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BATSFORD PRIZE

We’re delighted to announce The Batsford Prize 2024 shortlist!

The judges for this year’s Batsford Prize have decided on a shortlist of 28 entries across the four categories Applied Arts & Textiles, Fine Art, Illustration and Children’s Illustration.

The judges for the 2024 award were professionals from across the creative industries: Neil Dunnicliffe, Vaughan Grylls, Anne Kelly and Eoghan O’Brien.

The shortlisted entries will be showcased in an exhibition at the Batsford Gallery in Central London 30 May – 2 June. The winners of the Batsford Prize 2024 will be announced on 29 May. First prize in all categories is a £300 cash prize and £100 worth of books from Batsford. Plus: An additional £300 cash prize for an overall winner across the categories.

 

The Shortlist

 

APPLIED ART & TEXTILES

 

Above the Threads

Leona Marshall, Textile Design, De Montfort University

This project is based around the idea of threads above the woven fabric. An extra warp look structure has been created to then allow threads or other items to sit on the surface of the fabric. Some of the materials are then manipulated to give the idea of them defying gravity.

 

Between Spaces

Holly Whiffen, BA (Hons) Textiles, Arts University Bournemouth

A collection of print designs for interiors inspired by Manchester and the mundane of every day. Exploring the way people and space connect. This collection utilises digital and UV print as well as screen printing onto various materials including hard surfaces wallpaper and fabric

 

Rock Formations

Hannah Elliott, BA (Hons) Textiles, Arts University Bournemouth

My project has been about rock formations and how the different ranges of rocks to cliffs have inspired my collection to a contrasting colour palette to multiple textures explored.

 

Small Wonders

Cerys Watkins, BA (Hons) Textiles, Arts University Bournemouth

A vibrant Textiles collection for stage wear exploring the concept of otherworldly dreamscapes and keeping ‘your head in the clouds’. This project’s outcomes consist of digitally printed and embroidered fabrics which range in scale from large drops to smaller placements.

 

Still Life

Ella Nathan, BA (Hons) Textiles, Arts University Bournemouth

An Interior collection of printed fabrics, papers and tiles which uses gestural marks and painterly qualities to interpret a principal genre of Western Art in a contemporary manner. Bold shapes and colours have been explored through digital, screen, UV and lino print.

 

Threading Through Time

Jeannie Malcolm, BA (Hons) Textile Design, Falmouth University

‘Threading through time’ explores the emotional gravity that shapes our everyday lives. It speaks to the bonds that unite us all, transcending the confines of time and space. This embellished jacket is inspired by the ‘Hazel Sims’ Archive and the connection I felt to her work.

 

Unravelled

Rose Cordery, BA (Hons) Textiles, Arts University Bournemouth

‘Unravelled’ is a collection that embodies a sense of unravelling tension under both a conceptual and literal sense of gravity. The collection aims to communicate a cathartic release from the systemic oppression of women.

 

FINE ART

 

Breeding Migration-made in…

Zijing Ye, MFA Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Arts

The artwork contrasts borderless existence with farmed salmon’s confinement, exploring freedom and identity through foreign foods. The artwork challenges the unitary classification standard of nationality identity, probing societal constraints on freedom despite universal yearning.

 

Food, Connection, Potato

Kaya Lambie, Fine Art & Philosophy, Duncan of Jordanstone

The domestic dwelling which tie welcoming togetherness through sharing around the dinner table, with the weight of human connection binding all parties together to create spaces in time which are little thought of, but greatly valued.

 

Meet The Girls

Lauren Matley, BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Salford, Manchester

A series (6) of A3 banners made of synthetic silk, depicting heat transferred digital collages which have been beaded and embroidered upon, hung in scroll-like style upon hooks. The images on the banners display ambiguous, androgynous creatures which ironize the male gaze.

 

Metamorphosis

James Mellor, BA Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University

In the realm of wire, where visions take flight, James Mellor crafts a series, bold and bright. ‘Metamorphosis’ unfolds, a story to tell, In an immersive space, where emotions swell. Suspended in air, a delicate dance, Wire sculptures hang, a visual trance.

 

NEXUS

Ellie Wellman, Illustration, University of the West of England

NEXUS investigates the intersection between human form and technology, exploring the theme of gravity and the connection between humans and AI. It challenges viewers to reconsider their perceptions of AI while sparking conversations about our digital existence.

 

Time’s Fall

Joanna Cohn, MA Print, Royal College of Art

This is an image of the inside of the neolithic caves at Nerja. It is a combination of stalactites and stalagmites, where the two grow a millimetre per hundred years, until they almost touch. The formation is the slow fall of hundreds of thousands of years of gravity pulled drips

 

Tours and Detours

Victor Guerin, MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art

Modelled in 3D software, this piece was 3D-printed in porcelain over a 50-hour period, meticulously monitored and retouched by hand, before being finally fired. A collaboration between artist and machinery, defying gravity and urgently appreciating natural materials’ raw beauty.

 

ILLUSTRATION

 

Augo’s Aurora

Cadan Welch, Illustration, University of the West of England

A silent narrative about a polar bear struggling to adapt to his changing home, made using watercolour pencils.

 

Falling for You

Tom Melin, Graphic Design, Nottingham Trent University

This project explores the relationship between humans and gravity in a playful manner.

 

Flightless

Jess Blakemore, BA Illustration, University of the West of England

In the hands of a puppeteer, the dodo comes to life again, with the hope of a world where flightlessness isn’t a death sentence. Each feather stitched into place and a face delicately decorated. Reflecting a reverence for the creature lost through human greed, but not forgotten.

 

FRANK

Joe Savage, BA Illustration, University of the West of England

An unnamed man in the 1800s USA grieves over the loss of his friend Frank, and talks about the development of his emotions.

 

KISS

Yu-An Xie, MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University

This is a gift book for adult audience to read and send to their loved ones. Love is like the gravity that pulls people towards where they belong and whom they feel safe with. The book shows different types of kisses to tell a story about a long-distance relationship.

 

Oh Crumbs

Naomi Tipping, MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University

A picture book on the theme of dementia.

 

One Day

Keiko, MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University

This graphic novel, created through printmaking, depicts the family and emotional life of an elderly woman. The project explores the connection between household chores and the gravity of life.

 

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATION

 

Bread King’s Coronation

Yu-An Xie, MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University

A story about a new king who accidentally ate his bread crown on the coronation day and got into trouble.

 

Fishy Friday

Charlotte Durance, MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University

Fishy Friday is a book which depicts a big drama in a small community. The humour lies in the gravity of the situation for the villagers as their sleepy village is turned upside down.

 

Honest Olive

Rose Grover, MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University

This picture book was created for 3-7 year olds. It tells the story of a well-meaning child who tells her first lie, which comes to life and causes her endless trouble. When she realises the gravity of the situation, she strives to put it right.

 

Jump! Boom!

Fatima Ordinola Guerra, MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University

A concertina book where animals, sounds and movements fills every page. It’s a book to open, fold, unfold, play, and discover. For this project, the technique was screen printing.

 

Marigolds

Aditi Anand, MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University

Marigolds is an attempt to highlight the gravity of child labour in India. It’s a story about lost childhoods, thus serving as a window into a world that may be different from the readers’.

 

Mr Octo’s Ice Creams

Katie May, MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University

Mr Octo’s Ice Creams is a wordless graphic novel that tells the tale of a sinking ice cream van, which once underwater creates a livelihood for an entrepreneurial octopus.

 

Why Apples Fall

Yutong Lu, BA Illustration, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh

A children’s picture book about ‘inspiration apple’ and ‘gravity’.

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