Angels light up Minster in striking art exhibition

Created by textile artist Jacqui Frost, the Angels exhibition, in the North Transept, looks at five references to angels in the Bible.

The work includes three-dimensional pieces and is worked with metal and fabric, photographic images, storyboards and includes a contemporary song by Paul Field from his show Cargo.

In 2006, the Deo Gloria Trust commissioned Ms Frost to create the first of a series of hand-stitched exhibitions which would travel around the cathedrals and churches of England. The result is a series of 10 stand-alone exhibitions, including Angels at the Minster.

Following the death of her first husband Rob Frost from cancer in 2007, Ms Frost’s work has seen a great change in style. First, she expressed her grief through delicate, hand-stitched handkerchiefs, to reveal graphically her personal thoughts and feelings. From this she started to examine issues of loss in people’s lives, and to find ways of expressing loss, love and hope in her new work.

The exhibition, which will glow in the Minster until November 10, will be a key feature of the late night opening at the cathedral, which will take place on October 26 as part of Illuminating York.