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Entries to the open category must be a complete outfit, there is no specific theme and entries can be made from any type of medium, from fabrics of all kinds, to glass, clay, metal and wood to suggest a few!

Traditionally the biggest category, anything goes as long as it is a complete outfit. This category in the past has had many outfits submitted in non traditional materials, from willow branches, clay and many types of metal. Please pull out all the stops of your imagination and come play in the Open Category. Competition is always tough in this category, so make sure your work pushes creativity to the limit and wows our judges!

Happily Ever After
Ines Ortner Gigling
Bowen Island, BC		 2005 Category Winner

Cotton, leather, metallics, other fibres and mixed media

This is the story of the Egyptian queen Neta. Her fate is to wander the afterworld until her husband to be finds her so her soul can be free.

Consists of: floor long wide skirt, crème coloured with 2 layers and lining; 2 underskirts, hoop skirt, tulle skirt, white; corset (asymmetric bust with one side flower arrangement) with closure in the back, pearl coloured; face mask, crème with gold; turban hat with veil and facewrap, gold.
Joan of Art
Otto Kamensek
Burnaby, BC		 2005 Second Place

Clay, cobalt stain, decoupage, wire and velcro

Last year we attended the Wearable Art Competition and were surprised not to see clay work in the show. We decided that we would create a suit of armour. Joan of Art was born, homage to the masters, a look back at a variety of artists over the centuries, Van Gogh, Botticelli, Warhol, Seurat, Leonardo da Vinci, Jasper Johns, Renoir, Frida Kahlo, Klimt, Emily Carr, Degas, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Tom Thompson, Michelangelo, Georgia O’Keef, Gauguin, Dali, Munch, Matisse. Jasper Johns American flag is recognition to B.W. Finley and Pauline Doyle for their contribution and support of Joan.