by Michelle Rumney | Mar 1, 2020 | Architecture, On Show, Selected, Spaces
This year’s Lent art installation at Southwark Cathedral has a Pilgrimage theme for Thomas Becket’s 850th anniversary year. The Route With the help of author Leigh Hatts and his guidebook ‘The Pilgrim’s Way’, I traced the London to...
by Michelle Rumney | Jan 25, 2020 | Studio & Process
In the Year of Pilgrimage Southwark Cathedral reflects on the mediaeval practice of ‘Measuring to the Saint’ – Lent Art Installation 2020’ In mediaeval times, there was a common practice called ‘Measuring to the Saint’. If you needed spiritual or physical...
by Michelle Rumney | Dec 30, 2019 | Artist's Journeys, In Action, Inspiring
2020 is a triple anniversary year for the infamous Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. It is 900 years since his birth, 850 years since death, and 800 years since he became a saint, by order of the Pope. Candlelit Cathedral Every December 29th in Canterbury...
by Michelle Rumney | Nov 1, 2019 | Collaborations, In Action, On Show, Play, Supporters, Talks & Workshops
Measuring to the Saint In Medieval times, there was a common practice called Measuring to the Saint. If you needed spiritual or physical help or healing, they measured your body from head to toe with a length of string or thread, curled it up and sent it to the...
by Michelle Rumney | Jul 22, 2019 | Architecture, Spaces
I’m so pleased to announce that I’ve been invited to create next year’s Lent Art Installation for Southwark Cathedral. Last week I met with Rose Harding, Southwark’s Development Director, and the Dean – the Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, to...
