Art Room: COP26- A Collaboration of artists - Their creative endeavours inspiried by ecological based stories.

Ongoing COP26 display. The first collaborative images ....

Human Kind...We are but one thread, all things hold together all things connect - Chief from the Native Americans

COP 26 display in progress at the Local Library - A collaboration of Five local creatives. A Potter, A Designer, and Three artists. All working in different mediums - Each focussing on alternative ways of expressing creative production.

Local artists- what inspires their creativity? How does nature, the elements and the natural environment influence their work? The importance of ethical, holistic and alternative methods of production. Through their creative endeavours,what approaches are employed for more ecologicaly sustainable ways of being in the world.

Scape, collage Marianne Koby-
Johnson.

Marianne Koby-Johnson, Assemblages, Mariannes beautiful, delicate works are created out of found objects both man made and natural.." I love making Assemblages from found objects, and painting nature with oils on found wood. "

Boat, Assemblage Marianne Koby Johnson.

Pottery, clay used from Robs Garden. Rob
Rutterford.

Rob Rutterford's sculptural ceramics & pottery - Made from natural clay resources from his own garden. He comments, "Within my ceramics and sculptures I try to use recycled materials. Using Raku techniques which were originaly developed by a Japanese family of potters, who believed being closer to the process creates greater understanding on many levels. "When firing his work Rob needs to be alone watch carefully and respond to the fire ...timing must be accurate. It is very much a philosophical and intuitive approach when responding to the elements. Robs views are If we were to consider an attentive approach of responding toward our planet a balance could be made, to make things better." Rob also uses found pieces of drift wood from the shorelines in his work. And gathered tree branches from the locality where he lives. His earthen vases have a particularly appealing rustic beauty enhanced by Rob's ethically, philosphical centered approach.

Raku Birds on Drift wood Rob
Rutterford, Ceramacist/ Potter

Diane Self''s creative textile works reveal her love, enthusiasm and connection to the natural environment. Diane uses natural dyes and materials inspired by nature and local landscapes. Using vegetable-based dyes in the production of her work is a valuable non-pollutant contribution to the sustainability of our planets fragile eco-systems. This highlights the array of possibilities and alternative ways of sustainable production as a realistic and viable option. Its potential to make positive impacts both ecologically and ethically. The wall hanging below demonstraites one of the many ways Diane is able to use her skills, connecting with the natural environment through her use of materials derived from the natural world.

The magnified image shows the subtle earthy hues and intricate qualities

within Diane's craft - inspiring.

Meraylah Allwoods, painterly creations are stunning ethereal miniatures. She uses imagery as a way of expressing her deep connections to nature, the elements and seasons.Dwelling on a small holding, she uses methods of permaculture when growing fruit and vegtables. This sustainable endeavour is a holistic approach, responsibly and ethically working with the land and natural environment.

This particular image, Earth Angel, is a beautiful example and depiction of that interconnection Meraylah experiences. The image centering on a serene cosmos style figure, whose loving embrace emulates a sense of care, being at one with the whole of nature, at one with all life forms on planet Earth. Meraylah incorporated a poem circling the figure.

Yvonne's work in contrast depicts the current detrimental effects of human activity. The ensuing environmental dissonance topical today. In this work she uses reclaimed materials, the ground embossed with thick gesso. Painted using muted acrylic hues and inks. The image alludes to the deterioration of natural habitats. Fragile ecosystems many find themselves surviving within rather than thriving. The artwork is etched with the words 'Humankind, we are but one thread, all things hold together, all things connect'. This phrase also emphasised in her most recent work Alterered Perceptions. Where a soliatry creature is embedded into an abstracted space, illuminating the detrimental and ailenating effects of industrial pesticides on the natural environment.