Two Book Reflections

Im working on a carving for a Lent Exhibit at Christ Presbyterian Church in Madison. There will be a work for each station of the Cross. The brief is to be monochrome and unrefined. Here are some sketches.

I’ve decided to feature the judgment of the crowd to crucify him, and to see Pontius Pilate’s hand washing. This is seen from Pilate’s Point of view.

I will be “drawing” with a woodworking tool on this live edge board. The idea is to make it like a line drawing. To get the contrast needed, I’ll either whitewash the wood or paint in all of the incised lines. 

To add to the idea of Pilate’s view of things, I’ve decided to use my own hand for photo referenct. What was Pilate thinking and feeling as he knowingly convicted an innocent man to preserve himself from the Crowd’s accusation: ‘You are no friend of Caesar’s!”