'Hear the Plant Song' — the second tapestry designed by artist Janet Laurence for the ATW, was cut from the loom in June 2020 by Andrew and Cathy Cameron. The Cameron's commissioned the tapestry for their private collection of Australian contemporary art.

Distinctive, complex and beautiful, the 'Hear the Plant Song' tapestry was hand-woven over 1300 hours by ATW weavers Chris Cochius, Amy Cornall, Cheryl Thornton and Sue Batten.

The fragility of the natural environment drives Laurence's international art practice. Across photography, sculpture, video and installation, she explores the deep interconnection of life forms and ecologies. The design allowed the artist to build on her knowledge of the way the ATW weavers can transform a digital image into a tapestry. 'Hear the Plant Song' invites the viewer to submerge themselves in a subaqueous like undergrowth. The design is a composite digital image that draws on Laurence's extensive image archive, layered with scans of paint dragged on glass resulting in an ethereal, transparent effect.

ATW weavers captured the reflective qualities of Laurence's tapestry design; transparent glass areas, lines of light as well as soft painterly and watery effects, by using very subtle colour mixing techniques and a concise range of green and blue tones. ATW master dyer Tony Stefanovski dyed three new wool tones and one new cotton tone in the ATW's on-site colour laboratory to achieve the specific greens needed.

Reflecting on the commissioning process, Mr Cameron noted 'the trust placed in the weavers by Janet, to not copy, but transform her design into tapestry was a process that has been so interesting to observe. We are thrilled with the result, and we look forward to living with and contemplating 'Hear the Plant Song' for many years to come'.