Creating a wearable art piece that tells the spiritual journey of those being ordained was a lovely challenge, one that meant listening, collaborating and presenting the new celebrants with a number of design choices.
Ordination Stole for Jonathan Nicolai-De Koning
L:1.4m [neck to bottom] x W:14cm
Fabric applique on Duponi silk
Evelyn Martin 2012
The four symbols Jonathan wished to have included in his stole were: a vine, the Celtic cross, a diversity of people and a wild goose, which symbolized the wild and adventurous activity of the Holy Spirit. Jonathan had been introduced to this symbol in Iona, Scotland.
Commissioned by Fellowship Christian Reformed Church
Ordination Stole for Tim Wood
L: 1.4m [neck to bottom] x W:14cm
Fabric applique on Duponi silk
Evelyn Martin 2013
The significant symbols that Tim wished to have included in his stole were those of the pulpit of his home church in Wisconsin, a Franciscan cross, water and the community of the people of God.
Commissioned by Fellowship Christian Reformed Church