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…
Category: Finished Commissions
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…
Shape Me, Change Me, Form Me
This commission for an ivory Ordination stole came from a carpenter. They wanted a reference to the fact they were a carpenter and that the cross of the crucifiction was hewn from rough timbers. Embroidered on the lining on both…
IHS Christogram
The client for this stole had quite a specific idea in mind for their Ordination stole. They wanted me to use the IHS Christogram and to incorporate the ‘cross of nails’ through the centre. We began by choosing the style…
Celtic Cross
The client for this Ordination stole had a very clear picture of what they wanted for their piece. On one side a Celtic cross standing on top of a rock and on the other some nails entwined with thorns and…