{"id":21399,"date":"2016-07-21T10:18:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T14:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/designlife\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2016-07-21T10:18:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T14:18:59","slug":"st-pauls-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/2016\/07\/21\/st-pauls-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Paul’s Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Paul’s Cathedral\u00a0is an iconic, historic London landmark and an Anglican cathedral that was built in 1675. This is one of the many excursions included in the Summer in London tour that is part of \u00a0Study Abroad here at NC State College of Design. Below is a recap by\u00a0Katelynn McCorquodale who is enjoying her experience abroad.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"KONICA<\/a>
A VIEW OF THE CEILING<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral <\/a>is a hot tourist spot for a plethora of reasons. Almost the entire ceiling of the Cathedral is covered in exquisite mosaics mostly done by the artist Sir William Blake Richmond. The colors and intricacy of the mosaics are very hard to describe using words\u2014standing under the works of art gives you a feeling you cannot define. It is also the location in which Princess Diana and Prince Charles got married in 1981. The Broiderer\u2019s Studio at the Cathedral was the reason for us traveling to this magnificent place.<\/p>\n

There were three women currently working on conserving numerous opus Anglicanum pieces while also creating new works used in religious ceremonies. We learned all three of them attended the Royal School of Needlework, which was definitely evident in the work they were producing. The detail work on many of these pieces was impeccable and wonderfully constructed\u2014especially since these women are volunteering to stitch purely for the love of it.<\/p>\n

Details of copes we saw pictured below, listed in order from left to right: an In-House original cope design, the Hammersmith Cope, the Jubilee Cope.<\/p>\n\n

\"emroideryroom\"<\/a>We got to witness firsthand watching the process of repairing a lot of these ancient works of art. Including seeing the earliest stages of projects (sketches, first stitches) all the way up to final products (copes, mitres). I really enjoyed seeing all stages of their process\u2014learning the types of thread they use, how they handle the artifacts with care, and which techniques are most successful. I loved seeing the delicacy of the gold work on these copes and mitres. Noticing new techniques I\u2019ve never seen in conventional embroidery works was also very inspirational\u2014giving me lots of ideas for my final motif design at RSN.<\/p>\n\n

After we went to the Broiderer\u2019s Studio, our group climbed all the way to the very top of St. Paul\u2019s, which was such a satisfying view once we made it all the way to the top. The view of London was quite astounding, to say the least. There were about 600 stairs to climb, so the entire journey to the top increased my anticipation for what the view of the city would look like from one of London\u2019s most iconic Cathedrals.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false,"raw":"St Paul's Cathedral\u00a0is an iconic, historic London landmark and an Anglican cathedral that was built in 1675. This is one of the many excursions included in the Summer in London tour that is part of \u00a0Study Abroad here at NC State College of Design. Below is a recap by\u00a0Katelynn McCorquodale who is enjoying her experience abroad.<\/em>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_2971\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"356\"]\"KONICA<\/a> A VIEW OF THE CEILING<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nSt. Paul\u2019s Cathedral <\/a>is a hot tourist spot for a plethora of reasons. Almost the entire ceiling of the Cathedral is covered in exquisite mosaics mostly done by the artist Sir William Blake Richmond. The colors and intricacy of the mosaics are very hard to describe using words\u2014standing under the works of art gives you a feeling you cannot define. It is also the location in which Princess Diana and Prince Charles got married in 1981. The Broiderer\u2019s Studio at the Cathedral was the reason for us traveling to this magnificent place.\n\nThere were three women currently working on conserving numerous opus Anglicanum pieces while also creating new works used in religious ceremonies. We learned all three of them attended the Royal School of Needlework, which was definitely evident in the work they were producing. The detail work on many of these pieces was impeccable and wonderfully constructed\u2014especially since these women are volunteering to stitch purely for the love of it.\n\nDetails of copes we saw pictured below, listed in order from left to right: an In-House original cope design, the Hammersmith Cope, the Jubilee Cope.\n\n[gallery columns=\"4\" ids=\"2975,2976,2973,2974\"]\n\n\"emroideryroom\"<\/a>We got to witness firsthand watching the process of repairing a lot of these ancient works of art. Including seeing the earliest stages of projects (sketches, first stitches) all the way up to final products (copes, mitres). I really enjoyed seeing all stages of their process\u2014learning the types of thread they use, how they handle the artifacts with care, and which techniques are most successful. I loved seeing the delicacy of the gold work on these copes and mitres. Noticing new techniques I\u2019ve never seen in conventional embroidery works was also very inspirational\u2014giving me lots of ideas for my final motif design at RSN.\n\n[gallery ids=\"2979,2980,2981\"]\n\nAfter we went to the Broiderer\u2019s Studio, our group climbed all the way to the very top of St. Paul\u2019s, which was such a satisfying view once we made it all the way to the top. The view of London was quite astounding, to say the least. There were about 600 stairs to climb, so the entire journey to the top increased my anticipation for what the view of the city would look like from one of London\u2019s most iconic Cathedrals.\n\n[gallery columns=\"5\" ids=\"2982,2983,2984,2985,2986\"]"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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