Iconic Monstrance Of Our Lady Of The Sign, Ark Of Mercy.
It is a great joy to be able to work materializing a vision of a good friend. From the first suggestions to the full realization of the idea – step by step we build what you now can see. Each detail had a lengthy time of development through numerous prototypes.
The massive gilt-wood monstrance is widely thought to be the largest in the world, standing at 9 feet and weighing in at 900 pounds. It is the work pf Stefan Niedorezo. The design is original, though not unprecedented, drawing on eastern images of Our Lady of the Sign and numerous other theological, iconographic and scriptural sources. It consists of a half-length sculpture of an orante Virgin Mary that serves as the backdrop for a foot-wide luna surrounded by rays and a crown of thorns. The statue is flanked by angels, and raised on a base resembling the Ark of the Covenant.