Drawn to Love Banner Design
Drawn to Love Banner Design
[This banner is based on a paper lace image included in our Again & Again Lent Bundle for Year B]
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FOR ONE-TIME LICENSE
Project & trace this design based on John 12:20-33 to create painted or paper lace banners for your sanctuary. We hope these designs (and our instructional materials) can simply be a starting point for you to create art and beauty that is uniquely your own.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I love borders. I place them in my artwork so that I can break them. They set up a reiteration of balance; they allow for a secondary or tertiary focal point. They introduce a conversation. In this image, the border allows for variation in the foreground and separation in the sky. The wheat breaks through the border. The horizon continues past the border. What are the metaphors within this imagery?
People are drawn to Jesus, drawn to love. I portray God’s voice with cumulonimbus clouds, the clouds of thunderstorms. As they move upward toward the heavens, they become wheat and doves. The image incorporates a border representing the loving constraints that Jesus’ ministry places on our lives and choices. What would Jesus do? Jesus would love.
The wheat grows beyond the border of life; the wheat brings forth a standard of daring love. “Those who love their life lose it” (John 12:25). The wheat breaks the border, it dances with the voice of God, it is not cautious, it is not scarce. It is love.
—Hannah Garrity, banner design artist and Founding Creative Partner of SA
DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:
Horizontal files to project and trace the design onto one 68”x86” banner. If you are creating a paper lace cut out banner, we provide a flipped projection file so that you can trace and cut on the back of the banners (displaying the clean side as the front).
Written instructions with 2 options (summarized below) for bringing this design to life in your congregation!
CREATIVE OPTIONS (SEE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS IN DOWNLOAD FOR MORE INFO):
Option A.) Painted Banners
Suitable for: Youth and adults of all ages
Level of time, planning, commitment: (3 of 5 stars)
Process: Follow written instructions & tutorial video to project and trace designs onto kraft paper or canvas to create two banners. Invite members to paint the designs using tempera or acrylic paint.
Option B.) Paper Lace Cut-Out Banners
Suitable for: older youth (with supervision) and adults
Level of time, planning, commitment: (5 of 5 stars)
Process: Following the tutorial video below and written instructions included in download, project, trace, and cut out designs on photography studio backdrop paper to create beautiful paper lace banners.
