The Testament Sculptures at Exeter Cathedral

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My father, Ken Carter the sculptor was commissioned in 1969 to make 15 sculptures to be placed into the niches in the Chapter House at Exeter Cathedral.   Called the Testament Sculptures, he chose the great theme of creation and the figures depict some stages of creation in the Old and the New Testament.

He modelled the sculptures in clay and cold cast them in Aluminium Resin fibreglass in the years up to 1974. I remember him working on them and during the casting, we children often helped by laminating the fibreglass sheets into the backs of the sculptures.

On a recent visit to the UK I paid a visit to the Chapter House and got a few photos.

 

    Exeter Cathedral Chapter House

 

  ‘Darkness’… –  In the beginning.

 

    ‘Water and Earth’

 

   ‘Light’  –  The Sun and Moon

 

  ‘The Annunciation’

 

  ‘Man’

 

  ‘Nativity’

 

  ‘Baptism’

 

  ‘Resurrection’