Tabernacle Cover

My first church commission

As someone who has always been concerned with imbuing my work with meaning, I was delighted to get this commission. After coming back from the Camino, I decided to spend some time looking for a church where I felt at home. I found that place in the Church of the Messiah (Avenue ROad and Dupont – right across from the Hare Krishna Temple). We are a small community, but we have a carefully constructed liturgy that allows me to feel like a participant instead of a spectator. We discuss the Bible readings during service, creating a unique and intimate experience.

On the 125th anniversary of the church I was asked to create something that evoked the church’s history (which included a fire in the 70’s. Here is a video that chronicles the making of the piece.