The St Richard's Hospice Memory Quilt
Bringing us together, while we’re apart! Take a look at our beautiful, colourful patchwork quilt full of artwork submitted by patients, families, staff and volunteers at St Richard’s Hospice. Each square represents ‘A Day in the Life of Lockdown’. Click each image for more detail from the artist.
Sarah Bruce
This little pansy reminds me of hope because, despite its place in the garden with poor, rocky soil and in risk of being mown down, it manages to revive itself.
Sarah Bruce
During lockdown, I have noticed new variety of butterflies in our garden. Pictured here is a Peacock butterfly.
Mary Price Jenkins
I always loved the pink elephant parade in the Disney animated film Dumbo. Elephants are becoming an obsession – using the origami elephant idea from the hospice’s elephant resource pages, I have made an origami elephant for every day of lockdown and continue to make them out of a variety of papers, leaflets, pamphlets and scrap papers that I have found around the home during lockdown.
Mary Price Jenkins
I was inspired to paint elephants by the Living Well elephant-themed resource pages which were the first online resources we created; choosing elephants as a theme to support the Worcester Big Parade coming next year – something positive to look forward to in the future.
Mary Price Jenkins
Working from home can be challenging. With other family members needing work space inside during lockdown, I set up a fair weather painting studio in my tiny garden. We have been lucky with the weather for a fair bit of lockdown so it has seen plenty of use.
Alison Mesley
Alison Mesley
My piece is a collage inspired by the doodles I have been doing during Zoom conferences while I work remotely. It helped me to “play” with the style and shapes I had been drawing and add life to them with colour. The colours come from my desk top note block.
Anonymous
Here is a photo of our wild garlic soup, it reminds me of the foraging we did at the start of lockdown!
By Elizabeth Hill
“This image was taken during one of my daily exercises. Sheep grazing below an ancient tree trunk full of character. It stands overlooking the Teme Valley in Broadwas. If only it could talk!”
By Elizabeth Hill
“This is a reminder of the endless, unhurried days spent in the garden during the glorious spring weather we were lucky enough to enjoy. Working on the garden and then being able to enjoy time to rest, reflect, enjoy and count our blessings.”