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.

Dedication of Lenten Array

high altar chasuble

The dedication of the Lenten Array this evening.  Picture showing The Reverend Canon Dr David Kennedy, next to the high altar, wearing the high altar chasuble showing the coloured desert grasses and a small crown of thorns on the front of the vestment.

high altar for Lent - complete

near

far

High altar frontal now complete and on its wood frame ready for Ash Wednesday - the start of Lent.  It shows the desert grasses and the three dimensional crown of thorns designed by Tracy A Franklin and worked by the Durham Cathedral Broderers team.

high altar 8am this morning . . .

altar cloth draped over frame

attaching the altar cloth to the wood frame

The altar cloth for the high altar is now complete!  We started to attach it to the wood frame ready for the start of Lent in the Chapter House for next week . . .