A DIVERSE collection of sculptures created by artists from across Yorkshire are now on display at Bradford College.

Separation, at the college’s Dye House Gallery, is a collection of work by the Yorkshire Sculptors Group, and the work reflects themes of being alone, divided or separated.

The exhibition is particularly timely - coming when society seems to be more divided politically and ideologically than ever.

The gallery is filled by works of 12 artists, all in different styles and media, from crocheted work hanging from a line on the gallery’s ceiling to stone sculptures.

On the floor of the gallery is a series of plastic sculptures - formed from the castaways of plastic sheets used to create letters for signs.

And hanging from the ceiling is a stuffed fabric cloud, being cut in half by a fabric saw.

Near the entrance to the gallery is a clothes line, hanging from which is a deconstructed sandwich. The parts - bacon, lettuce and tomato - have all been made from fabric, and the work, by Vincent James, is called Better Together.

Other sculptures feature pieces of metal seemingly being pulled apart, a plastic box made up of numerous smaller boxes and a wooden pendulum/blade hanging from a ceiling beam, just a few centimetres from the gallery floor.

The Yorkshire Sculptors Group was set up in 1985 to bring together sculptors living and working in the region to promote their work through exhibitions and discussions.

As well as galleries, they have exhibited in cathedrals and at outdoor sites.

The current exhibition is the first time the Dye House Gallery has showcased a collection of the group’s work.

The artists say the theme reflects “the idea of separation in the light of current affairs.”

Sculptors having their work displayed as part of the exhibition are Victoria Ferrand Scott, Suzanne North, George Hainsworth, Lucy Hainsworth, Terence Hammill, Melanie Wilks, Vincent James, Carole Griffiths, Christine Halsey, Cath Graham, Paula Chambers and Linda Thompson.

The exhibition runs at the gallery until September 29, and the gallery is open on weekdays until 4pm.