Rosalind Bramley Competition 2009
A record 48 mono prints were submitted for this competition, held on Tuesday 28th April and competently organized by Jonathan Bawden and Jill Hargreaves.
John Bramley’s wish was that the competition be judged by all the club members and the organizers have established a relaxed yet very workable two stage process for doing this. Having been numbered in advance, the prints were displayed in turn on the light box before being placed on tables around the room for closer scrutiny. Members were given sheets to indicate which were their top six choices. During the tea break Jonathan and Jill worked out, from all these sheets, which were the top six prints to go forward to the second round. A new marking sheet was given to each member to mark out of 5 each of the selected images, now mounted on a display stand, but again, in turn, displayed on the light box. The marks which accumulated for each print were gathered by Jonathan and Jill by the Calling in system “How many 5’s?; How many 4’s ? etc. This worked well as members could see how the voting progressed and feel the excitement as the marks accumulated.
Graham Johnston emerged as the clear winner with his print Lines and Curves. New members Jackie Robinson and Trevor Rogers fought closely for 2nd place. Gordon Robson had two prints in the final six. The marks for these six prints are given below.
In accepting the winner’s cup Graham Johnston noted that he had known Rosalind, having been present at another club when she gave a talk. He also had a copy of her book, and was pleased to have been judged by the members the winner of her trophy.
President Roger Dye thanked the organizers for their efforts; thanked the members for their support both in producing the images and the marking of them. The evening had proved a most relaxed and friendly one. Roger should be thanked for nominating himself to make the tea and coffee.
| Print No | Title | Author | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Lines and Curves | Graham Johnston | 120 |
| 5 | Spire in the Mist | Jackie Robinson | 111 |
| 21 | 20 trees | Trevor Rogers | 110 |
| 34 | Journey’s End | Gordon Robson | 103 |
| 12 | Three Men and a Dog | Gordon Robson | 98 |
| 44 | Fern Leaf with Frost | Joyce Streets | 97 |