Quiet Inspiration

Landscape Architect:
Carolyn Tynes

Robinson Iron Design:
W. Wayne Fuller

Robinson Iron Project Managers:
J. Scott Howell

Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama expressed a wish to Carolyn Tynes, Landscape Architect for a rejuvenation of an interior courtyard at the church. Part of her plan included a focal point on one of the courtyard’s brick walls.  She decided it would be interesting to base the new piece upon the modernist design of the altar cross in Saint Luke’s nave. It would have to be a fresh and somewhat different take on that much loved icon.

Carolyn turned to Robinson Iron and in collaboration with designer Wayne Fuller arrived at the waterjet interpretation illustrated. The cross is constructed of polished waterjet cut bronze and is mounted within two distressed plates of waterjet cut aluminum plate.

The installed cross greets visitors as they enter the church’s offices.

Before any work began on the cross, a color mock-up of the assembly was presented to the client for approval.

The waterjet cut pieces await assembly.

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