New sculpture from Montgomery artist to go on loan at church

Andrew Logan completed his sculptural cross just in time for St David’s Day and plans to loan the cross to St Davids Cathedral in St Davids, Pembrokeshire.

The sculpture is entitled Remember Me and includes Andrew’s eclectic mix of objects, many collected from his travels, and has a distinctly Welsh theme, representing nature and his interpretation of humanity’s treatment of the planet.

The cross features a resin casting of the Green Man’s face at its centre, surrounded by bronze painted leaves mounted on a blue and green mirrored sun. A blue sun tops the piece with large clear crystal and the shaft of the cross is decorated with pieces of varnished mulberry wood taken from a fallen 400-year-old tree in the Archdeaconry garden in St Davids Cathedral Close.

Cathedral

Andrew said: “This sculptural cross project comes with a message to everyone to ‘Be Aware’, as it deals with human’s disregard for their home planet – Earth. I call it a Living Organism of the Planet and it was inspired by my visit to St Davids.”

As soon as travel restrictions allow, the cross will be transported to St Davids to be displayed at the cathedral.

The Very Reverend Dr Sarah Rowland Jones, Dean of St Davids, said: “In giving Andrew the mulberry wood, we had no idea it would return here, and yet what could be more apt than a cross?

"Its glorious design presents us with, dare I say, a provocative as well as often all too necessary invitation to look at the cross with fresh eyes. It drives home the twin realities that the sins Jesus bore there include humanity’s maltreatment of our planet, and the redemption he won embraces all of creation.”