Tapestry – NATRE

Also in the theme: We have far more in common 2023

Eye to Eye

Artist: Name: Maggie Year: 10 Artwork Name: Eye to eye

Artist: Name: Mila Age: 12 School: South Hampstead High School Artwork Title: The Abrahamic faiths I chose the topic “We have far more in common with each other than that which divides us.” When I first heard this topic, I thought of religion and how religion connects people and creates community; but I also realised that religion can also create further divide and trouble across different religions. For example, the problems in Jerusalem and Israel. Throughout, this made me think more specifically of Islam, Judaism and Christianity. So, I thought if there was anything that can connects these religions together. This is when I thought of G-d and the idea of how one G-d is shared throughout the three religions. I did this by drawing a person from each of the religions I chose, and found a passage from each religion stating that there is only one G-d. The people are not all placed next to each other and are only connected by one string because I wanted to show their differences and emphasise how G-d and the belief of only one G-d is unifying them. I decided to set it in a dark, night sky because many times G-d is associated with light and being light through the darkness. The moon represents G-d because in all these religions they either use a lunar calendar, watch, or appreciate the moon which in some way is how much they greatly appreciate the almighty G-d. The stars in the sky represent different prophets from the religions such as Mohamed, Jesus, and Isaiah. In this artwork I have tried to show how G-d unifies a lot of different people with different religions and how G-d is seen as a light in the darkness. I have also tried to highlight that the idea of having one G-d is one aspect of “We have far more in common with each other than that which divides us.” Whilst researching I found out a lot more about all three religions, their beliefs, and practices also I came to realise how similar some of their beliefs are.

Difference Don’t Matter

Artist: Name: Thomas Age: 10 School: Highfield Primary, Hemsworth Artwork Name: Differences don’t matter I have chosen this title due to the fact that even though languages around totally different, they all mean the same things. I drew the globe to represent everyone united and religious symbols represent different beliefs; yet we live on the same earth. The flags represent the countries national language meaning “we are all equal” At the bottom of the globe, the quote by Jo Cox is displayed, showing how we could all come together in peace. I am pound of my work and I hope it will go far and impress people.

The Tree of Connections

Artist: Name: Vania Age: 12 School: Monk Walks School Artwork Name: The tree of connections My art depicts life forming from one living thing and enclosing around the world. The theme questions life, death, and the globe and its past, diversity and connection between humans. The picture is about how God made man as one, to be united together, not to break apart into groups and create hatred and war amongst ourselves. We should be united as one, as the human race, as God intended it to be in peace and harmony, we should live together and enjoy life. My main ideas are: Quote from source that artwork is based on: ‘The Lord God, formed man from dust of the earth. He blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being.’ I hope people will notice, the can sabbath candles at the bottom of the page represent being together, happily in a world of no hatred. My work connects to religion because it expands around creation and how God made us all.

Where there is love, there is God

Artist: Name: WillArtwork Title: Where there is love, there is God The Title I chose is “we have far more in common with each other than that which divides us.” My inspiration came from attending the Skipton Pride event; the picture is all about ideas of diversity, inclusion and equality. I found a leaflet which had a quote from the Bible on it. The quote is “God is Love. Where there is love, there is God.” 1 John 4. I found it perfectly describes the theme I chose – Love is everywhere and for everyone, and people are allowed to be themselves and God will love the. In RE it is good to explore how different people are treated by religions. I tried to show my thoughts and feelings by creating a rainbow out of mix and matched recycled fabrics. The rainbow is a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community but also for hope. The fabrics show that we are different but similar. If you look carefully at the work, you will see I used the same colour thread throughout to symbolise friendship tying us all together and showing we all have things in common, whatever our sexuality or religious beliefs. I left the edges raw and rough to show that people are flawed, and no one is perfect. God made us the way we are and should be true to ourselves and know that we will be accepted into God’s loving hands. Whilst I was making this, I thought about the injustice of the way people can be treated because of their sexuality or skin colour. I want this change.

Le Rondin School primary Guernsey edited

Our school community is unique

Artist: Name of School: Le Rondin School (primary, Guernsey Ages: 3-11 Artwork title: Our school community is unique Le Rondin School is for children aged 3-11 in Guernsey with additional needs. They have a range of needs such as a physical disability, visual or hearing impairments, non-verbal, an ADHD or Autism diagnosis. All children were introduced to the theme ‘we have more in common that dives us.’ All the children and some staff across the school, decorated a leaf and identified what made the unique or special. Symbols were used to communicate what was said and some children just decorated their hands to create their pattern. It created a lot of discussion in classes about even though the leaves are all different there are similarities in the things people think are special about them. When asked about the tree, Harry, age 10 (year 5), said “it shows everyone that visits the school that we might have disabilities and be different to children in other schools, but we are all the same on the inside and make one community.”

Age: 3