Blessed are they that Mourn by Robyn Golden-Hann

Portland stone

The artist was inspired by lines from ‘The Elixir’ by George Herbert:

‘This is the famous stone / That turneth all to gold; / For that which God doth touch and own / Cannot for less be told.’

‘Memorials fulfil our spiritual need to make a mark; to show that we were here. Letters, though nothing more than simple abstract shapes, convey complex ideas and expressions of humanity. Letter-carving is the alchemy through which the artist realises the magical power of letters and gives them meaning.’