‘UNDERFOOT’ Lesley Wood ‘Tightrope Walker’ Highly Commended
The Members’ Challenge theme for 2017/18 was ‘UNDERFOOT’. The
judging panel felt that this subject had great potential for interpretation and
style it could be walking through flower meadows, standing in the sand
on a beach, in a puddle, in the snow or a forest floor, walking over rocks
and stones, on an old tiled floor, mosaics or a patterned rug. It could be the
soles of your feet, Australia even! The theme was chosen as it
would appeal to many members and suit a range of different approaches.
The pieces received showed fantastic diversity in creativity and
interpretation.
Jane Lemon Award for Drama and Creativity
The Members’ Challenge theme for 2018/19 was ‘LIFE’S RICH PATTERN’.
We had a wonderful response to ‘UNDERFOOT’, the previous year’s
competition and the judging panel felt that this theme again had great
potential for interpretation and style, examples of the some ways in which
the title could be interpreted included: tattoos/scarification, inside the
body, journeys through life, special occasions that punctuate our lives and
make us who we are, memoirs, patterns that are formed as part of a
culture or religion, mosaics/floor tiles, juxtaposition of pattern and
cultures, rhythms of life, patterns within nature (seed heads, petals, scales,
camouflage), the changing seasons and repetition.
The Members’ Challenge theme for title for 2019/20 was ‘……MY
FAVOURITE THINGS’. We had a wonderful response to the previous
year’s ‘LIFE’S RICH PATTERN’, and the judging panel felt that this subject
again had great potential for interpretation and style. Examples of things
that members may love and use as inspiration included: collections dolls,
ceramics, toys, plants, food, bottles, precious letters, jewellery , sweets
mementos memorabilia, special occasions, gifts dried flowers stitches
gardens Sissinghurst , Kew, Villandry, Giverny people family,
school/college friends, icons, cultures, faces still lives of much loved
objects places special places, holiday memories textiles stamps
plus albums, countries, lettering
For inspiration members could look at the way Kaffe Fassett creates his
colourful canvas work, look at the paintings of Christiane Kubrick,
Impressionist artists and Dutch paintings.
Overall Joint Winner
Find all the winning entries for these three years in our eBook: