Twelve Stones

Textile

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image shows a colorful textile artwork composed of variously sized and shaped oval patches arranged in concentric layers, displaying a gradient of colors from green, blue, and purple on the outer layers to red, orange, yellow, and beige towards the center.

The image shows a colorful textile artwork composed of variously sized and shaped oval patches arranged in concentric layers, displaying a gradient of colors from green, blue, and purple on the outer layers to red, orange, yellow, and beige towards the center.

Name/Title

Twelve Stones

Entry/Object ID

1979.1.1

Description

Twelve beige stones in the center form a cross which is surrounded by rings of stones in various colors.

Category

Calvin Faculty Artist, On-Display at Calvin University, Abstract, Design/Pattern/Shape, Plants and Nature

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Chris Stoffel Overvoorde

Role

Designer

Date made

1979

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall size

Height

108 in

Width

108 in

General Notes

Note

Expanded Wall Label: What do these stones mean? Stones are reminders of trips out west, of rivers and valleys, of mountains and streams, of God’s grandeur in little things. A stone was a reminder for Jacob After God gave him dreams (Genesis 28). Twelve stones were reminders for the Israelites of God’s mighty deeds (Joshua 4). Twelve stone shapes to form an altar. A covenant With the tribes. The altar is a cross. The great atonement, the ultimate concern, The resurrection and the light. From twelve a multitude of colors and of races united in faith. A rainbow radiates God’s faithfulness.