Connecting and Interpreting : Story #3 from the ATASDA Collaborative Golden Cape

Background : The Golden Cape is a collaborative project for ATASDA members and it celebrates the 50th Anniversary of ATASDA in 2024. 50 present day members have received an image of one of 50 yesteryear members artworks, to use as a muse, to create new artwork based on the past. Inspiration can come from textures, colours, style, design, subject, culture or history of the original artwork.

The new artworks have become panels stitched together to create a Golden Cape - an anniversary art wearable . The Golden Cape will be displayed at various venues around Australia from May 2024.

Vine (Exotica 2009 ATASDA exhibition ) : Norma Warnecke

Meg Buchtmann chose Norma Warnecke's 2009 artwork shown in the ATASDA exhibition "Exotica" as her inspiration for her contribution to the golden cape project .

Golden Cape panel 2023 : Meg Buchtmann

Taken with the colour combinations and the 3D nature of Norma's work, Meg knitted flowers in similar colours and folded them, origami style, the way Norma had. Meg also added to the texture of her panel with an appliqued butterfly and embellishing the flowers with beads and sequins. On an entirely knitted background with leaves and stems, Meg's work not only shows her skill in her chosen technique, but also a lively, colourful and respectful interpretation of the original work. In this work, all the elements of the original are retained, but reinterpreted and reworked using different materials - woollen yarns, in various weights, embroidery threads and glass beads. and techniques.

Meg Buchtmann's work is joyful . It acknowledges the past and celebrates the present. Meg's contribution to the 50th Anniversary Golden Cape not only revisits Norma Warnecke's original work in a unique way but also uses the traditional technique of knitting to create contemporary fibre art.

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