rarotongan readers
1979 - 1980
During her holidays Patricia visited the Cook Islands and made contact with the local schools. Over a period of time she helped facilitate with a group of teachers a series of eight local stories to be used as readers. She illustrated them, and her husband had them printed through the his local Rotary Club. At that time most readers were brought in from New Zealand.
During her holidays Patricia visited the Cook Islands and made contact with the local schools. Over a period of time she helped facilitate with a group of teachers a series of eight local stories to be used as readers. She illustrated them, and her husband had them printed through the his local Rotary Club. At that time most readers were brought in from New Zealand.
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blade of grass
Full scale template hung from eaves of Patricia's home created for the stainless steel fabricators who used it directly as their pattern. The full scale kinetic sculpture was unveiled outside the Invercargill Civic Centre by Sir Keith Holyoake. (Photo J. Faulknor) Artists had been asked to submit ideas, then half a dozen were selected and then submitted marquettes from which the final designer was chosen |
history of edendale
In 1961 Patricia wrote the history of the small Southland town she lived in at the request of the local people.
Patricia's Illustration below of Edendale's first inhabitant - the notorious Highlander sheep rustler - Mackenzie, of "Mackenzie Country" fame. Here with his sledge and bullocks.
school journal
Patricia contributed for many years to the 'School Journal', the longest running serial publication for children in the world. It was coordinated by the Ministry for Education. Many New Zealand authors and illustrators had their work published in the Journal - Rita Angus, James K Baxter... Authors were asked to write a little about themselves so their audience could get to know them better, Patricia jotted this in 1986.
Biographical Notes - of the Journal Catalogue:
I have always been interested in both drawing and writing. My first words in print were in the Evening Post, where every Saturday edition had a children's page called the "Fairy Ring" presided over by "Fairiel". She answered our letters in the paper and printed any she thought interesting and produced our drawings if they were good enough. I was ten years old. I couldn't wait for Saturday to come round! We all had pen-names, and mine was "Butterfly". I even cut my writing paper in the shape of a butterfly! At that time, I lived in Stokes Valley when it was mostly bush and farmlets. The bush came down to our back door. I was an only child, but never lonely, because I lived a lot in my imagination and drew a great deal.
At school, I enjoyed writing essays and poems and used to try to get as many big colourful words in them as I could. I found my teachers at the time loved large, luscious word. Then I changed schools. I couldn't wait to impress the teacher with long words, but when I got my essay back it was covered with red pencil and marked two out of ten! Well, I owe that teacher everything to do with my writing. He said, "It is the right word that is important - not the big word. Write clear crisp sentences that you can understand quickly, not sentences which are just skiting about how much you know!" It was the best advice I had ever had about writing.
I became an art teacher in secondary schools and taught or twenty-nine years. I worked very hard at it and have loved the work and the students.
I have written puppet plays for the School Journal because my classes did quite a lot of puppetry and I could never find plays for them. So before the plays went to the School Journal they were tried out in the classroom.
puppets
1980's
Also included foam talking police car puppets for police constables to work with school children regarding their safety
Also included foam talking police car puppets for police constables to work with school children regarding their safety
coat of arms
1965 Commissioned plaques for Invercargill City Council Buildings. Patricia initially modeled in clay then had them vacuum formed by Calvert Plastics in Lower Hutt. Then painted by Patricia by hand, many copies!
logo designs
banner
Gore Inner Wheel banner - Hokonui ranges in the background
radio nz children's programmes
1950's & 60's
Wrote a series of radio scripts for RNZ like Stick up Gully, Huey & the Bush Rangers etc which were played in serial form.
Wrote a series of radio scripts for RNZ like Stick up Gully, Huey & the Bush Rangers etc which were played in serial form.
programme covers
menu designs
1964
Lactose company long service awards dinner
Lactose company long service awards dinner
story writing
Patricia wrote for newspapers, magazines, radio and television, often illustrating as well. This 1950's picture related to a story about Quarantine Island in the Otago Harbour which her parents owned. It incorporated her son and his good friend.
air force cartoons
1942-1945
During WWII Patricia was engaged and married to Arthur who was serving in the Islands with the Air Force. She would write cartoons for the Air Force magazine using her own experiences. She moved to Taranaki teaching art at Stratford Technical High, in order to be closer to Arthur stationed at Bell Block, but no sooner she got there than he was posted overseas.
During WWII Patricia was engaged and married to Arthur who was serving in the Islands with the Air Force. She would write cartoons for the Air Force magazine using her own experiences. She moved to Taranaki teaching art at Stratford Technical High, in order to be closer to Arthur stationed at Bell Block, but no sooner she got there than he was posted overseas.
wrapping paper designs
'budding'
1980 Marquette in preparation for full size sculpture at Southland Girls' High School quadrangle, representing budding womanhood. Entitled 'Rose Bud'.
mosaics
Compiles with Southland stones, representing Patricia and her husband's pursuits.
Combating Child Abuse
After the controversial 1981 Springbok tour, Patricia felt the police were a sandwich between the law and the protesters. She looked for ways to help the police.
Initially she wrote a TV preschool programme to show the police in a different light. She wrote about a policeman teaching his daughter how to spell and say her full name and write her address. A constable in Whangerei approached her if he could use her story as part of an educational approach. At the police request she then prepared a teaching kit for teachers and police education officers - some including ways for children to keep themselves safe and and to avoid 'abuse' situations.
It included pamphlets for parents to use in discussions with their children.
She also made talking police car puppets for police to use at schools.
O.R Sanders, Curriculum Development Officer passed along the Police College's congratulations to Patricia 'You have managed to word quite tricky situations in ways that are clear to children and acceptable to adults'.
Initially she wrote a TV preschool programme to show the police in a different light. She wrote about a policeman teaching his daughter how to spell and say her full name and write her address. A constable in Whangerei approached her if he could use her story as part of an educational approach. At the police request she then prepared a teaching kit for teachers and police education officers - some including ways for children to keep themselves safe and and to avoid 'abuse' situations.
It included pamphlets for parents to use in discussions with their children.
She also made talking police car puppets for police to use at schools.
O.R Sanders, Curriculum Development Officer passed along the Police College's congratulations to Patricia 'You have managed to word quite tricky situations in ways that are clear to children and acceptable to adults'.