WALL CROSSES > WOOD CROSSES WITH SYMBOLS


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This gallery shows the collaborative pieces I made with wood artist Margaret Bailey. Margaret died in 2023, so the 3 remaining crosses in inventory will close out this series when sold. Those currently available for purchase are shown first in the gallery before the teal "SOLD" marker. Ones following the "SOLD" marker are no longer available but shown as examples for custom orders.

The reflection below was written by Mel Ahlborn to accompany the first Spirit In Motion sterling on cedar cross featured on The Episcopal Cafe website. The reflection captures the spirit of all these collaborative pieces we have created.

God's Unknowableness

This work of art is titled 'The Spirit in Motion', and upon close examination we can see that it does a fine job of illustrating both the immanence and the transcendence of God.

Put simply, the concept of God as immanent speaks to the God of our intellectual and sensory understanding, and addresses those aspects of God that we as humans are able to discern and comprehend. Motion, the moving through time and space, is a quality that we are able to recognize, understand, and even reproduce with a fair amount of ease. The artists' use of 'Motion' in this piece suggests God's energies moving throughout the earth, evoking a clear understanding of God as immanent in the world.

God is both knowable and unknowable, and there are aspects and qualities of God that we are not able to assess, measure, or even describe. God's unknowableness can be thought of as the 'transcendence' of God, the 'transcendent' God, the ephemeral God of our faith beyond our human understanding. The artists' inclusion of 'Spirit' depicts the transcendence of God, through the use of a symbol for Spirit, the dove.

With this idea in mind that God is both knowable and unknowable, we can view art with room for faith to grow. God is both immanently present in our daily and at the same time is transcendently present. Art can assist us in cultivating a wholesome awareness of both.

collaborative cedar cross by Margaret Bailey with Nancy Denmark's Feed My Sheep symbol
cedar, polymer clay
11" X 6.5"
$89
STERLING BUTTERFLY ON CEDAR CROSS
SOLD
cedar, sterling silver
11.25" X 5.75"
$139
SPIRIT IN MOTION CEDAR WALL CROSS #2
polymer clay on cedar
11.25" X 6"
$89
SPIRIT IN MOTION CEDAR WALL CROSS #3
polymer clay on cedar
11" X 6.25"
$89
SPIRIT IN MOTION CEDAR WALL CROSS #4
polymer clay on cedar
13" X 6.5"
$94
collaborative cedar cross by Margaret Bailey with Nancy Denmark's One In The Spirit symbol
cedar, polymer clay
11 3/8" X 7"
Filled With The Spirit descending dove on cedar wall cross by Nancy Denmark Margaret Bailey
polymer clay on cedar
10.5" X 5.5"
$74
sterling silver dove symbol by Nancy Denmark on cedar wall cross by Margaret Bailey
sterling on cedar
11.5" X 6.5"
$133
HOLY SPIRIT ALIGHT IN MY HEART ON CEDAR CROSS
cedar, sterling silver
10.75" X 4"
$104
cedar wall cross by Margaret Bailey with descending dove symbol by Nancy Denmark
cedar, polymer clay
11.5" X 7"
$88
cedar wall cross by Margaret Bailey with descending dove symbol by Nancy Denmark
cedar, polymer clay
11" X 5.75"
$88
One In The Spirit symbol by Nancy Denmark in cedar cross by Margaret Bailey
polymer clay, cedar
14” X 7.25”
$115
Mesquite cross by Margaret Bailey with Nancy Denmark's "One in the Spirit" symbol
polymer clay, mesquite
14.5" X 6"
$93
cedar cross made by Margaret Bailey with descending dove design by Nancy Denmark
cedar, polymer clay
12" X 6"
$83
collaborative cedar and clay cross by Nancy Denmark and Margaret Bailey
cedar, polymer clay
9" X 3.5"
$66
cedar cross by Margaret Bailey with descending dove symbol design by Nancy Denmark
cedar, polymer clay
9.75" X 7"
$78
freestanding collaborative cross made by Margaret Bailey and Nancy Denmark
polymer clay on cedar
10.5" X 6.5" X 1"
collaborative wall cross made by Nancy Denmark and Margaret Bailey
mesquite, polymer clay
14.5" X 6.5"
butterfly on wood cross made by Nancy Denmark & Margaret Bailey
mesquite, polymer clay
11" X 5"
Cocobolo wood cross by Margaret Bailey with Feed My Sheep quatrefoil symbol by Nancy Denmark
cocobolo, polymer clay
8.25" X 5.5"
$73
collaborative cedar cross by Margaret Bailey with Nancy Denmark's lily quatrefoil symbol
cedar, polymer clay
10" X 6"
collaborative cedar cross by Margaret Bailey with Nancy Denmark's chalice symbol
polymer clay on cedar
12" X 7"
$83
Descending Dove In Cedar Cross by Nancy Denmark and Margaret Bailey
cedar, polymer clay
12" X 5"
descending dove on cedar cross made by Nancy Denmark & Margaret Bailey
cedar, polymer clay
7" X 5.75"
cedar cross with sterling silver descending dove
cedar with sterling silver
8.25 X 4.75 in
2008
free standing cedar cross with sterling silver descending dove
sterling on cedar
2008
free standing cedar cross with sterling silver descending dove
sterling on cedar
8 X 4.5 inches
2008
free standing cedar cross with sterling silver descending dove
sterling on cedar
2008