Artists

The wire artists featured below are all well known for their work with this unusual and creative medium.  Creating fluid, sculptural works of faces, figures, animals and objects, they are certain to inspire your students.  Working with wire can be an exciting new way of working and can be used to draw with, like a […]

Visual artist Robin Brooks works in a variety of media including oils and acrylics, and monotype printmaking, but it’s her collage landscapes that really caught my eye.  What an inspiring start they would make for a project in the art classroom. Painting her own papers with acrylic she is inspired by the beautiful Maine landscape […]

Some earrings look like art teacher earrings to me!  This post is full of the artiest earrings available on the internet.  And when I say arty, I mean in-your-face obvious arty.  Wouldn’t these also make a great gift for an art teacher?  Fabulous. Art Supplies Earrings! We use art materials every day and sometimes they […]

Cas Holmes is a textile artist loved by many art and textile teachers.  Using mostly low-tech techniques that can be replicated in the classroom, she is an ideal artist to use with students.  Found materials, layering collaged fabrics, building up compositions and adding detail in stitch are all part of Holmes’s process. Her work captures […]

Dale Chihuly: Reflections in Nature The real joy of seeing the dazzling Chihuly sculptures at Kew Gardens is to see how Chihuly has responded to the landscape and built environment.  Each glass sculpture works within the space where it is located either working with the plants around it or dominating a vista as you turn […]

I can show students a range of artists work and if Cristina Troufa is in the mix, there are certain to be several students who choose to look at her work.  I shouldn’t be surprised.  The first time I saw her work I did a double take.  It’s not often that you look at an […]