New Cemetery Artwork - Inside and Out

Happy summer everyone!  Inspired Artisans has more to celebrate than just the official arrival of summer this month with the recent completion of yet another project for the Catholic Cemeteries of Newark at Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah, NJ.

Last fall, we were given the opportunity to design and create six angel reliefs to fill exterior wall niches on the front facade of their chapel mausoleum.  Dubbed 'Angels of Our Lady', each fiberglass relief features a shield depicting one of the symbols of the Blessed Mother and was created in fiberglass colored to match the existing stone.  Here are a few photos we took of the installed reliefs when we visited the cemetery again last month:

While the installation of the angel reliefs in November 201l helped to close out the year successfully, we were even more pleased when we were again commissioned by Catholic Cemeteries of Newark to create an altar and ambo for the mausoleum as well.

Starting with a sketch of the 'Lamb of God', a design for the marble altar with the lamb created in Venetian glass mosaic and raised bronze accents was created.  A matching marble and wooden ambo also features a cross emblem in Venetian glass mosaic, with the addition of raised bronze panels depicting the Evangelists adding a unique luster.

The marble elements and the hand-crafted mosaics were produced by our affiliated artists in Italy and shipped here to be combined with the wooden ambo top and bronze pieces.  The completed furnishings were assembled on site at the cemetery in May, completing the interior of the new chapel.

Some of the images from the creation process for the altar and ambo are posted here:

 

It was a pleasure to once again serve the Catholic Cemeteries of Newark, and the greater Catholic community as well.  Please feel free to contact us with any questions about these projects, or for more information about our work, feel free to visit our website at www.inspiredart.com.