Newly commissioned mosaics have been installed at St John's Seven Kings this week which complete the work we have done to create a community garden. Both mosaics were commissioned through commission4mission.
Graffiti Love, installed on the east wall of the church, has been created by Viki Isherwood-Metzler, who learnt the art of mosaic in Ravenna, Italy and worked
until 2001 as a mosaic maker in Zurich, Switzerland from where she comes. Since
2002 she has lived and worked in London and undertakes all kinds
of commissioned mosaic work in marble, glass, ceramics, terracotta and pebble
stones. Graffiti Love is made with smalti glass and the image comes from a series of images utilising words with graffit stylings.
The Trinity sculpture, in the remembrance area of the community garden, was designed by the community garden planning group and incorporates a mosaic by Sergiy Shkanov. Shkanov is a professional artist working in the fields of stained glass, murals,
mosaics, painting, graphic arts, and book illustration. He is a tutor of Fine
Arts, has participated in group shows across Europe since 1987, and
holds numerous personal exhibitions in the United Kingdom. He undertakes art
commissions for private and corporative clients.
The Trinity sculpture includes three granite shapes representing the three persons of the Trinity set within the circles and triangles of Shkanov's mosaic which represents lines of exchange and connection within and between the godhead.
Both mosaics will be dedicated by the Bishop of Barking at tomorrow's Patronal Festival service at St John's Seven Kings (10.00am).
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Keith Green - Stained Glass.
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