Clare H Johnson

Above: Take a line for a walk, Below: Bear Books

I love these two works by Clare Johnson especially the textures on the stockinged legs, Clare exhibits with the 62 group of textile artists.

Thank you

It is two years today since I started 'The Art Room Plant' and it now has well over 1500 posts.

I would like to thank all the artists, designers and crafts people who's work I have featured here, and the readers and followers who so kindly visit, leave comments and words of encouragement.

Thank You

Susan Bower II

I would love a book of Susan Bower's paintings I love their humorous observation, strange perspective, texture and lovely contrasts of colour.

Brown Paper Friday

Another crazy day at work today, it has been quite a week. Today was brown paper challenge day for my NC Fashion students. They were challenged to create sea themed dresses using brown paper. It was great fun, full of energy and another great day Photographs.

Ursula, Flounder, Ariel and my WWP Students

Above: Ursula on Kirkcaldy Promenade

Above: Ursula

Above: Nearly everyone.

Above: Stacey-Leigh

Above: A proud Morgan and Hayley-Ann

I have been looking forward to today since after the Christmas holiday and it lived up to my expectations. I am not teaching this wonderful group of students as of next week. I let them know that we only had a few weeks left and introduced the idea of a paper mache graffiti project. Having told them the previous years themes this group decided on 'The Little Mermaid' as their theme and then worked really hard so today we got to go out with Ursula, Flounder and Ariel.

The best part of the day?

Reversing up to a nursery gates and seeing the little children running to the railings screaming with delight, . . . and very, very happy students.

Thank you WWP you have been great fun to work with x (More Pictures)

Ursel Arndt

". . . In Germany we have a problem . . .schools no longer teach in old handicraft techniques . . . "you can learn it from your grandmother" they say. But she no longer lives with the children in our modern society . . ."

Ursel Arndt took three years collecting all the flowers for this quilt, some of the flowers were made especially for it, some are over a hundred years old.

Deborah Barrett II

More works by Deborah Barrett, the top image reminds me of the wonderful work of Alasdair Anderson.

Deborah Barrett

Deborah Barrett was a naive artist who worked in mixed media to create her humorous, observed art works, in both sculpture and painting.

Analu Prestes II

This week promises to be just as eventful and wild as last week, after the teaching, Friday is a Brown Paper Challenge for my Fashion students, and so my mind is on paper and paper cuts. I wanted to share Analu Prestes's paper cuts, Analu mixes folds with cuts to create three dimensional work with shadows, and sometimes she paints her work to increase it's contrast.

Lotte Geeven III

A drawing from Lotte Geeven's series 'backyard vocabulary' where Lotte has layered images
exploring repetative themes 'filling empty space like nature.'

Julian Roberts

Yesterday we had a fantastically inspiring master class delivered by Professor Julian Roberts. The energy and enthusiasm of Julian's presentation was electrifying and contagious everyone had a fantastic time, it was really uplifting, more images here.

Hannah Bertram

Hannah Bertram's fabulous dust from 'Things that come and go'. I couldn't post her pierced envelopes and not have some dust.

Knapfla

Knapfla works with books and illustrations, often her illustrations involve hair or wool, pleating and knitting, and intense areas of pattern.

Hannah Bertram

Australian artist Hannah Bertram works on painstakingly time consuming and detailed works of art. I love her pierced bills and envelopes, her work is epitomised by last years installations entitled 'the silence of becoming and disappearing'. For me, it is an exploration of life and its sometimes lonely and quite demise.