Copper Cross Progress
We’ve got plenty of refining and cleaning and such still to do, but the copper cross will shortly be ready for its gold treatment. We didn’t tell you? Yup, in about a week and a half, we’ll have some pictures to show you of how we made this gorgeous cross gleam in gold. It will be amazing!
In the meantime, we have some really fun pictures of the cross in its various stages of completion. You can finally see how the stainless steel inner structure relates with its outer covering.
By the way, did you know that the entire tower, copper, masonry and all, will be lifted and suspended using only the loop at the top of the cross? That’s some engineering! Even though everything is proofed, I don’t think anyone will breathe during the time the tower is lifted by crane and securely placed atop the cathedral. Should be quite a sight!
***Editor’s note: Use the PicLens (hyperlinked in blue right above the pictures) to best view this fairly large gallery rather than skimming through the thumbnails as most of the thumbnails in this gallery have been significantly cropped and appear distorted. We’d hate for you to miss the details.
Absolutely beautiful! The work that you do is amazing and must be immensely satisfying. Keep it up!