Cloverdale Banner

This is a close-up of a portion of a banner created in 2008 for Zion Lutheran Church, Cloverdale, Minnesota, USA. The work is textiles which I cut and sew. Many denominations of the Church follow a liturgical year which specifies the color for each season of the Church Year. Since this work is meant to hang year-round in the sanctuary, it includes the five liturgical colors: red, green, blue, gold (for white), and purple. The three interlocking circles are a traditional symbol for the Holy Trinity.

A number of bands of strip-pieced fabric are hints at pathways we take on our life journey. Life is complex and so is the work. But if we are people of faith, our lives are centered in the love of God, the life of Jesus, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, (the Enabler).

Jeanette Paulson has been creating one-of-a-kind banners and altar hangings for churches for 26 years. "My BA degree is in music, which I believe informs my art. Worship involves the five senses. The in which we live and worship is of great importance. If we do not clothe our sanctuaries with the best art we can offer, our praises to God the Creator may fall flat.

"Taking the traditional symbols used in The Church for centuries, I reinterpret them with my own vision. Textiles are impermanent and this is a blessing. Thus our faith can and must be represented anew for each generation. I am an active member of my Lutheran Church, sit on its Board of Church in society, play in the bell choir, and often solo on my oboe.

"Other activities which inform my life are gardening and reading fiction."

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