Exotica

ATASDA's 35th Anniversary Exhibition, 2009
Flamboyant, frivolous, vibrant, eye-catching, colourful and exotic artworks.

Exotica travelled to Perth, Sydney, Hobart, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide as part of the Expertise Events 2009 Craft & Quilt Fairs.

ATASDA members were offered three separate opportunities - Bugs & Botanica, Cartouche and Masks, Hats & Headdresses - to create exciting & original artwork(s), drawing from an extensive range of materials and techniques, experimenting and exploring, inspired by the theme Exotica.

The exhibition was hugely popular with visitors to the Fair.

Every corner was filled with colour and interest, displaying a huge array of textile techniques and the highly developed skills of ATASDA members.

Bugs & Botanica

Bugs & Botanica were the product of "round robins" of members, in groups of four.

Remaining within the overall theme of the exhibition, each group member created a vine and the first creature or flower on it. Each group member then created another feature item, responding to the individual collection.

Bugs & Botanica - View 1	Bugs & Botanica - View 2	Bugs & Botanica - View 3

Cartouche

Cartouche, 'tablet' style artwork panels suitable for wall mounting in 'portrait' style were the second format created by members. Each individual original artwork was decorated, embellished and themed to create an exciting display of Exotica.

Barbara McLennan	Barbara McLennan	Barbara Reinhard	Caroline Hoh	Debbie Achurch
Debra McPhee	Denise Lithgow	Di Turner	Elaine Witton - "Paper Quilt"	Francis
Georgina Wilson-Greene	Glad Howard	Gloria Muddle	Helen MacRitchie	Jane Suffield
Janice Appleton	Jennifer Munday	Johnson	Kathryn Iliff	Kerry Shelburg
Larna Ezzy	Linda Balding	Linda Basch	Lyn Baxter	Lyn Castle
Lynette Morgan-Tait	Mary Hedges	Maz Beeston	Noleen Fleming	Penny Eamer
Penny Eamer	Penny Eamer	Penny Eamer	Penny Eamer	Penny Eamer
Sandra Champion	Sheila Virgo	Sheila Virgo	Smith	Susan Pietsch
Toni Ivering	Toni Ivering	Tricia Smout	Val Duncan	Val James
Violet Buchanan	Wendy Bailye	Wendy Sonnenburg

Masks, Hats & Headresses

Masks, Hats & Headdresses, individual expressions of wearable style & creativity, completed the exhibition.

Members were encouraged to let their imagination & creativity run wild... fantastic feathers, fur or felt, frivolous fringes, frills & pompoms, tassels, sequins & beads on embossed & embellished elaborate leather, fabric or paper creations of 'wearable art' masks, hats & headdresses.

Anne Foy	Annette Brereton	Annette Brereton	Annette Breteton	Beth Windley
Caroline Hoh	Christine Okunew	Debra McPhee	Di Turner	Elizabeth Roberts
Felicity Clarke	Felicity Clarke	Ford	Hazel Ghisla	Julie Richardson
Marg Long	Margaret Bullock	Margaret Tregilgas	Svenja	Svenja
Taylor	Tricia Smout	Virginia Koster	Vishna Collins	Wendy Bailye
Wendy Bailye	Wendy Bailye

Thanks also to the ATASDA volunteers, and especially the exhibition subcommittee members (below, from left): Sharyn Hall (chair), Sue McCuaig and Tricia Smith.