Taking Recycling to the Altar
A church has taken the recycling message to its congregation by using old plastic bags and shredded bibles to make a new altar cloth.
The cloth was devised by church member Leanne Rogers, as part of her art course as a mature student. The Reverend John Harvey, who looks after St Katherine's at Bryn Pydew, Conwy, said it enhanced the link between the church and the environment. Ms Rogers said she her design inspired by the "quirkiness" of her church.
"My brief as part of my degree meant that whatever I devised had to be very site specific," said Ms Rogers, who has now completed her course in design at Coleg Menai, Bangor.
"St Katherine's itself is in the hills above Llandudno Junction and is a former look-out hut from WWII, and everything inside has been donated, " she said. "Also, as a practicing Christian, I wanted to take hold of the concept of making something beautiful out of something nasty," she added. Trends of making more out of recycled materials further inspired her, she said.
The cloth was devised by church member Leanne Rogers, as part of her art course as a mature student. The Reverend John Harvey, who looks after St Katherine's at Bryn Pydew, Conwy, said it enhanced the link between the church and the environment. Ms Rogers said she her design inspired by the "quirkiness" of her church.
"My brief as part of my degree meant that whatever I devised had to be very site specific," said Ms Rogers, who has now completed her course in design at Coleg Menai, Bangor.
"St Katherine's itself is in the hills above Llandudno Junction and is a former look-out hut from WWII, and everything inside has been donated, " she said. "Also, as a practicing Christian, I wanted to take hold of the concept of making something beautiful out of something nasty," she added. Trends of making more out of recycled materials further inspired her, she said.
