EXTRAORDINARY POSTCARDS
FOR EXTRAORDINARY TIMES
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St.Just Churchyard
Rieve Atkinson
St Just
Written in the Traditional Japanese form of Haibun (Prose paragraphs & Haiku)
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2nd Intrusion: Another Norwegian Form
Ann Haycock
Penzance
Maybe these intrusions relate to Covid 19 upsetting my normal way of life
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Autmn Winds
Iona Mandal
Birmingham
Inspired by Japanese haiku master Buson’s painterly, subjective style. This is a Japanese haiku. It does not conform to the 5-7-5 syllable pattern
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Morvah Roos
Anthony Frost
Morvah
Acrylic monoprint with hand tinting. Acrylic painted on to thin plastic and then printed on to card and then hand tinted with thin acrylic
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Seeds for Change II
Amanda Slade
Penzance
During lockdown I became obsessed with these humble wild plants for their fragility and their tenacity
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All Things Must Pass
Louise Hamilton
Perranporth
As lockdown eased, I felt more hopeful that I could resume doing the things I love – seeing family & friends
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Louise Hamilton
Perranporth
Touch is so important. It’s a basic human need. Not being able to touch my loved ones during lockdown has been very hard.
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To My Friends With Love & Hope xx
Sue Hall
Surrey
A lovely idea to let people know you’re thinking of them
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The Evergreen Everyday
Jylly Friggens
Newcastle
Throughout lockdown I scavenged the hedgerows daily and made these
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Not A Fitness Fan!
Leanne Broadbent
East Yorkshire
At first we baked and ate too much, now I have become very familiar with my weights and exercising every day!
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Svart Hull (Black Hole) – a puzzle
Mons Dordisson
Oslo
I love the geometric compass my teacher gave me when I finally got to go to school again. Mons, 12
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During and After Lockdown (in cross stitch)
Valerie Canavan
St Ives
My mother Marjorie Batten was born in Newlyn
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Civic Hall
Susan Carter
West Midlands
Based on a series of paintings, again on iconic buildings in Wolverhampton
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My March 2020
Helen Easter- Beeken
Kent
This lockdown has been an Golden Opportunity to value my health as well as learn to use a laptop and Zoom
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Tolvedeling (Twelve Parts)
Mons Dordisson
Oslo
I love the geometric compass my teacher gave me when I finally got to go to school again. Mons, 12
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Solitude
Roy Perry & Lisa Wagner
St Just
Study in pencil and water colour for a still life of plastic spheres and horses with furze stems.
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Seeds For Change I
Amanda Slade
Penzance
During lockdown I became obsessed with these humble wild plants for their fragility and their tenacity
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Hand in Day
Elizabeth Saskia Langley
Truro
People can find me on @elizabethsaskialangley on Instagram
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A Covid Romance
Puya Mirkarimi
Newcastle Upon Tyne
I started dating my girlfriend just before lockdown started
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A Portrait Of Penzance No.2
Mary Gabriel
Penzance
Done from 7am to 9:15am on 27th March 2020 in a piercingly cold wind. Basically, this very simple picture says “I was here” on a very quiet day, the first week of lockdown.
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The Church Has Locked The Door
Wendy Blanchet
Kent
This happened at the beginning of lockdown and I was shocked!
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Sporadic Shapes #3 Abstract Shapes Series
Paige I Warrington
Falmouth
Black acrylic paintings and black card inspired by flow and freedom
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Separation & Isolation: 2020 – III
Sandra Boreham
Constantine
First attempt at cyanotypes – dealing with living alone during lockdown.
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Personally Peripheral
Gill Cooke
Penzance
Being hyper-aware of what’s in my peripheral vision has taken priority over forward vision
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Covid Walk 2 Marazion Beach
Julie Massam
Penzance
It’s about discovering the history of HMS Warsprite when on a walk. See www.juliemassam.co.uk
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Flowers Picture Puzzles
Blair Todd
Penzance
As for many families, the weekly pub quiz on Zoom became a lockdown fixture
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Things To Do In Lockdown III
Clive Heritage Tilley
St Buryan
Teach the goldfish synchronised swimming
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The Believer
Janet Sainsbury
Exeter
Thinking about the uses of masks: protection, entertainment, disguise, performance
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Oedipus and Sphinx (reacreated from Salvador Dali)
Dr. Po-Chang Tseng
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
In this extraordinary time, we were asked to think about humanity
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Hedgerow Daisies
Nick Parrett
Truro
Wild flowers have helped me during the lockdown. All 3 Oil on card painted with a knife
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In My Studio
Josie Moore
Warwickshire
Creative activities became even more important to me during lockdown