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Article: Make more of WOW?
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- The Nelson Mail
- Article date:
- September 29, 2009
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It is five years since the World of WearableArt awards show
crossed the strait - enticed, some say, by deep-pocketed Wellington
event-poachers, even if the main tipping points were Nelson's lack
of a suitable venue and the realisation that the concept had
outgrown its birthplace. With the show's burgeoning international
focus, pulling power and creative influence - the supreme winner
this year, after all, was the exquisite work of an Alaskan wood-
craftsman - some residual breast-beating over what the Nelson region
has lost is understandable.
However, rather than dabbing at spilt milk with the rag of envy,
it is surely healthier to accept the commercial realities, applaud
the WOW team as ...