For a small community it seems Eltham is brimming with design talent after four local artists received awards at the Taranaki Fashion Art Awards this month.
At only 8 years old, Eltham Primary School student Lucy Wilson wowed the audience with her piece Snowflake Princess.
Lucy was entered into the children's section of the Time for Eccentricity category and in modelling her own piece was named as Most Outstanding Junior Model on the night.
Lucy says she began constructing her piece at a programme through E-Town Youth. "I sewed all the pieces together myself and used sparkly Duraseal to make the snowflakes." She decided to enter in the fashion awards to follow in the footsteps of her older sister Taya.
Taya, 12, was also successful in the fashion awards, winning the student section of the Time for Eccentricity category with her piece All Bottled Up.