2023 - Artwork Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Insect Week

Competition 2023 – Artwork – Under 18 years – Kay McGivney – (1)

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I used repeating insect patterns and coloured them in different schemes to create an even bigger tile-like pattern.

Competition 2023 – Artwork – Under 18 years – Mariyah Shehabuddeen – (1)

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My drawing depicts two ants carrying a large larva in between them through a tunnel in the ground.

Competition 2023 – Artwork – 18 and over – Veronica Cosier – (1)

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Conceptual ceramic interpretations of wood boring beetles against the backdrop of a decaying beetle inhabited cherry tree stump.

Competition 2023 – Artwork – Under 18 years – Abdullah Shehabuddeen – (1)

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A painted lady butterfly is feeding using an extended proboscis, while its wings are folded.

Competition 2023 – Artwork – Under 18 years – Abdullah Shehabuddeen – (3)

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This midge larva has built itself a tubular home from silt and its saliva, underwater. It's poking its head outside and holding a particle of silt that will be added to the tube. In the background, other larvae have built tunnels on a distant leaf. Pond microbes swim everywhere.

Competition 2023 – Artwork – 18 and over – Edward Hughes – (1)

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The image is based on a journal article by Liu et al. (2018; doi:10.1111/een.12486) that investigated the distribution and phylogeny of Carbula humerigera and C. putoni in eastern China.

Competition 2023 – Artwork – Under 18 years – Jessie Deng – (1)

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Insects are globally endangered. Human nature seek to kill due to their disgusting, cruel, gruesome features. Their form of torture and suffering is unknown to people. The red demon eye represents killer instinct, insects are mapped across the globe, time determines their death

Competition 2023 – Artwork – Under 18 years – Harry Moule – (1)

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A blue to green gradient with a touch of yellow.

2023 Art Competition Winners

Thursday 11th July 2024

View the fantastic winning entries for the 2023 Art Competition below. Over 18 years First prize ‘Boring Rotters’ Veronica Cosier Conceptual ceramic interpretations of wood boring beetles against the backdrop of a decaying beetle inhabited cherry tree stump. “Having a fascination for the extensive variety of shapes…