Commission / 2017
Plinth and Altar
St Mary's Priory, Abergavenny.
A plinth for a rare 15th-century carving of Jesse, and an altar, for a chapel at St Mary's in Abergavenny, Wales. The carving once held a whole tree showing the lineage of Jesus. Today only the reclining figure of Jesse remains, and the tree lives on in Helen Whittaker's stained glass window above it.
The proportions of the plinth are taken from the geometry of that window, so the two read as one. Inside, a pine frame carries the 400 kg sculpture. Outside it is oak, with bands of dark red marble along the edges to match the 15th-century tombs in the church. All the stone inlay is by Aline Marion.
- Materials
- Oak, pine, red marble
- Place
- St Mary's Priory, Abergavenny, Wales
- Stone inlay
- Aline Marion
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