One
of the great joys at this time of year is heading into the city at
night with the family to see the tree, the Christmas lights and the
windows. It's an annual pilgrimage
that says the holiday season has officially begun. The timing of this year's
City Lights trip couldn't have been better. Today was also the day my
baby boy visited Santa for his Santa Paws photo. It was also Day 1 of
eight weeks holiday for the human baby and a friend of mine was singing
at Saint John's Cathedral - all fine reasons to celebrate. While most of
what I saw was awesome as expected, there was one very pleasant
surprise. The nativity figures in St John's were all made of cardboard. I couldn't find an attribution, this could only be the work of one
man - Brisbane sculptor Terry Summers. A quick web search confirmed my
suspicions.According to Summers' website his works include:
"Nativity" Saint John's Cathedral, Brisbane. The installation consists of eight larger than life, waste cardboard
sculptures, which include the baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph, three wise men,
an angel and a donkey." Not only are they awesome to look at, they look
absolutely in place surrounded by the stone and marble more commonly
associated with Church architecture and religious art yet they are made
of waste cardboard. We were not the only ones who had to have a really close look to confirm these were the cardboard cutout version of religious art. I think this is a perfect way to overcome some of the
excesses of the church and at the same time deliver a perfect reduce,
re-use, recycle message to young people without being to preach-y. Even more reason for the kids to get so much joy not from the gift but the box it comes in.
What gorgeous things you have seen, the clock tower looks beautiful. #countrykids
ReplyDeletewhat a great trip out, it's definitely getting exciting and feeling like Christmas is really here. I love the idea of cardboard nativity sculptures, and that Christmas tree looks beautiful. Thanks for linking up with Country Kids.
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