During the two-year period of Comenius project, we have invited the parents of our pupils and our former students to come to our school in order to introduce the requirements and everyday life of their professions. We have had lots of interesting people visiting us, such as police officers, municipality staff, local farmers etc visiting us, but the most interesting experience was when we had a fashion designer, Ragne Kikas, based in Hamburg, Germany coming to our school and speaking about her career choices. Ragne is a young Estonian knitwear designer, awarded with several prizes abroad. She was born in Estonia, went to Viluste Basic School , but then decided to live and work in Germany. She has graduated from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.
When visiting our school, she pointed out to our students that something very traditional to us as having handicraft lessons regularly is not that natural in other countries. She herself learned how to knit at the age of five. So far, she has created five collection. In her last collection, she was inspired by the 15th and 16th century armour, whose inflexible and angular shapes she adores and translates into intriguing knitted fabrics. However, she also said that inspiration is only a starting point, more important for her is the choice of techniques. Her biggest achievement so far was the nomination for Festival Hyeres 2012 where she was among the ten finalists and won two awards – the Premiere Vision and the festival' s public prizes. Ragne is invited to New York and Paris to present her work to the press and the fashion professionals.
Our students and teachers were really amazed by the fact that it is possible to go and conquer the world despite of the fact that you originally come from a tiny village situated in a small country.
Our students and teachers were really amazed by the fact that it is possible to go and conquer the world despite of the fact that you originally come from a tiny village situated in a small country.
