of a comment on the fickleness of ever changing fashion'


Wreath in this store:
Nu to U

The Project:
Parnell celebrates Christmas with 20 artists reinterpreting the wreath, with works on exhibit in 20 Parnell stores and galleries from November 19 - December 19. In the spirit of Christmas, most works are for sale by TradeMe auction during this period, with twenty percent of proceeds to be donated to the NZ Gynaecological Cancer Foundation.

For more details & pictures: www.parnell.net.nz

The Charity:
20% will go to: The New Zealand Gynaecological Cancer Foundation's mission is to educate and inform all NZ women about the signs and symptoms of gynaecological cancers (the 4 main ones are: uterine, ovarian, cervical and vaginal/vulval cancer), to encourage early detection and to provide support for women following diagnosis and treatment.

Contact the New Zealand Gynaecological Cancer Foundation on 0800 682 7426, info@nzgcf.org.nz or www.nzgcf.org.nz g.nz