Space Oddity

Bishop Druitt College

Connor Duncan McMillan


"This Textile Art jacket was inspired by David Bowie, Sir Elton John and Space. It is made and lined with silk taffeta. The galaxy theme has been incorporated through hand embroidery and beading on the central back panel and on the sleeve cuffs. The inside white silk lining has been hand painted in vibrant colours to further represent the galaxies."

Images of Work

"In order to create a feature of the contrasting two tone silk taffeta flounces that adorn the back of the tuxedo jacket, they were cut in a waterfall style shape and stitched into the side and side-back seams of the lower jacket."

"The back of the jacket features hand embroidered and beaded star constellations that run down the length of the centre back. These reference David Bowie in his performances of Ziggy Star Dust and Space."

Select Student Folio Pages

The pages selected for each project reflect the individual students' interpretations of the syllabus guidelines for the MTP. Each student should develop their folio according to the guidelines, relating to their own individual project. This may result in a variety of presentation styles, numbers of sketches and/or experiments.