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Bring The Stations of the Cross to Life

Support Karen Brodie Archibald’s Vibrant Fabric Art Series!
You can bring this fourteen-year project to realization!

Between 2009 and 2024 Karen has undertaken the design of the 14 Stations of the Cross, a mini-pilgrimage of Jesus’ journey from condemnation by Pilate to the Cross. These designs for future fabric art have been toured across B.C. in 5 separate tours.

 

One Station (number 9), "Shattered", has now been created in fabric and was shown during the 2017 Anglican Foundation's exhibit: (in)finite: spiritual conversations in cloth, in Vancouver, B.C. as well as The Craft of Spirit; BC Liturgical Textiles at The Italian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Now, Karen launches a new fundraising campaign with the goal of realizing all 14 Stations in fabric. Please join us to learn about how you can help bring this vibrant fabric art series to life!

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We're almost halfway to our fundraising goal of $42,000!

Thanks to the generous support of numourous patrons across the world! Will you join us in bringing these project to life?

YES! Please allow me to support this fabric art ministry.

Discover how you can support this project below:

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Sponsor a Station of the Cross

Support the Stations of the Cross

YES! I want to be a patron of this project! Please allow me to support the ministry of liturgical fabric artist Karen Brodie Designs to bear ‘fruit that will last’ in the world as she brings her Stations of the Cross project to life in textiles.

​There are many ways to contribute to match all financial abilities and interests.  Please note that tax receipts are not available for this project; Karen Brodie Designs operates according to the laws of Canada as a business.

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I would like to have this art completed in loving memory or to honour someone special:

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'Early Snow by the River'

Created in 2014. This banner depicts an early snowfall beside the Kicking Horse River in Golden, BC.

This piece has already been claimed with a donation and will soon be on its way to a generous patron in the UK!

Sponsor a Station of the Cross

Stations that are waiting to be made in fabric are available for sponsorship, which include the option to host an exhibition after completion.

Meet the artist:

Karen Brodie Archibald
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​Karen’s path to a career making liturgical fabric art began with a diploma in fashion design at the Phyllis Herndl College of Fashion 1988-89.  Early jobs, pattern drafting, cutting and sewing in small factories, brought Karen to the technique of fabric appliqué. Self employment with these skills began in 1991 in Vancouver, B.C. with custom dressmaking, and the beginning of liturgical (church) art as Karen applied her new skills of fabric appliqué. Her life-long involvement in church, as well as a stint as a youth ministry worker, brought her to the intersection of these two passions. 

 

For more than a quarter of a century from her studio in rural Golden, B.C., Karen’s sole work has been producing liturgical fabric art. This work has led to a large portfolio, being commissioned by churches and individuals of many Christian denominations across the continent and beyond. This includes hundreds of clergy and deacon stoles, vestments, altar sets, and banners large and small.

"As a Christian I have spent my life saying ‘Yes’ to the Spirit of God. This allows me to become a vessel for stories, symbols, movement, and emotion as I seek to illustrate God’s love for all people. It brings me joy to work with people from churches and clergy across the globe, to get to know fellow leaders and how I can best be in service to their ministry. Prayer and contemplation are a daily part of this process."

“I consider it a huge honor and privilege to be invited to participate as one who offered a reflection for the Stations of the Cross. I was deeply aware that whole project was a personal journey and [Karen] has a real gift for bringing others along the journey. So other people participated, and then she received those reflections, and really prayed those reflections, and then interpreted them in the art.”

The Right Reverend John E. Privett,

West Kelowna, British Columbia

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Tax deductible receipts are not available for this project; Karen Brodie Designs operates according to the laws of Canada as a business.

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1502 Fir Crescent

Golden, BC, Canada

V0A 1H6

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karen@brodiedesigns.com

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