Catalog of Crosses

I. Stick
II. Broken Stick
III. BIRD TABERNACLE
IV. TAU CROSS
V. MADONNA TABERNACLE
VI. CALVARY DIPTYCH
VII. TRINITY
VIII. ALAN’S WALK
IX. STAG CROSS
X. GREEK CROSS

The grace of birds in flight, as well as their dignity on perches, explains why humans have often viewed them as embodiments of deities, angels, and messengers. This birdlike glass vessel comes from ancient Phoenicia. The “nest” of a wire bowl is inscribed with words from a Tibetan prayer: “Do not abandon me…” When the doors of the two-tier box are open, they suggest the horizontal span of a cross.