The inspiration for this commission was from Romans 5 v1-5. The client wanted me to portray a journey, perhaps a winding road through the countryside, with two figures, an adult & a child holding hands, telling the story of life’s…
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Majestic Woodland
The feeling I have tried to convey in this stole is the towering majesty of our woodlands. The client wanted a predominantly green stole for Ordinary time and wanted the trees to be the focus of the design, conveying all…
Nativity
This is my first commission for a stole depicting the Nativity story, everyone is here at the stable. This stole is made using ivory Dupion silk with machine-applied characters. The ‘light’ coming from the star is created using a close…
St Joseph
This is my first truly international stole commission & I was thrilled to receive it. It was commissioned by the client for their friend who lives in Laos in the Philipines. The brief was to include the figure of St…
Shine Jesus Shine
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…
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…