Caistor wood artist helps create cross for for a queen

By The Newsroom
Published 17th Jun 2022, 09:10 BST
Updated 17th Jun 2022, 09:32 BST
The shaft and crossThe shaft and cross
The shaft and cross
A Caistor craftswoman has been part of a team whose work took to the national stage as part of the Queen’s Jubilee.

Royal Warrant-holding companies gifted a new Processional Cross to Her Majesty, which will be used at religious services and State occasions, including at the Cenotaph, and will replace the current cross in the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace.

The staff of the cross was turned and decorated by Joey Richardson, a QEST (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) scholar, which is one of the charitable arms of the RHWA ( Royal Warrant Holders Association).

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Joey said: “It was with great honour and pride that I turned and embellished the shaft for the Platinum Jubilee Processional Cross used in the Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving at St Pauls Cathedral.

Joey Richardson choosing the wood at SandringhamJoey Richardson choosing the wood at Sandringham
Joey Richardson choosing the wood at Sandringham

“I went to Sandringham to pick some oak from HM The Queen ’s Estate .

“ After turning, the shaft was decorated using pyrography and hand painting to depict the four nations, with the Tudor rose, daffodils, shamrocks and thistles.”

The cross has been made by Royal Warrant-holding company, Thomas Lyte, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths, from one of their designs chosen by Her Majesty.