The cross “Hope of the Resurrection” is a wall cross with a corpus, made of several offset beams. The figure spreads its arms upwards, wears a grey robe and a golden nimbus; squares in gold and silver set accents at the ends of the cross.
The name is a designation used by the workshop and is left unexplained. Christ with raised arms is understood in Christian imagery as a sign of the resurrection, as the title suggests. The cross therefore recalls hope rather than suffering.
- Sizes: 32 cm, 40 cm, 52 cm
- Finishes: hand-painted (oil colours, gold leaf and silver leaf details, lacquer fixing) or antique genuine gold (fine craquelé surface, real gold leaf)
- Wood: Val Gardena wood, mainly lime wood, depending on size also maple or Swiss stone pine
In a house of mourning, a cross like this can be a comfort without glossing over grief. It also comes into question as a gift for First Holy Communion or Easter. There are more resurrection motifs among thestatues of Christ.
The Hope of the Resurrection is made by hand in Val Gardena; every cross takes on grain and painting a little differently. Allow approx. 3–4 weeks; insured shipping from South Tyrol goes to Germany and Austria only and costs €6.90.