Artists: Robert Aldous, Sara Scott and Stephen Duncan

Robert Aldous




Sara Scott
Title: Stole souls

Materials: Hand felted wool and silk
Dimensions: 30cm (height); 100cm (width); 20cm (depth)


A coloured stole is worn around the neck of a priest as a symbolic reminder of the towel traditionally carried by the servant of a king. A stole can be a simple length of cloth or a highly decorated work of art. They are worn with a chasuble (a poncho-like garment) by priests in this church while they celebrate Holy Communion. The colours of the church year are a continuing reminder of the changing seasons and the cycle of creation. Purple for the seasons of Advent and Lent is the colour of penitence. White, sometimes accompanied by Gold, is the colour of celebration and is worn for the seasons of Christmas and Easter. Red is worn in Holy Week, at Pentecost, on Saints Days and for the season of Remembrance that precedes Advent. Green is the colour for what is known as ‘Ordinary Time’ and is worn whenever none of the other colours are specified. These little souls have chosen a selection of sample stoles for dressing up – this church is very cold in winter and hand-felted wool is not only beautiful but also very warm.

Sara Scott has been making ‘things’ since she was a child – dressmaking, ceramics, sculpture in various media and now feltmaking. She has had various careers in her adult life but a constant feature has been her commitment to developing her creative abilities in many different media and styles. She has exhibited in the Morley Gallery on a number of occasions, has exhibited and held Open Studios in the Telegraph Hill Festival and has been in group shows at St Augustine’s. Sara is Honorary Assistant Curate at St Augustine’s and is co-curator of ‘Take a Pew’. Sara has made chasubles and stoles for St Augustine’s and is now feeling very excited about the possibilities for a range of felted stoles (of the proper length).

If you are interested in commissioning Sara to make a stole please contact her via the website at www.augustineonetreehill.org.uk.







Stephen Duncan