Monday, February 18, 2013

CHRISTCHURCH BRAY HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO THE LAND OF NARNIA, THE STORY OF THE DAWN TREADER FOR LENT

The work of artists from the Signal Art Centre over the past few months has finally come to fruition. The Dawn Treader exhibit was launched on Ash Wednesday with a great deal of ceremony.

The exhibition was launched by Douglas Gresham, stepson of CS Lewis, who had travelled from Malta with his wife, Marie, to be present. He said it had been a great honour and a pleasure to be in Bray for the event. “It is a great wonder to see what has been done in the church and a great surprise to see the Dawn Treader and Aslan recreated here,” he said.
Archbishop Michael Jackson  praised  Rector Stanley Baden and all who had helped to transform the church to give Ash Wednesday and Lent a whole new light and creativity.
Over the next six and a half weeks it is expected that thousands of children and adults will pass through the church to walk through the Dawn Treader ship and visit the islands that King Caspian, Lucy, Edmund, Eustace, Reepicheep the mouse and Aslan visited. They will also see Aslan, the icy Queen of Narnia who sits in her sleigh, a real waterfall which has been created in the chancel of the church and a menacing dragon. The festival forms part of the church’s 150th anniversary celebrations.
Here are a few more photos from the camera of Denis Dunne via Claire Flood.





 

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

LOCAL ARTIST DARREN NESBITT WORKS WITH SIGNAL ARTISTS ON THE NARNIA PROJECT THE DAWN TREADER AT CHRISTCHURCH IN BRAY

Artist Darren Nesbith works with Signal Artists at Christchurch in Bray.
Nesbith enjoys the life drawing available at Signal Arts Centre.  Here are some of the paintings he has produced for the Dawn Treader Project.  

A big thank you to Denis Dunne for the photographs.




THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER A WORK IN PROGRESS SIGNAL ARTISTS AT CHRISTCHURCH BRAY

Signal Artists have a significant role in working on the depiction of C.S. Lewis The Dawn Treader at Christchurch in Bray.  Here are some pictures showing Signal Artists hard at work. Claire Flood, Signal Supervisor got into the painting spirit, spraying items with gold for the Pool. June Molloy, Jenny Dann, Andrea Paul, Caroline O'Rourke painted the huge waterfall. Tony Clarke created and painted the Golden Man. Aoife Fitzgerald continues to work on the Dragon.

 
June Molloy and Jenny Dann

Painting the Waterfall



Hard at work

The Golden Man by Tony Clarke
 
Painted by Aoife Fitzgerald

Claire Flood checking out details of The Dawn Treader
 



Friday, February 1, 2013

CHRISTCHURCH BRAY - THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER

Signal Arts Centre artists have been working steadily on the props for the depiction of C.S. Lewis' s The Dawn Treader.   Here are some photos of a work in progress.  This is going to be an amazing project. Kudos to all involved.  That's Aoife Fitzgerald a Signal artist working away.