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Shape 2020 Large print guide

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2 Shape 2020 Showcase of HSC Technology Works

A selection of outstanding major projects by NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) Design and Technology, Industrial Technology, and Textiles and Design students. Behind each project is a process of investigation, research and evaluation in response to an identified need. Students apply their creativity and skills using a wide range of materials and technologies to complete their projects over the course of the year. The development from idea to final realisation is described in the students’ folios (accessible via the QR code displayed with their work). From bushfires to floods to COVID-19, completing the HSC in 2020 was more challenging than ever before with students adapting to new ways of doing things. The Powerhouse Museum and NSW Education Standards Authority congratulate the Shape 2020 students for their resilience and the exceptional execution of their major work under these circumstances.

Presented in association with NSW Education Standards Authority

3 Textiles and Design

In the HSC Textiles and Design course, students develop confidence in the selection, design, manufacture and application of textile items. The focus is on meeting a design specification for a textile product through creative problem-solving and documenting the design and management of their project. Students develop a design in one of five focus areas: apparel, furnishings, costume, textile arts, or non-apparel.

Her Story Coral-reef inspired wearable art Maria Argyropoulos SCECGS Redlands Emma Collinson St Vincent’s College Maria drew inspiration from stylistic elements of tarot cards for her design, To create the coral on her bodice, and women’s changing position in Emma used a range of natural fibres society for her concept. While the including cotton, bamboo, merino three-piece garment references a and alpaca wool, which she then traditional suit, its lustrous fabrics, crocheted, hand felted, latch hooked digitally printed silk lining and and manipulated with cornstarch. She decorative techniques, such as made dyes from vegetable sources to ornamental pintucking, smocking, colour some of the coral. Fabrics for flouncing and embroidery, place the the bodice, peplum and skirt include emphasis on aesthetics and the suit’s silk and wool mesh. political and social statement rather than functionality. The embellished bodice represents coral reef while the peplum and I aim to encourage my audience to skirt, devoid of coral, reflect the reflect on the restrictions placed on environmental issue of coral women throughout history. bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef.

4 TEXTILES AND DESIGN Luxe Couture Bushfire-inspired dress

Yianna Nikos Lillyrose Watson-Cooper Presbyterian Ladies’ College Sydney Kirrawee High School

This evening gown with strapless Every feature of Lillyrose’s dress corset, straight skirt and smocked points to its inspiration: the bushfires cape was influenced by the of 2019–20. Metallic silver and figure-hugging, asymmetrical copper thread embroidery running silhouette and luxurious fabrics of vertically down the bodice represents 1940s haute couture (high fashion). burnt and smouldered tree trunks. Yianna incorporated the geometry of An appliqué textured flame blazes 18th-century French architecture into off one side of the bodice near the her garment — in the patterning of collarbone, and the rolled overlocked the smocking, the parallel lines of the hem creates the illusion of the draping and the structured boning. movement of a live flame. She used floral motifs in the handmade lace appliqué and lace I was able to develop my design to insertion. reflect the best features of my initial vision so that it was both time and Perseverance, drive and innovation cost effective. are qualities that will assist my design studies beyond the HSC.

TEXTILES AND DESIGN 5 Fibrous Seascape African-inspired Sustainability Coat Zoe McNamara Danebank – An Anglican School Zebedee Maguire for Girls Sydney Distance Education High School/Glenaeon Rudolf Wall hangings are traditionally two- Steiner School dimensional but Zoe has used three dimensions to represent many forms Zebedee’s coat uses the A-line of sea life. She made the translucent silhouette popular during the 1960s. jellyfish with crinoline material, It is made of offcuts and eco-friendly embellished with hand-bound fabric, reflecting principles of ostrich-wing feathers and long sustainability. The base fabric is threads of delicate tentacles. The diamond jacquard while the shibori clusters of bluebottles are represented inner lining was constructed from by crochet buttons. She coloured cotton. Zebedee created the shibori many of the fibres using natural print as one of the garment’s main dyeing techniques. features, presenting a surprise when the coat is opened. The elephant I fell in love with Textiles and Design motif was hand embroidered. and am now looking to pursue a career in this field. Experimentation played a big role in my final choices.

6 TEXTILES AND DESIGN EPHEMERA Expressive Illumination

Meabh Nash Zarie Dawson Warners Bay High School Inaburra School

Referencing collections that feature Captivated by Tokyo streetwear, complex surface decoration, Meabh Zarie designed and manufactured stitched vintage beverage caps from this outfit consisting of cargo pants, the 1930s–60s in grid squares into a cropped jacket, sports crop top the layers of her structured PVC and face mask. Its features include raincoat. The straight-legged pants buckles on an open sleeve and are embellished with appliqué houses leg, a folded-star patchwork on and hand-embroidered lettering on one knee, machine-embroidered the waistband. They are tailored with Japanese kanji symbols on the a lined hem finishing at the ankle. back of the jacket and contrasting materials — a neon orange stretch I learnt many new skills and valued and a woven teal — for the jacket the experiences and time spent and pants. collaborating with my peers and teacher. I learnt the importance of time management, and that designs are never set in stone.

TEXTILES AND DESIGN 7 Women in Suits The Raven

Laura Tighe Rebecca Salem Cheltenham Girls High School St Ursula’s College

Laura’s two-piece suit, inspired by Inspired by the ravens at the Tower the Women’s Liberation movement of London, Rebecca created this suit of the 1960s, puts a feminine edge that features feathers along the arm, on the classic black men’s suit. The a tail-like peplum, laser-cut motifs suit, and mask, are made from grey handsewn onto the skirt and beaded cotton/poly/lycra blend Prince of appliqué. She used scuba knit fabric Wales fabric, featuring a tailored to make the jacket for a bold and structure and self-made lining pattern theatrical style. pieces for the jacket. Embellishments include pearl beading on the pockets My project gives women a suit that of the pants and honeycomb echoes its feminist birth, with its smocking on the jacket. classic silhouette accentuating and empowering the feminine shape. I enjoyed spending full days sewing at school with my classmates during lockdown.

8 TEXTILES AND DESIGN The Drought Organic Fusion Headpiece

Kaitlyn McMahon Georgia Rich Merewether High School Northern Beaches Christian School

Kaitlyn’s quilt uses a wide range of Georgia’s headpiece incorporates techniques to express the devastation natural elements to give an of a drought-torn paddock. The impression of strength and power. pieces of fabric for the cracked earth She used the techniques of felting, were made using natural dyes such as Solvy machine embroidery, heat rust, tea and coffee, with decorative setting and beading to represent machine stitches representing the leaves, twigs, bark, moss and roughness of dirt. The gentle vines. The horns are entangled with gradation to the blue of the sky was extravagant vines that spill down achieved using a dip-dyeing method. the back and lines of small beaded The fence line is hessian fabric, droplets that twinkle in the light. pintucked for texture. The process challenged the limits Textiles and Design was my most of my creativity and allowed my rewarding HSC course, giving me a imagination to roam wild. creative outlet while still being stimulating and challenging.

TEXTILES AND DESIGN 9 Anderson’s Attic Postcards from My Travels

Zoe Scott Rachael Turner Springwood High School Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus Inspired by characters in Wes Anderson films, Zoe’s rabbit wears The postcards on Rachael’s bags are a cotton-drill scout uniform, with constructed from brightly coloured patches appliquéd and embroidered fabrics and use decorative techniques by hand and machine. It carries a such as hand and freehand-machine backpack holding a tartan rug, ginger embroidery, appliqué, Inktense felted cat, fishing pole and fish, and blocks, digital printing and dissolvable felted flowers. All the elements for fabrics. They also feature passports the project were designed and and stamps, which are lined with constructed by Zoe, using organic digitally printed fabric displaying materials where possible. scanned images of her family’s postcards from around the world. Looking back on my project, I see that in being dedicated and having I was inspired by postcards from my faith in your ideas, you can achieve great aunt, Louis Vuitton travel bags, amazing results. famous landmarks and the quirky bag brand Vendula London.

10 TEXTILES AND DESIGN Industrial Technology

The HSC Industrial Technology course focuses on developing knowledge and understanding in one of six industry areas: automotive technologies, electronics technologies, graphics technologies, metal and engineering technologies, multimedia technologies, or timber products and furniture technologies. Students gain knowledge of project management, resource use and practical engineering design through the application of traditional and contemporary technologies.

The Laser-cut Lounger Desk

Flynn Poelmann James Milburn Barrenjoey High School St Edward’s Christian Brothers’ College

Making this sun lounger and side James set himself the task of table provided Flynn with a welcome building a piece of furniture that challenge to learn new technological would demonstrate his skills in processes. The lounger’s ergonomic making curves and angles. The design gives it good functionality, project’s complexity was increased while its aesthetic features include by incorporating half-blind dovetail the struts charred with a black edge joints that merge into the curve on to create contrast, and the lamination the top edge of the desk. Other of multiple veneers to provide features include the legs shaped from complexity and detail. one piece of timber and drawers that become deeper at the back. The challenges I faced in my design helped me to develop and hone my I did sketches and used rendered problem-solving and innovation skills. models on Autodesk Fusion 360 software.

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY 11 Custom chairs Entertainment unit

Sophia Maltman Selena Cardillo Barker College Crestwood High School

When an oak tree fell on the property Selena designed this unit with curves of Sophia’s family, it was milled into and sleek, minimalistic silhouettes to slabs. Following the principles of a incorporate a mid 20th century retro sustainable and circular economy, style into a modern piece of furniture. Sophia used this wood for her two American white oak is used as a chairs, focusing on elegant and veneer to cover the plywood carcase ergonomic design and a blend of and in solid form for the other modern and traditional chairmaking components. Zebrawood in the doors techniques. She constructed the creates contrast. There is a drawer for parts and joints with a laser cutter, storing small items and three shelves further shaping them with hand tools. to display decorative items.

I developed skills in CAD/CAM, Constructing the curves and dressing slabs, shaping, joinery veneering the carcase were the and resin pouring. most challenging processes.

12 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY LED geometric table Rocking chair

Mark Robinson Majin Manoj Armidale Secondary College Marist College Kogarah

The top of Mark’s coffee table is Majin intends to pursue a career in filled with coloured resin and smart industrial design, so this project was LED lights placed under the pattern a good opportunity to gain a range that react to sound. The two woods of woodworking skills. This included used, Purpleheart and American hard learning how to use the bandsaw, maple, are contrasted in the 52 inlaid sander and angle grinder with dovetails, where the slats join the rails safety and accuracy. Designing and (horizontal pieces of the frame), and constructing a functional rocking the interlocking finger joints, where chair that was also aesthetically the rails join the legs. pleasing involved long hours of work.

Carving out the top was done using I achieved my goals of managing a hand-held router with a fixed base finances and putting together a and an assortment of chisels. time plan.

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY 13 Contemporary Ultra-modern Polish house design grandfather clock

Gabriel Snoch Sam Archer St Mary’s Cathedral College Kinross Wolaroi School

For his project, Gabriel used Sam’s design piece has a highly traditional materials found in Polish polished stainless-steel case with homes, such as wood, stone and seamless joins. The sides are made calcium plaster, and inserted modern of glass, with a clear dial and shelf so features, like a built-in fireplace, that the entire clock mechanism can spiral staircase and sunken lounge. be seen operating. The stainless-steel His design includes 3D models, floor interior reflects the clock mechanism plans, an exploded view to show and surroundings, making the device different components, elevations seem even more intricate and and section views of the house. detailed. Professional-grade renderings create realistic images of certain rooms. I hand-forged sculptures of flowers and a sword on an anvil, and made I incorporated my Polish heritage into aluminium ingots in the crucible. my project and created a modern house that feels like a Polish home.

14 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY Jewellery box Mountain bike

Alice Wilson Jeremiah Lee Killara High School Castle Hill High School

Alice wanted to explore the intricacy Jeremiah’s project consists of that can be achieved in creating a a model and extensive working jewellery box. Her project features drawings, including isometric, decorative marquetry on the side and detailed and sectioned views of top, a tray with a removable ring individual parts. He also produced box, and three drawers that run along photorealistic rendered images using handmade brass runners. A secret a 3D computer graphic technique drawer is concealed by a stripe of known as raytracing. Jeremiah curly maple wood that circles the box. created an animation to show an exploded view of extracted individual I developed my skills working with parts, ending with a reassembly of hand tools, such as my construction the model. of dovetails in the drawers. I was able to develop new skills through research and building on my existing CAD program knowledge.

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY 15 Electronic tank robot Mini loader

Nicholas White Harry Kermode Toronto High School Kinross Wolaroi School

Nicholas designed this remote- Initially conceived to clean out controlled robot to gain a greater underneath shearing sheds, Harry’s understanding of how electronic remote-controlled mini loader can be circuits work, and to improve his used for a wide variety of landscaping soldering, coding and CAD skills. uses. Completing the project gave He used 3D-printing for clips, hinges, him many opportunities to learn new small enclosures, mechanisms and skills in lathe machining and software supports. Recycled components programs AutoCAD and Inventor. include fans, capacitors, heatsinks, Harry also discovered how to make joysticks, motors, limit switches a wiring harness and how hydraulic from microwave ovens and a systems work as well as improved small speaker. his welding techniques.

My biggest challenge was designing I enjoyed coming up with considered a 3D frame with over 5000 lines and solutions to problems. curves making hundreds of pieces that fit.

16 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY Batman’s Day Off(5:34) Bubba the Elephant (3:40)

Jaiden Collins Nirel Dimaunahan De La Salle College, Revesby Heights Macarthur Girls High School

This stop-motion film was inspired With the COVID-19 lockdown by a previous project in Shape and restrictions, Nirel’s project had to the many LEGO stop-motion videos change enormously. Discovering a online. While Jaiden’s planning much-loved childhood toy sparked included a storyboard, improvisation her imagination. Her film is about the was a big part of the project, and as a importance of retracing comforting result many scenes had to be added childhood memories to reflect upon or cut. Much attention was paid to our growth as individuals. It creates a the set designs and incorporating playful atmosphere with warm tones action into the background to bring and bright colours, accompanied by the scenes to life. a mellow song.

I learnt that creating stop motion I enjoyed trying to be creative using requires a lot of patience and the resources within the one room. dedication.

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY 17 A Gift (2:26) Heroes of Tomorrow (2:03)

Zoe Fraser Amy O’Toole Northern Beaches Secondary Northern Beaches Secondary College, Freshwater Senior Campus College, Freshwater Senior Campus

When Zoe’s brother Luka was Amy’s project is a proposal for a diagnosed with Asperger syndrome television series in the Japanese at the age of six, he said to her, ‘I anime genre, starring action heroes want people to know how I feel’. This with special powers. She developed request motivated her film, which an opening sequence set to music for uses advanced techniques such as the pilot episode, along with concept 3D and cell animation. Zoe expresses art for the main characters, settings her brother’s perspective on the and key themes of the show. She also world through creative drawings, provides examples of the mood, representing autism in a positive artistic style and types of sequences light by focusing on the gift this to appear in the series. disorder provides. I wanted to improve my skills in A Gift advocates for a group of people drawing, animating and editing. who don’t have the capabilities to express their struggles.

18 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY Design and Technology

The HSC Design and Technology course focuses on creativity, innovation and the successful implementation of ideas. The project each student selects can be a product, system or environment. The course aims to develop students’ conceptual understanding; their appreciation of the historical and cultural influences of design and the interrelationships of design, technology, society and the environment.

Backyard Bees Electronic prosthetic hand

Emma Smart Paolo Atas Stella Maris College Mount Annan Christian College

Emma designed her native beehive A prosthesis is a physical aid that also to be both aesthetically pleasing affects a person’s self-perception, and easy to use. Her aim was to so Paolo’s project to make prosthetic encourage people to install beehives hands more affordable and and increase the population of native customisable meets a mental as well bees, which are vital for natural as a financial need. This is particularly ecosystems and agriculture. She important for young people, who can focused on native bees for her rapidly outgrow their prosthetic project because the hive would be devices. In Paolo’s design, expensive sustainable and simpler to manage, components have been substituted and honey could be collected from it. with force sensitive resistors, removable sockets are replaceable I learnt valuable lessons in and push-fit 3D printable cases can resilience, problem solving and be easily swapped. time management. I found it especially challenging to design compact housings for the motors and electronics.

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 19 Waterproof wearable OXYREEL asthma device Matthew Langsam Charlotte Bergman Cranbrook School Queenwood People using oxygen machines often Charlotte’s lightweight device helps find that the tubing that delivers the people with asthma to engage in oxygen can become debilitating and (water) sporting activities safely, hazardous as it can wrap around their knowing that they can use their legs, causing reduced mobility and medication at any time and reduce serious injury. Matthew’s project is the chance of an asthma attack. an ergonomic, portable device that The device is constructed with seamlessly retracts oxygen tubing. soft neoprene material so that it This eliminates a tripping hazard and is comfortable to wear, and has supports the environmental safety of been designed and tested to deliver people with respiratory failure. a standard dosage of medicine to the user. Problem solving allowed me to break down my project to its core I learnt the importance of components and understand collaborative design as well as what was needed. experimentation and prototyping.

20 DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY Solar Desalinator Lockable mooring buoy

Valentius Wirjana Max McMurray Waverley College Mater Maria Catholic College

Valentius was motivated to find a Boat moorings cost thousands of method for desalination that turned dollars a year to service and maintain, saltwater into fresh water without and can be damaged or used by using unsustainable energy such as people who do not own them. With fossils fuels. The Solar Desalinator has Max’s lockable mooring buoy, the a reflector positioned to use the sun’s owner can close off access to the rays to heat saltwater in the pipe. This mooring rope via a bluetooth is then condensed into safe drinkable connection controlled within their water. The device is able to heat the vessel. It is a self-contained system pipe to 96°C in under seven minutes. powered by solar, devised to suit the marine environment. Managing my time and working regularly was the key to completing I valued my experience interviewing my project. the CEO of a yacht club who saw great potential in my design.

Provisional patent application: 2020904698

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 21 RoboRan ThrowSmart

Olivia Hannell Olivia Hayes Turramurra High School St Andrew’s Cathedral School

Olivia was motivated to address the Inspired by her love of the sport, issue of plastics in the ocean which Olivia designed this javelin that threaten marine and human life. She measures the distance, speed and designed a plastic-waste collection angle of the throw and records the unit that floats along the surface of data in an app on the athlete’s the water. The device uses both electronic device. ThrowSmart forward motion and negative improves on the current technique pressure from the rear propellers of measuring javelin throws, which to draw waste into the mouth, is done manually using a tape about capturing it in a net. 40–50 times within a training session, and doesn’t calculate any other I learnt many hands-on skills, and aspects of a throw. important lessons in resilience and determination. I learnt that resilience and patience are the most important skills for a designer to have.

Provisional patent application: 2020904751

22 DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY Helio+ Eco Plate

Yijia Zhou Connor Burke Pymble Ladies’ College Jamison High School

Yijia’s research showed that seven P and L driving plates regularly fall million people die each year due to off moving cars. After discovering air pollution. To reduce the carbon that these plastic plates were found dioxide emissions from burning fossil in gutters, footpaths and waterways, fuels which contaminate the air, Connor was inspired to design a Helio+ allows users to recharge their plate that will break down in the mobile devices using solar energy environment. Eco Plate is made from panels that track the sun. from recyclable board embedded Modelled after the sunflower, its with native flora seeds, and covered biomimicry design of bright natural in a biodegradable wax. The plate colours makes Helio+ visually will decompose and germinate in appealing to use. the right conditions.

This project has inspired me to Made with local materials, Eco pursue an engineering career to make Plate can save thousands in future positive changes to the community. environmental issues.

Provisional patent application: 2020902801

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 23 Tactile ground DoseGuardian surface indicators Fox McDonald Genevieve Bryant Sydney Grammar School Wyndham College Fox’s device helps a person keep The majority of visually impaired track of their medication, eliminating people experience difficulty the problems of simply forgetting as navigating the world around them well as the risks of underdosage and using existing aids. With an ageing overdosage. It measures the weight population, this is a growing problem. of a user’s medicine then uses a Genevieve has developed tactile simple three-colour traffic-light ground surface indicators that system to tell them whether or not communicate directional or they should take their medication. geographical information to a probing cane or via the feet. Her functional The most challenging part was design is cost-effective, easy to the coding, having taught myself detect, durable and environmentally C+ in order to use the Arduino friendly. [programmable platform] as the logistic system in my design. I learnt to think outside my own experiences, and to listen and learn from others.

Provisional patent application: In progress

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