Artists Supporting PPE

Crisis

There is a huge shortage of adequate PPE for NHS workers in Cornwall and across the UK due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Health workers are putting themselves and family members at risk every day simply by going to work.

Solution

Whilst the government is struggling to address this crisis it has fallen to small, local initiatives to fill the gap. One of these projects is based here in Falmouth. Inventor and engineer Sam Lanyon & his non-profit team at Concept Shed have been working around the clock for weeks - to mass produce face shields for the NHS & other Healthworkers, either at cost price or for free.  

The CoVisor project is a collaboration between Sam's company Concept Shed and Dufort Associates, brought together by 3D printing company 3D Kernow CIC, to develop an injection moulded face shield that can be mass-produced here in Cornwall.

The project is doing incredibly well, with thousands of custom made Co-Visor's distributed to health care workers across Cornwall. The photo below shows an NHS staff member at Wadebrige & Camel Estuary Practice using one of the newly made CoVisor's.

How can artists help?

We want to ensure Sam's team reach and even exceed their £15,000 target. To achieve this a community of artists from across the South West have generously donated artworks for this Crowdfunder.  By pledging a donation you will not only receive a beautiful new work of art, you will also be helping to keep frontline health care workers safe day in day out.

Please donate and help us to support Sam's project in providing the essential PPE that our NHS workers need to keep them safe.

100% of artwork sales will be donated directly to the CoVisor project. 

Images of artworks can be seen at the bottom of this page. Find the work you like then select it from our list of rewards on the right hand side. Please Note: All works are unframed.

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To find out more about Sam's endeavour you can check out his Crowdfunder, Facebook and Covisor website at the following links:

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/covisor

www.facebook.com/thecovisor

www.covisor.org

As well as meeting Cornwall's needs for PPE, Sam's team are now supplying frontline healthcare workers all across the UK.

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Please donate and help us to support Sam's project in providing the essential PPE that our NHS workers need to keep them safe.

If you don't feel the need for a new artwork you can of course donate directly to the CoVisor crowdfunder using the link above!

Thank you for your support.

Rewards

Images of all of the artworks donated by artists can be seen below...

Please note that most works are being sold for considerbaly less than normal market value so this is a great opportunity to acquire a beautiful artwork by highly regarded artists! We will aim to post all rewards within two weeks of the Crowdfunder end date.

£15 Reward

Lottie Davies, Quints. Limited edition poster, signed and numbered by the artist, 31"x15" (border included), 2008. First prize winner of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize & exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

£35 Rewards

David Doran. Morning Reflections, 2018. Signed Giclée print on Hahnemühle Museum Etching Paper, A3.

David Doran. Plants, Poolside, 2019. Signed Giclée print on Hahnemühle Museum Etching Paper, A3.

Tom Jay. Pool 2. A3 Giclee print on archival Somerset paper, signed by the artist.

Rosanna Martin. Guidelines for the Curation of Geological Materials No.4, 2013 - ongoing. Bone china, frit, silica sand, 26 x 22 x 20mm. Work is mounted in a display box. 

£50 Rewards

Theo Carter Weber. Elephant Plays, April 2020. Graphite and pastels on paper, 6 x 8 inches.

Anthony Hopewell. From the series,' Once more around the sun', 2020. Pigment print on Japanese rice paper, 4.25 inches x 7.5 plus border.

Rosanna Martin. Guidelines for the Curation of Geological Materials No.6, 2013 - ongoing. Bone china, frit, river clay, pewter, tin glaze, silica sand, 42x30x18mm. Work is mounted in a display box.

Lesley Harry. Treebird. 2 colour screenprint, edition of 15. Image 30 x 30cm, paper size 40 x 40cm. Signed, dated & numbered on reverse.

£75 Rewards

Melanie Stidolph. Windfall, 2012. Digital print, 54 x 36 cm.

Melanie Stidolph. In & Out of Love, 2017. Still from video, digital print, 21 x 15 cm.

Nicholas Hughes. Previously unreleased oceanscape, circa 1999. Chromogenic hand print on Fuji gloss paper, 10 x 8 inches.

Brendan Barry. Unique 16 x 20" Direct Positive Fibre Based Print, April 2020. Shot with Shed Camera!

Deborah Baker. Sangusotis, 2018. Inkjet print on archival matt paper, 29 x 19.6cm.

James Hankey. GHY3 Left Hand Circular Polarised, 2019. Hand c-type photographic print, 10 x 12 inches (image size 7 x 9.5).

James Hankey. GHY6 - Dr Laser, 2019. Hand c-type photographic print, 10 x 12 inches (image size 7 x 9.5).

Jessie Higginson. Foliage 2.1 Grey colourway, 2019. 6 colour screen-print on 410gsm paper, Edition of 10. Printed image is 30 x 30cm (on 50 x 50cm paper).

Jessie Higginson. Foliage 2.2 Yellow colourway, 2019. 6 colour screen-print on 410gsm paper, Edition of 6. Printed image is 30 x 30cm (on 50 x 50cm paper).

Jessie Higginson. Foliage 2.3 Green colourway, 2019. 6 colour screen-print on 410gsm paper, Edition of 4. Printed image is 30 x 30cm (on 50 x 50cm paper).

Becky Haughton. River, Trees II, 2016. Photo etching, edition of 10, 13.5cm x 19.5cm.

Catherine Haines. Print from Pipes of Scilly, 2018. Riso print, artist proof, 30 x 42cm.

Lottie Davies. Cook, Botswana, 2005. Hand c-type photographic print. Image / 19"x15" & Mount / 24"x20". Long-listed for the Schweppes Portrait Award and exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Stuart Robinson. Layout 1, April 2020 (made in lockdown). Digital print from 10 x 8" Photogram, 21 x 29.7cm.

Stuart Robinson. Layout 2, April 2020 (made in lockdown). Digital print from 10 x 8" Photogram, 21 x 29.7cm.

Jonathan Michael Ray. Beneath the Surface 1, 2016. Digital C-type on Fuji Crystal Archive Matte paper, signed and dated on reverse, 44.5 x 32cm.

Jonathan Michael Ray. Beneath the Surface 8, 2016. Digital C-type on Fuji Crystal Archive Matte paper, signed and dated on reverse, 44.5 x 32cm.

John Howard. Trebah gardens, Cornwall 1. Etching and aquatint 14.5 x 17.5cm.

John Howard. Trebah gardens, Cornwall 2. Etching and aquatint 14.5 x 17.5cm.

Oliver Raymond Barker. Anatomy of Stone series, 2019. Unique Chemigram on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, 12 x 16 inches.

Andy Hughes. Two Stones Kiss, St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury, Dorset, England. 2020. C-Type Print, 10x8 inches.

Imogen Frost. The game of black & white, 2018. Inkjet print, A4 (Scan from unique Chemigram on 120mm colour film).

Imogen Frost. The game of black & white, 2018. Detail.