Today there was a story published in the Lapeer County Press about my daughter Brittany Hayward. It was written by Staff Reporter Jennifer Decker and can be found on the Lapeer County Press website. I’ve added photo’s to Jennifer’s story below.Thank you to all of our friends, family and fellow employees at Plexus Systems, Inc. for saving all of the credit cards for her. A special thanks goes out to Blockbuster, Walmart and JW Marriott for donating those last few gift cards and room keys that were needed for Brittany to finish her dress "The Key to Credit".
Now to Jennifer Decker's article:
Dressmakers usually make their works from cotton or chiffon, but Brittany Hayward opted for something different and chose credit cards. Complete with earring, necklace and bow accessories also made with credit cards.
The 18-year-old Lapeer West High School senior spent two years alone collecting the cards. She made the dress in studio art class. Hayward said it took a few months to make because she had to drill all the holes in the credit cards.Hayward is taught by West art teachers Nancy Barry, Jeanine Smith, and Jeff Bolzman.
"Brittany is gifted," Barry said. "A lot of her 2-dimensional crosses into the 3-dimensional area. Not only is her dress a cool idea, technologically the design is nice. Somebody else might've thought of this, but they wouldn't have designed this."
Barry gave Hayward some film strips and challenged her to make art out of it. Hayward's end piece? She used her imagination and made a purse.Her other art pieces have included a dress made by men's dress ties.
Hayward's credit card dress will be entered into scholastic regional competition in January.
Hayward aspires for a career in art, but really likes working with glass. "I really like glass," she said. "It's challenging. Things break and it's unpredictable."
Hayward's credit card dress will be entered into scholastic regional competition in January.Hayward aspires for a career in art, but really likes working with glass. "I really like glass," she said. "It's challenging. Things break and it's unpredictable."
7 comments:
Very cool and very reflective of our current culture. It could be in one of those VISA commercials where everything works like clockwork until someone tries to pay with cash.
Congratulations to Brittany and her mom! Ingenuity and creativity must run in the family over there at the Hayward household.
I could really see the dress hit the run ways. I hope visa or another cerdit card company get a look at this and features it in one of their commercials. You should atleast wear it to prom or some major event:-)
Brittany--
That's some beautiful work (not just the credit card dress).
Very cool!!!! She did a great job! :)
Wow, I am really impressed with Brittany's work. Make sure you tell her that.
How lovely....She really is so talented.....Thank you for sharing !
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