This commission came from a retired headteacher who wanted their stole to reflect their favourite hymn Shine Jesus Shine and the words ‘Lord the light of your love is shining, In the midst of the darkness shining’. I decided to…
Author: Elaine Bradshaw
Stained Glass Chalice – Wheat & Grapes
This stole was commissioned to celebrate the return of the church’s curate after maternity leave. I was given some photographs of the windows and other important symbols of the village of Berinsfield. The village having been built on the site…
Cross of Bursting Joy
I was asked in this commission to create a stole that featured a plain cross on one side with a crown of thorns and some ferns (connection to their New Zealand heritage) and on the other a cross that was…
Kintsugi Cross
This commission was created for a returning customer whose Ordination stole I had made a couple of years ago. The theme was the Japanese art of Kintsugi, where broken items (usually china) are repaired using gold lacquer. It is a…
Via Veritas Vita
This commission came from a group of colleagues wanting to present it as a gift to a colleague who was celebrating 25 years since their Ordination. The wording and symbols come from the logo and moto of Glasgow University where…
St Mary Magdalene
This stole was commissioned by a vicar who wanted to reference the stained glass window depicting Mary Magdalen in their church at Sy Mary Magdalene & All saints in Alsager. On the other panel of the stole there is the…
Butterflies of Fellowship
The brief for this commission was that it should include 15 pastel-coloured butterflies. Each butterfly represented ta member training with the priest who commissioned the stole. We started with butterfly silhouettes but then added some cutout elements to add more…
Hassop Spiritans
This stole was commissioned by a congregation for their minister who was retiring after 50 years of service to the Spiritans. It was to reflect the area of Derbyshire that included the village of Hassop and the Monsal trial, rolling…
Lamb of God & St George
This stole was commissioned as a gift by parishioners who wanted to celebrate 25 years since their vicar had been ordained. The images on the stole were inspired by their church window, depicting St George. The other side of the…
Pioneer Priest
This ordination stole commission came from one of the first designated ‘Pioneer priest’ in the UK. ‘Pioneers are people called by God who are the first to see and creatively respond to the Holy Spirit’s initiatives with those outside the…