[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]My passion in creativity started at a very young age. My family loves to tell stories of how at Playcentre I would sit for hours at the collage table, or at home how my favourite game was to pretend to be Robin Hood. At school, I wasn\u2019t so interested in doing my assignments as I was in decorating the pages. Hours alone reading helped foster my imagination and an enduring love for history, which lead to me embarking on a degree in Classics and Anthropology from Victoria University in 2008. I met my husband Benjamin around the same time, who introduced me to the Society for Creative Anachronism, a world-wide medieval re-enactment organisation. I had no interest in sewing at the time, and had to be cajoled into making my first dress for my first event.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”31662″ img_size=”300×420″ css=”.vc_custom_1525322645834{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]But seeing the lords and ladies in their finery, living history through their outfits, inspired me to endeavour to make my own beautiful dress. Little by little, I taught myself how to sew. And somewhere along the line, the overwhelming desire to spend my life sewing and creating costumes was born.<\/p>\n

In 2013, I started my Diploma in Costume Construction for Film, Theatre and Allied Industries at Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School. The vast array of skills and knowledge I gained there have enabled me to be involved in a variety of projects since graduation in 2014; from heading the wardrobe department in several moderate sized theatrical productions, to private commissions and has even allowed me to create a World of Wearable Arts entry, The Eyes Have It, which was accepted into the 2016 show.<\/p>\n

The ability to create objects with my hands is the passion which drives my life. I cannot go a single day without sewing or thinking about my sewing projects, or researching new techniques which will improve my work. In today\u2019s ready-made world, I take pride in the fact that I have the time honoured ability to make something personal and beautiful which someone else will also enjoy.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Anna Stuart\u00a0 |\u00a0 About [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]My passion in creativity started at a very young age. My family loves to tell stories of how…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":29894,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31412","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/annastuartcostumier.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/annastuartcostumier.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/annastuartcostumier.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/annastuartcostumier.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/annastuartcostumier.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31412"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/annastuartcostumier.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32111,"href":"http:\/\/annastuartcostumier.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31412\/revisions\/32111"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/annastuartcostumier.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/annastuartcostumier.co.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}