THE LAST SUPPER
bronze, ALUMINIUM honeycomb, resin, liquid metal, patina
3000MM X 950MM X 2250MM
COMMISSIONED FOR a PRIVATE CLIENT, NIGERIA
What then, brothers?
1 Corinthians 14:26
Based Upon were commissioned by a prestigious private client to create a sculpture in bronze based on The Last Supper. It was a great privilege for us to be asked to create a contemporary work of sacred art.
From the outset we approached this subject with humility, seeking to understand the Last Supper by consulting with the scriptures and through our own meditation on the subject.
Throughout the making of the work, all of those involved in creating the sculpture – more than 50 people in all, given the complexity of the work – were briefed on the sacred intention we sought to protect, from the works inception to its completion. It is our belief and hope that the work resonates with that intention and with the grace of Spirit as it is witnessed today.
We assembled a band of devotees from as far and wide as Brazil, Argentina, Italy and Spain and joined together in a weekend of silence and prayer.
Using the latest and most powerful technology, we captured some of the holy resonance that we experienced in that moment.
Using the latest and most powerful technology, we captured some of the holy resonance that we experienced in that moment.
We shifted between 3D scanning to the ancient technique of lost-wax bronze casting which predates the Last Supper itself.
We shifted between 3D scanning to the ancient technique of lost-wax bronze casting which predates the Last Supper itself.
Judas sits on the ingots of bronze that would eventually be used to cast the work. We believed that given its own resonant frequency, the bronze would become imbued with the grace that presented that day.
“This is my blood of the new covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins” (Matthew 26:28)
Taken during the ceremony we held at a decaying former church in London: close friends and family were invited to view the sculpture - lighting candles in front of it and offering prayers and music before sending it on its way to our client’s home.
Taken during the ceremony we held at a decaying former church in London: close friends and family were invited to view the sculpture - lighting candles in front of it and offering prayers and music before sending it on its way to our client’s home.
“This is my blood of
the new covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins” (Matthew 26:28)
THE LAST SUPPER
bronze, ALUMINIUM honeycomb, resin, liquid metal, patina
3000MM X 950MM X 2250MM
COMMISSIONED FOR a PRIVATE CLIENT, NIGERIA
UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS
AN INSIGHT INTO THE CREATIVE PRACTISE
I
DISCOVER
Working with the private client to understand what was most precious to her and arriving at ‘the last supper’.
II
DEFINE
Assembling a team of shaman and mystics prepared to inhabit the historically accurate Last Supper in an attempt to invoke a sacred state of grace in a Somerset Barn. Documenting with cameras and 3D scanners.
III
DEVELOP
Sculpting from the data gathered during the shoot.