Mukati! Mukata! Muna! Beanies from all around.

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Mukati! Mukata! Muna! Beanies from all around.

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2008 Competition Results
	'Let the Magic Begin', Sandie O'Neill People's Choice: The favourite beanie of 2008
	1 The Greenie Beanie Use low impact materials such as natural fibres, dyes and recycled materials Winner: 'Endangered Spirit', Donovan W Hannis Special Mention: 'A Little Loopy', Myra Males 2 The Folk Beanie A beanie that references cultural traditions and costume. Winner: 'Arabian Nights', Debbie Peterson Special Mention: 'Glow Worm',Sirkku Varpula 3 Spirit of the Land Explores the ranges, the bush, the sea, the desert. Winner: 'Honey Ant', Prisailla Adamson Special Mention; 'Sea to Centre', Val Smith 4 Monsters and Magic Take us to the dark or the light! Winner: 'Monster Crow', Yumiko Kejima Special Mention: 'Let the Magic Begin', Sandie O'Neill 5 The Double Take A fun beanie that doubles as a puppet, toy or musical instrument. Winner: 'Marvis + Fred', Doris Madden Special Mention: 'Cleopatra's Guppy', Bronwyn Menton 6 Best Animal Beanie Animals, birds, reptiles, insects and strange invertebrates all welcome. Winner: '3 Chicks', Siri Omburg Special Mention: 'Bird' Sandra Summerfield 'Buzz', Felicity Kamevaar 7 The Eileen Bladon Tea- Cosy Prize Tea- Cosies are sister objects to the beanie. Winner: 'Wild Tea Party', Helen Walters Special Mention: 'Tea Cosy', Tjunkaya Tapaya 8 Best Hand-felted Beanie Including wet felting, needle felting or knit and felt techniques. Winner: 'Ships of the Desert', Bindi Inc Special Mention: 'Sun Goddess', Val Pascall Encouragement Mention 'Dreaming Waterholes', Valerie Brumby 9 The Central Australian Prize for an outstanding local piece of work. Winner: 'The Band', Stephanie Campbell Special Mention: 'Sue's Tjanpi', Sue McDonnell 10 Festival Committee Acquisition Prize For wonderful and unusual work. Winner: 'Winter Wind', Liudmila Abramova Special Mention: 'Titjikala Landscape', Marie Schilling 11 The Robbie Beard Handspun Prize Prize for a work made with yarn handspun by the artist. Winner: 'Ininti Mukata', Impiti Winton Special Mention: 'Habit Hat', Miriam Elkin 12 New Wave Beanie Encouragement Prize For a school-aged beginner beanie maker. Winner: 'Birds Nest', Ruby Power Special Mention: 'Wild Thing', Ruby Farthing 'Peek-a-Boo', Emma Gaskon 13 New Wave Beanie Prize For a school-aged advanced beanie maker. Winner: 'Princess of the Sea', Elsie Killik Special Mention: 'Yirara', Natalie Brisere Encouragement Award 'Reversible Encounter', Alexander Hill

2008 Alice Springs Beanie Festival Competition
In the vast Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of Australia’s Central Desert the traditional people (Anangu) have been making and wearing beanies for all of time. Traditionally in Pitjantjatjara and Luritja languages beanies are called ‘mukata’. If you venture further south-west, then the language is Yankunytjatjara, where they call them ‘muna’. The Walpari people of theTamami Desert, north-west of Alice Springs call beanies 'mukati'. All languages are dynamic and these days lots of people in the centre just call beanies mukata.
This year we celebrate mukata made from emu feathers, seeds and yarns spun in the old way that embody the Central Desert. They remind us you can tell people’s address by their head-dress – whether it’s a chullo from Peru, a fez from Morocco, a beret from France, or a ushanka from Russia.
What’s your head-dress? We invite beanieologists everywhere to join us by making beanies with your own traditional twist.

Exhibition was open from Saturday 28 June to Sunday 31 August 2008

PRIZES
The Cleckheaton Dozen! 12 magnificent barrels of yarns
$250 Cleckheaton Cash prize. For the Peoples Choice winner
The Ashford Felting prize. A beautiful bundle of fleeces
New Wave Craft kits for school age beanie makers

Judges
Waltraud Reiner is a milliner, known internationally for her work and teaching
Brian Tucker, Beanie Aficionardo
Andy (Andrea) Greenslade, Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs, National Museum of Australia
Jenny Taylor, Artist from Alice Springs