The Emmaus Chapel, Church of the Good Shepherd,
Pyrford, Surrey
June 2000 - Based on Luke Chapter 24
This window was commissioned at the end of 1999.
A new chapel was built onto the Church of the Good shepherd and
I was given the above passage from the bible for inspiration as
the chapel was named the Emmaus Chapel.
These panels are 1 metre high by ½
metre wide and there are 8! It was a very long process, acid etching
and silver staining the pieces. When the sun shines through this
window it throws a superb warm glow onto the altar.
A sunset theme is used to imply the line in
the text ‘for evening draws on’.
The overall upward strokes give the whole design a positive and uplifting
feeling.
As in the beginning of Luke 24, the first part of the window is pale
and quiet, symbolising Verse 15 where His Disciples had not yet realised
that Jesus of Nazareth walked with them.
The strong bright colours not only suggest sunset, but evoke the verse
in which their ‘eyes were opened and they recognised Him’.
The design leads us to the Lord’s Table reminding us that ‘he
broke bread and offered it to them’.
In the panels I have used a combination of acid
etching, silver staining and enamelling to achieve the subtle colour
changes within each piece of leaded glass.
