Friday, 18 September, 2015
Tokara
Art has always been important to
the Ferreira’s…years ago they set about developing a concept whereby they could
promote art to the public in various spaces available at the estate. The
initial concept has evolved into the spectacular and unique display of artworks,
tapestries and sculptures seen at TOKARA today. This September the distinctive
winery launches its 10th annual selection of their inimitable ‘Wine Made Art’ for viewing.
Students from the Marié Stander
School of Art literally transform wine into art when they dip their
paintbrushes in TOKARA Shiraz, to visually portray their interpretations of
this year’s theme: “Celebrating 10 Years of Wine Made Art…”
Marié Stander, who is herself a
practicing artist, has always encouraged her students to play with a variety of
mediums – years ago when the opportunity arose for her to be part of the ‘Wine
Made Art’ campaign, she welcomed the challenge.
Translating the rich burgundy colour seen in a glass of Shiraz onto a canvas
is no easy task, if the wine is used as is the colour is a very pale lilac,
over the years Marié and her students have perfected the method of preparing
the wine for use as an art medium. After much experimentation they discovered
an old Voortrekker recipe for ink
which turned out to be the winning solution – the wine is boiled with a rusty
nail and a white Protea leaf creating the burgundy reduction the artists paint
with.
The top 25 artworks from this
year’s ‘Wine Made Art’ project will be displayed in the on-site gallery at
TOKARA from September 17th until end January 2016 for all public to view.
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