Michaela Haynes, Barns, (2014) ceramic, acrylic on wood , 3.2x0.8m

A ceramic wall sculpture/painting

This piece was made in memory of my father who passed away in 2012 he was a pastor of a church in Ripley, Derbyshire for the last 40 years of his life. He loved Derbyshire and the landscape coming originally from Nottingham and in a rock and roll band in the early 1960’s shortly before he gave it all up as he had found God (or God found him) .

The image came from a photograph I had taken while on a walk in Derbyshire just after his death. My dad loved farms and barns in particular I never knew why until I thought about it but sewing, reaping, gathering, planting, all things to do with farms and farmers are written about as images / parables in the bible. He saw his church buildings as barns to gather the harvest of people so this is what I decided to depict.

The piece has scriptures throughout related to barns in the bible, not visible straight away but after looking closely can be read.

Made from slices of brick clay which are then fired and arranged on wooden panels. The panels are then painted and copper leaf added. Parables are written in ceramic pen. 
The panels 9 in total slot together to form the whole piece.