Jacobus Ornat - Hilden - atelier christof cremer

Jacobus vestment - Hilden

conception

In addition to the discussion about the life of St. Jacob and the legends spread about him, I attended some church services. Both - the life and message of the person Jacobus and the concrete liturgical execution - as well as the liturgical space for which the garments were conceived were and are essential culmination points for my work. The study of questions of martyrdom, the history of martyr festivals, their significance for the development of the young church and their position in the lives of us today were important foundations for the conception of this ornate.
Call to follow the Cross - In celebrating a feast of martyrdom we remember, on the one hand, the concrete person and his faithfulness to Christ and his faith, who enabled that person to suffer and die; on the other hand, concrete martyrdom can be an example for us Christians, a model for our own journey in faith - although it must be "translated" again and again into time. "Take my cross upon you and follow me..." This unmistakable and yet also contradicting statement of Jesus leads the way: Christian discipleship - especially the discipleship of the cross - can only succeed sustained in and through the security of Christ's love. Cross succession is faith succession. I'm tempted to say, "There is an empty white cross waiting for everyone...
And then there is a second: "Wherever we go, we always carry the death suffering of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus also becomes visible in our bodies. For we, though we live, are always delivered up to death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh. Death thus shows us its power, but life shows you its power." (2 Cor 4:10-12) Thus the reading of the feast of James. Taking up this thought, I placed a breast plate in the centre of the garment - like a frog. This breast plate penetrates the garment and thus the body of the wearer. The front of the breastplate shows an exposed, recessed white and thus empty cross, the cross waiting for us. This chest plate is embedded in the golden
T-cross of Christ, the cross of love and security. The white alb of the wearer becomes clearly visible, both in the lateral and in the lower garment conclusion and extends thereby the golden cross from the Casel into the alb and thus still closer to the wearer. An optical transition takes place. The hems of the robes take on the shape of the pointed arch of the neo-Gothic church. These basic design principles were applied to all garments of the different function carriers and functions. The golden cross, however, is reserved for the chief celebrant who, as the head of the worship service, is the representative of Christ in the execution of the worship service.