Thank you to everyone for entering, sorry if your entry did not make it to the final eight. It was a tough decision, there were lots of great entries. And now I want to see which one YOU the readers like best, to that end I will be running three polls to see which banner is going to be the new WhipUp Banner.

You will need to go the banner competition page to view the eight finalists.

Thank you to everyone for entering, sorry if your entry did not make it to the final eight. It was a tough decision, there were lots of great entries. And now I want to see which one YOU the readers like best, to that end I will be running three polls to see which banner is going to be the new WhipUp Banner.

You will need to go the banner competition page to view the eight finalists.

The first poll is content - please ensure that when voting you are thinking about content and not style or inspiration or ideas.

Image: Min Austin Moon 2005

This exhibition of hand made Rag Rugs uses contemporary images working with traditional methods of hooking and prodding. The artist, Min Austin, uses a digital camera to record found objects such as road signs, tree bark, or stems of seagrass. Min uses 100% recycled cotton and wool materials for each art work.

When designing for Rag Rugs I try to simplify my ideas down to basic freeform shapes. But I do endeavour to keep the colours correct. It’s a lengthy process to make a rug and I need to be able to finish one quickly before I get hooked on another idea.

Min Austin: Rags to Rugs opens at 5.30pm on Friday 20th April at the Grafton Regional Gallery, 158 Fitzroy Street Grafton NSW (Australia) and is open Tuesday – Sunday 10am to 4pm.