Winner!

  • Sherrelle- A Rainbow After A Storm, Charcoal / mixed media on recycled paper 

Runners Up

  • Ruth Bellhouse – textiles : the old oak tree in Longford park
  • Nerissa Cargill Thompson – Memorial

    I started by developing pieces combining manipulated textiles and cement cast in plastic packaging with suitable texture to reflect the way the gloves were abandoned on pavements or caught in gutters and drains. As my collection of photographs has unfortunately grown, so has my series of cast panels. The manipulated fabric is entombed in the concrete: the disposable glove a reminder of the permanence of loss. It felt important to also respond to the tragic death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests through this series.
  • Nerissa Cargill Thompson- Three Stooges

    As lockdown restrictions eased, I was able to get back into the sculpture studio to do more intricate casting of 3D glove forms. The textiles were inspired by microbiological photographs of the coronavirus. The solid mass of the sculptures signifies that although the gloves are disposable and the current crisis will pass, the ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic will be long lasting.

Highly Commended

  • Joe O’donnel- I’m a digital illustrator but since the lockdown I have started to experiment with making work away from the computer. These flowers are cut by hand and made from reclaimed wood,
  • Joe O’donnell- Hand cut reclaimed wood flowers
  • Gareth Hacking – Follow the path
  • Sally Hirst – Starry night weaving: I first started weaving at the beginning of lockdown and used a cardboard weaving loom originally but I enjoyed it so much that I bought a sample kit weaving loom with my artist commission money and really spent most of lockdown perfecting my weaving skills and my favourite weave is starry night where I did a wavy weaving background using different shades of blue, I also appliquéd some of my circular weaving and used a couching stitch with chunky yarn to make swirls. Some of the yarns I used includes shop bought, hand spun by me and t shirt yarn which I made out of an old t shirt

Artists

  • Xi Chen – Quality family time during Lockdown
  • Xi Chen – Thank you NHS
  • Matthew Button (ButtonPhotographic) – Fake album cover photography Project: sticker bombed beer bottle (collaboration with Shane Mullin)
  • Matthew Button (ButtonPhotographic)- Fake album cover photography Project :Seymour Park Skateboarder
  • Barry Peacock – Boo
  • Barry Peacock- dog
  • Nick Vorstermans – Hand Carved wooden spoon
  • Roxanne Thompson – Surrealist Collage
  • Roxanne Thompson – Food Pun Illustration
  • Ruth Bellhouse – revamped Tin cans
  • Gareth Hacking – stone line
  • Darren Tolliday- T-rex with Blue, Green and Red Food colouring
  • Karen Prince- Floral Painting
  • Karen Prince- Floral Painting
  • Gloria Brooks – I did this piece for my neice and her husband. I loved the simplicity of the line so, I decided to experiment using a different theme, and so, the next image was born.
  • Gloria Brooks – The Victors Crown
  • Jilly Jones – Sunset at Houghton
  • Jilly Jones – Newborn kitten tiny
  • Sherrelle- The Golden Mask, Charcoal / mixed media on recycled paper
  • Evelyn Woolry – Water colour on calico with ink. St Margaret’s Church, Whalley Range
  • So Ping Law- Painted jam jar vases
  • So Ping law- Stand with Hong Kong painted Shopping Bag.
  • Mathew Norman – Kick
  • Mathew Norman – Melon
  • Elaine Eland – Dreamland
  • Elaine Eland
  • Lynda Sterling – it’s all changing; one canvas , ongoing painting .
  • Lynda Sterling – Fridges have feelings too – lockdown fridge