In 2011 long-time ATW supporters the Myer siblings funded Finding Kenneth Myer, designed by John Young, to commemorate the life of their late brother Kenneth Baillieu Myer AC DSC. The tapestry was gifted to the National Library of Australia where Kenneth Myer played several key leadership roles.

The tapestry design is made up of different segments, some superimposed on others, that reference the experiences and achievements of Kenneth Myer. This style of collaged image-making is characteristic of Young’s wider practice. The tapestry has been described as “eleven tapestries in one” and Young noted the difficulty he experienced in limiting the amount of information included in the design, while still expressing the vigour of Myer’s activities.

To draw inspiration, Young had access to a number of National Library of Australia archives. Each section of the design references a specific aspect of Myer’s life, namely his contribution to the arts, sciences and humanities. The small segment in the top right corner depicts a cotton flower with cotton DNA running behind it, symbolising Myer’s time working with the CSIRO. The three main portraits are from different times in his life: a few months before he died, as a young naval officer, and at age 13 taken at his father’s funeral. The words along the top allude to the wide array of Myer’s philanthropic and personal passions.

The three weavers working on his project had specific areas to interpret, each with its own palette and complexity. There were several discussions with Young about the "painterly" colours and tones he thought should be included in the tapestry. When the weavers found the pitch of his tones hard to match against the Workshop’s range of colours, they experimented widely with mixes, and eventually used a "cup of green tea" as the perfect match to create the main background colour.

John Young Zerunge is represented by Arc One Gallery.