My Work
May The Lifting Up Of My Hands
Chalice and Bowl
Let the Children come to Me
Our Lady of the Assumption
Cheshire Countryside
Nothing Can Separate us
Rainbows of Inclusivity
Jesus Son of David
Broadstairs Fishers of Men
Dove chasuble and matching stole
Sing Joyfully
The Heraldic Stole
There’ll Be Bluebirds
The Road Not Taken
New Life
Gnarled Trees
Portland Bill
Rainbow Butterflies
Pour out my Spirit
Celtic Tree of Life
St Alban Stole
Iona
Red Pebbles
The Oak Tree
Alpha & Omega
Bishop Edward King
Luytens Stole
Green Harvest
Fishers of People
White Lutyens Chasuble
Red Flames Chasuble
Green Eucharist Chasuble
This commission was inspired by the Lutyens window in the crypt of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool. I had previously made a white chasuble and companion stole that the minister so liked that they wanted to use elements of the design again in these pieces.
They were created using the reverse applique technique of layering the silks on top of each other, stitching the lines from the reverse and then cutting away the silks to reveal the colours underneath. This enables me to create the fine points needed which would be very difficult to achieve using other methods. The centre circle is created using the goldwork technique of padded layers of felt that get increasingly bigger and then overlayed with gold kid leather to create a smoothe domed effect.
The rich purples gold and silver Dupion silks together with the geometric design add a really dynamic feel to these pieces I think.