Enfolded
and
the Cloud of Unknowing

This work in two parts was made in response to St Julian's Church, and Julian of Norwich (c.1342 - after 1416) who chose  to be anchoress there  permanently isolated in a cell,  a partial wall remains and can be seen today. It was during her time inside the cell that she wrote her Revelation of Divine Love,  the first surviving book written in English by a woman. Lady Julian has become one of Norwich’s best-known and well-loved citizens and admirers and pilgrims from all over the world come to Norwich to visit the cell where she lived.

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Little is known of her life other than that she received her revelation in 1373 (after which she set down the first version of her text), that she completed a longer version around 1393 and that she entered her cell by 1394. She encourages her readers to seek Jesus Christ in prayer, in the Scriptures, and in the Sacraments, as means of experiencing his reconciliation and forgiveness.

 

 

 

‘Enfolded’ and the 'Cloud of Unknowing' use the colour ‘White’ in it’s purest sense, to hold passages from Julian of Norwich’s sixteen revelations (shewings).

 Handmade paper, six etchings and letterpress, bound with leather,  enclosed and protected by the wings of a Dove, the bird most often associated with peace and purity.