tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post506967554096658208..comments2024-03-28T14:38:09.470+00:00Comments on Patrick Comerford: The Crucifixion icon completes a triptych of Bethlehem icons in Lichfield Cathedral Patrick Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558394038241172440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-26350414588736122832018-12-27T07:57:48.552+00:002018-12-27T07:57:48.552+00:00Dear Patrick, thank for such a fulsome account of ...Dear Patrick, thank for such a fulsome account of the Lichfield Cross. I think all of us involved were deeply moved by the experience, and it’s good that it is being appreciated for its depth and beauty. I feel this is my most important work, apart for the icon of Our Lady Who Brings Down Walls.<br /><br /> I would just comment that the work was really done by myself and the associate staff members, Lee Harvey and Hanna Ward, both of whom teach from time to time at our School in Bethlehem. The students were marvellous, but they were of a varying range of experience and the point of bringing them was so that they could do some learning ‘in the field’ so to speak, and it was a very important part of the project for the cathedral to support the Icon School by facilitating the students’ participation. The work was actually done by myself, Lee and Hanna or the students under our close supervision. I think it is important that Lee and Hanna in particular don’t simply get airbrushed out of the story under the generic label ‘Bethlehem Icon Centre’.<br /><br />You might be interested to know that I am in the process of writing a book about the whole Icon Project which, if I get it together, should be available within the next 12 months.<br /><br />Very best, Ian Knowles<br />Ian Knowles, Elias Iconshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274688016674189480noreply@blogger.com