This stole was commissioned by a daughter for her mum. There is a sad story behind it. I was originally asked to replicate a stole that had been commissioned by her grandmother for her mother before she passed away. She…
Author: Elaine Bradshaw
Lutyens Chasuble
I have been quite busy recently with a commission and two design projects for future Ordination stoles but I am finally able to begin the white chasuble commissioned by my sister to pair with her stole. Although I already had…
Ordination Stoles 2021
Welcome to visitors old and new to my website. I wanted to make you aware my order book for 2021 Ordination stoles is already starting to fill up with enquiries. As I work completely by myself the number of commissions…
I Will Pour Out My Spirit
This is my most recent commission, for an ordination stole. I was asked to include the words ‘I will pour out my Spirit on all people’ and flames as a starting point for the design. My first designs had flames…
Do This In Remembrance
After a socially distanced discussion with the client (which was initially for some face masks!) He put me in touch with his nephew who the cloth was to be commissioned for. He chose the words ‘Do this in remembrance of…
Do This In Remembrance Of Me
I haven’t been able to put very much on my website for quite a while what with one thing or another but recently I have been asked to complete two commissions, which has been brilliant. I love the challenge of…
Couching the Tree of Life
Over the last couple of months I’ve been working on my latest commission – the Celtic Tree of Life Stole. This commission came from Waterford in Ireland, so my first international client! I was asked to reflect the elements of…
Joy to the World this Easter
I know it’s been a difficult few weeks for all of us, being apart from the ones we love is very hard and especially so at times of celebration like Easter. I had been thinking of a new project originally…
Celtic Tree of Life
This commission came from Waterford in Ireland, so my first international client! I was asked to reflect on the elements of water, air and a connection to new growth. The client sent me an image of a Celtic Tree of…
In difficult times – Get Creative!
Having watched the developing news over the past few days I have been doing my own version of hoarding – creative things to start, some to finish and others to keep us busy over the next few months. So here’s…