Finalists for November 2009

The following entrants have been announced as finalists for the month of November.

 

Primary Students:
Suzi Byrne, Andrew Proudfoot, Anthony Malone and Conor O'Connell, as well as classes from Carlanstown National School and Fenor National School.
Click to view Suzi’s entry »
Click to view Andrew Proudfoot’s entry »
Click to view Andrew Malone’s entry »
Click to view Conor’s entry »
Click to view Carlanstown National School’s entry »
Click to view Fenor National School’s entry »

 

Secondary Students:
Elizabeth Murphy and Sean Hanrahan from Co. Clare.
Click to view Elizabeth’s entry »
Click to view Sean’s entry »

 

 

 

Here's what some participants had to say about their entries.

 

“I got the idea from my history book, my teacher Miss Staunton told us about the competition and encouraged us to get involved. I based my picture on a page from The Book of Kells, I used watercolours and it took me about six days in total, on and off, I really enjoyed taking part as art is my favourite subject and I would like to be an artist when I’m older”

Elizabeth Murphy

 

“I saw The Book of Kells in Trinity College with my family and I wanted to base my entry on a page from the book. I like art, but my favourite subject is technical graphics and I used all my tech graphic equipment to create a detailed picture with my own twist on the colours”

Sean Hanrahan

 

“My dad has a book on Irish History so we looked through it together to get some ideas for my picture, we also went online to find some up close images of the type of pictures they have in The Book of Kells, it only took me about a weekend to finish my picture which I did with markers, crayons and colouring pencils”

Anthony Malone

 

“I found out about the competition on the paper, and then I went online with my dad to get some ideas and I found some nice pictures from pages from The Book of Kells. I used loads of different things to help make my picture stand out; black fabric, gold-dust, glitter and diamonds. I love art and would like to be a designer when I’m older”

Suzi Byrne

 

“I didn’t know much about The Book of Kells before I started my picture, but I know now that it is kept in Trinity College and was made by monks hundreds of years ago. I made my picture using colouring pencils, crayons and markers and I was happy with the finished piece as it was very colourful, it took me about three weeks to do on and off, but I didn’t mind because I really like art and that’s why I wanted to take part in the first place”

Conor O'Connell

 

All these finalist will go forward to the final, to be held in April 2010, and are in with a chance to win a Fine Art Facsimile copy of the Book of Kells worth €20,000.

 

Boyne Valley Honey is encouraging families to get creative in the New Year there are still three chances left with finalists being announced each month from now until March 2010.

 

Read related press releases:
November Primary School finalist Suzi Byrne » (400k MS Word Doc)
November Primary School finalist Andrew Proudfoot » (400k MS Word Doc)
November Primary School finalist Anthony Malone » (400k MS Word Doc)
November Primary School finalist Conor O'Connell » (400k MS Word Doc)
November Primary School finalist Carlanstown » (400k MS Word Doc)
November Primary School finalist Fenor » (400k MS Word Doc)

November Secondary School finalists » (400k MS Word Doc)