HOPE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
Felt and chocolate came together and became hope for disabled children. Handmade felt hats by students of IUE Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Fashion and Textile Design got glamourized with chocolate decorations prepared by students of IUE Department of Culinary Arts and Management. The proceedings went to Buca Municipality for the construction of playground for disabled children. Students of both departments shared the happiness of disabled children as part of the project co-conducted by ‘İçimdeki Çocuk’ Association.
Prof. Dr. Elvan Özkavruk Adanır, IUE Head of Department of Fashion and Textile Design, stated that the students worked on felt hats and chocolate decorations for 3 weeks. Prof. Dr. Adanır said that the students initially worked on the design of the hats and afterwards cretaed the felt hats out of fibers.
An extraordinary project for disabled children…
Prof. Dr. Adanır explained the decoration process of felt hats with chocolate in following words:
“In the last stage of the project our students coupled up with students of culinary arts and design and discussed the decorations. They all worked together to decorate the hats with chocolate. Our design hats went on sale at the exhibition and the proceedings went to Buca Municipality for the construction of playground for disabled children.”
‘Modeling chocolate’
Chef Semen Öner, Instructor at IUE Department of Culinary Arts and Management, said, “We discussed how students dreamed about decorating the hats. We worked with the chocolate. Each hat got a unique decoration. Since the chocolate on the hats could not be eaten, student chefs also prepared a box of delicious chocolate to eat.”
