Lynch, Hayley - Dreamcatcher
My art work is of a dream catcher that looks like a Ying-Yang. The dream catcher was used in Native America which represented 'spider women' which was an important person to children as they were told spider woman kept them safe during dreams and made sure they only had good dreams. The only problem was they said that 'spider women' was finding it harder to look after children so mothers and grandmothers would weave children dream catchers representing that they are safe when sleeping, Today dreamcatchers are just seen as a pretty decoration and the history has been forgotten. I chose to decorate it with the Ying-Yang as it shows two opposite forces can be good, which links to the dreamcatcher because spiders are not seen to be a good thing to keep you safe but in this context they are shown as loyal and are there for safety.
Laleng, Max - All Faiths or None
My final piece of art shows there is some sort of rivalry or conflict on two different sides of a brick wall; on one side there is the conflict where trouble is occurred and then the side shows peace. This is shown by one side of the wall is a graffiti stencilled peace symbol and on the other is a modern tank breaking through the wall and trying to destroy the peace. The person who has inspired me to create this piece was the graffiti artist Banksy as I have used stencils to create the effect of one of his pieces of art.
Fan, Man - All Faiths or None
This piece of work is made out of pencil and colour pencil, you can see that the hand is holding a candle, the candle represents light and hope, the hand is holding it very carefully, I was inspired to create my idea by church congregation. Where Jesus gets supported from his believers, praying and lighting candles in church.
Duncan, Paige - All Faiths or None
My piece is about equality and hope. I have made a canvas with a hole in the middle. On the wall it represents bad things people associate with religion like terrorism and bombing. In the hole it represents hope with a dove. Also there is a multi-cultural face representing different cultures from around the world with a mirror for one of the eyes so when people walk past the art piece they will be a part of it, symbolising everyone is equal.
Barratt, Sian - All Faiths or None
My final piece is about treating religious people the same as non-religious people. I personally feel that every religion should be treated equally. In this mixed media piece I have infused Muslim woman’s thoughts and beliefs into a water coloured hijab. I was inspired to add text from Grayson Perry as I think it shows what the artwork means very clearly.
