LEGO altar frontal and cope

Lego altar frontal

Mini cope on small figure

Miniature Saint Cuthbert's cross

Detailed view

Actual size

Applied red silk fabric with Gilt Pearl purl wire

Cope and altar - back view

Cope and altar - front view

The Broderers were asked to make a miniature altar cloth and cope for the Lego cathedral to celebrate the first birthday of the Durham Cathedral LEGO build.

crown of thorns

applying the gold

This project has been designed and worked for Lent by Durham Cathedral Broderers.  These images show the final stages for the high altar - applying the gold.  The gold is mainly fine gold kid leather and or nué - colour over couched gold threads, using blood red thread.  

The Crown of Thorns is being applied onto linen fabric on top of the the silk applied or appliqué desert grasses worked with Durham stitch - a stitch technique we devised.