Volunteers Create New Vestments For St Paul's Cathedral

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An embroidery volunteer adds tassles to a cope as volunteers create a collection of over 200 vestments designed by Central Saint Martins woven textile student Marie Brisou and commissioned by St Paul?s Cathedral as part of its 300th anniversary and £40 million GBP campaign on August 29, 2008 in London, England. Marie Brisou won a competition for Central St Martins students in 2005 to design over 200 vestments for the four liturgical seasons. Gainsborough Silk wove the fabric for the garments which are being created by 18 volunteers run by studio manager Kate Sinton and a team of embroiderers led by Jane Raven in a small studio in the crypt of St Paul?s cathedral.

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Embroidery volunteers work on the Bishop os London's cope as they create part of a collection of over 200 vestments designed by Central Saint Martins woven textile student Marie Brisou and commissioned by St Paul?s Cathedral as part of its 300th anniversary and £40 million GBP campaign on August 29, 2008 in London, England. Marie Brisou won a competition for Central St Martins students in 2005 to design over 200 vestments for the four liturgical seasons. Gainsborough Silk wove the fabric for the garments which are being created by 18 volunteers run by studio manager Kate Sinton and a team of embroiderers led by Jane Raven in a small studio in the crypt of St Paul?s cathedral.

The finished embroidery for the Bishop of London's mitre (left) is left stretched as volunteers create a collection of over 200 vestments designed by Central Saint Martins woven textile student Marie Brisou and commissioned by St Paul?s Cathedral as part of its 300th anniversary and £40 million GBP campaign on August 29, 2008 in London, England. Marie Brisou won a competition for Central St Martins students in 2005 to design over 200 vestments for the four liturgical seasons. Gainsborough Silk wove the fabric for the garments which are being created by 18 volunteers run by studio manager Kate Sinton and a team of embroiderers led by Jane Raven in a small studio in the crypt of St Paul?s cathedral.

The finished embroidery for the Bishop of London's mitre is left stretched as volunteer share a laugh while they create a collection of over 200 vestments designed by Central Saint Martins woven textile student Marie Brisou and commissioned by St Paul?s Cathedral as part of its 300th anniversary and £40 million GBP campaign on August 29, 2008 in London, England. Marie Brisou won a competition for Central St Martins students in 2005 to design over 200 vestments for the four liturgical seasons. Gainsborough Silk wove the fabric for the garments which are being created by 18 volunteers run by studio manager Kate Sinton and a team of embroiderers led by Jane Raven in a small studio in the crypt of St Paul?s cathedral.

An embroidery volunteer works on the Bishop's mitre as a group of volunteers create part of a collection of over 200 vestments designed by Central Saint Martins woven textile student Marie Brisou and commissioned by St Paul?s Cathedral as part of its 300th anniversary and £40 million GBP campaign on August 29, 2008 in London, England. Marie Brisou won a competition for Central St Martins students in 2005 to design over 200 vestments for the four liturgical seasons. Gainsborough Silk wove the fabric for the garments which are being created by 18 volunteers run by studio manager Kate Sinton and a team of embroiderers led by Jane Raven in a small studio in the crypt of St Paul?s cathedral.

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