Church of the Epiphany - Meet the artist

Meet the Artists: Margarete Klose and Pat Trimble

gary.marvin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:56:23 +0000

This is the next installment in our "Meet the Artist" article series

Grand sweeps of color that transport us into a new liturgical season, trees that burst into bloom at Easter, the sphere of the earth from space, deserts and gardens, beautiful objects in striking arrangements, festive touches on the walkway into the Worship Center, wall hangings that capture our imaginations – have you ever wondered how all this “magically” appears? For the last five years, Margarete Klose and Pat Trimble, current co-coordinators of Worship’s Art & Environment Ministries, have continually created fresh and beautiful settings for our prayer. They always come up with new ways to enhance our space that communicates the meaning, sense and feel of a season – and recruit many others to help, including Margarete’s husband Hans.

Meet the Artist: Parker Curtis

jeff.squyres — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

This is the next installment in our "Meet the Artist" article series.

Parker Curtis, WoodMasterCrafts artisan, specializes in turning fancy wood art pieces and useful bowls, vases, platters, candlesticks, ornaments, toys, etc. He aspires to create no two pieces alike, and many unique pieces include natural edges with or without bark.

No dyes or stains are employed and a variety of finishes are used to enhance the natural beauty and figured grain of a variety of wood species native to America and especially Kentucky.

Meet the Artist: George Fackler

jeff.squyres — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

This is the next installment in our "Meet the Artist" article series.

George Fackler has graced us with many wood-working projects over the years. He created the rolling wooden cart we use for collecting our food contributions each week (as a memorial for Ferd Graham). He built the sign-up stand for our Cup and Plate Ministry, and added the shelf for the Book of the Gospels to the front of the ambo. He built the new presider’s chair, and has other projects in the works for us as well.

These two chalices were a new kind of wood-working venture for him – and a beautiful one. The first base he made includes a simple inlay of a cross (as does the chair and stand for the Gospel Book).

In the second base he wanted to reflect diversity. "I wanted to reflect how the Church and the sacrifice of the cross tied to all the peoples of the word," he said. The base is made of stone to represent the rock on which the Church is built. The cup reflects the sacrifice of the cross.

Meet the Artist: Dick Bowles

jeff.squyres — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0000

This is the next installment in our "Meet the Artist" article series.

Dick Bowles, long-time musician and former Worship Committee chair, has worked with wood a long time, but his skills had not included wood turning. He rose to the challenge, and made four beautiful bases for us. He found the process to be one that elicited many reflections, as you may remember hearing at Sunday mass or reading in the Epigram. He described some of the symbolism that came as he made his first base.

"At the bottom of the base are several different shapes, morphing into other shapes, symbolizing our spiritual diversity, but all leading upward to the Cup. The wood is ambrosia curly maple, native to area. The colors and variation of the grain are actually caused by a parasite in the living wood, symbolizing our flaws."

Meet the Artist: Dick Kline

jeff.squyres — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0000

This is the next installment in our "Meet the Artist" article series.

Dick Kline is one of Epiphany’s quiet heroes. He began woodworking after high school, and has been active with the upkeep of our facilities for many years, which he now sandwiches in between his Habitat volunteering.

Many of us are unknowing beneficiaries of his handiwork, from the wood crafts he has developed for our children at Bibletimes over the years. Dick created the rolling bulletin boards and the kiosk in our gathering area. He built the shelves and magazine rack in our library, the wall cabinet in the sacristy and the many "cube" pedestals that we use everywhere, for plants to participation sheets.

He crafted the seven "patens," shallow bowls for the Eucharistic bread, and a walnut chalice base which matches their simple, graceful design.

New Eucharistic Vessels

jeff.squyres — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Our new vessels made of wood and metal have made quite an impression! We had long valued our simple glass vessels that allowed us to clearly see the bread and wine, which, once transformed and received, make us the living body and blood of Christ in the world. The bishops had now asked the church to shift our perspective a bit, and use vessels that are enduring and unbreakable, a reflection of the preciousness of what they contain. The challenge was to embrace this in a way that reflected our Epiphany vision and values.

Artist, Jim Nuss, shares some of his work with Epiphany

gary.marvin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Throughout the Easter season everyone entering the Worship Center has been able to enjoy a beautiful oil painting, a white bird soaring through shimmering sunlight over the glistening ocean. Community member Jim Nuss painted the “Spirit of Resurrection” as a gift for his Connecticut-native, ocean-loving wife, Georgia, back in 1974. While his artistic talents were recognized in his youthful days at Holy Trinity, where he was frequently requested to draw colored chalk murals, they were largely set aside during his time at St. X (except for his senior yearbook), and throughout his engineering and business studies at Purdue and UCLA. With their six children growing older and a move back to Louisville, he began to take up art once again.