 A related work, the 12-piece "The Terrace" (2008) is held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.In "Empire", Hipkins first used the method of taking scans he made of colour plates in books and then overlaying them with an embroidered patches and decals bought from markets and music stores.Hipkins selected his images from children's Commonwealth and Empire annuals from the 1950s.