Stations of the Cross: the Weight of Dust

Stations-of-the-Cross is a devotional practice that has taken many forms. Because it is largely a folk tradition and not an institutional product, it has moved from the early church to the present day in new expressions. This set of the traditional 14 stations is an interpretation in clay using the metaphor of dust. A heart in clay, the only color in the landscape of grey and brown, represents Jesus and, in station 4, his mother. The poems that accompany the images emerged as the artist worked with the clay, and came to represent different people walking with Jesus on that one day of the crucifixion. The poetry emphasizes courage and community.