The Stained glass windows commissioned by St Johns from artist Andy Brooke were exhibited both in Dumfries, and on the Isle of Arran this Easter.
Here is something about the symbolism in the pair.
Symbolism in the design
The design for the cross is based on three elements of the passion of Christ: nails, thorns and rope. There are three nails running across the cross-beam, one for each part of the Trinity present at the crucifixion. Each nail is hand-painted with a tangle of lines. There are four thorns running down the upright post, representing the crown of thorns thrust mockingly onto Jesus’ head in the events leading up to the crucifixion. There is a representation of ropes that bound Christ to the cross, seen in the lead lines descending the full length of the upright post. The whip or scourge that was used to torture Jesus can also be seen in the rope and jagged shapes.
Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4
The Easter cross becomes Good Friday cross in Sannox, Isle of Arran.
The velum schism – the veil in the Temple was torn from top to bottom at the death of Jesus on the cross. Represented here by the streaky lines moving across the central beam of the cross.