Mariners Church
Visual Identity, Design & Photography
2025+
THE CHAPEL | Built in 1849, the Chapel is home to many victorian motifs and design both inside and out. We wanted to incorporate the unique character of the Chapel in our church logo.
Mariners Church is a community in the middle of Gloucester Docks to which I am a member. We desperately needed a bit of a visual update so I was asked if I could work on the graphics for it. Since then I’ve been working a few hours a week making flyers, graphics and taking photographs for the church. I love this family, they mean so much to be and I find it a great privilege to be able to reflect the genuine community through my work.
Full List of work so far:
- Visal Identity [Logo & Co.}
- Business Cards
- Welcome Cards
- Website Design
- Photography
- Letterheads
- Email Signatures
- Baptism Graphics
- Event Flyers
- Service Screens
- Group Icons
THE ANCHOR | There are lots of of victorian tiles and patterns in the church. On one of the tiles, an anchor can be seen in the white space of the design.
HISTORY OF THE ANCHOR | The anchor was a particularly common motif on early tombs. Christians couldn't easily display their faith due to fear of persecution, so they often used disguised symbolism. An anchor was an early symbol used to represent Christianity. A fish, also metaphoric in nature, was also used to represent the faith. St. Clement's Cross is also known as an anchored or mariner's cross. It is also seen as a signifier of a fresh start in biblical tradition. The St. Clement Cross is also a reference to the martyrdom of St. Clement referenced in the apocrypha. St. Clement was imprisoned, and it is said that he led a ministry among prisoners during this time. He was then executed by being thrown into the sea while tied to an anchor. He is considered the patron saint of mariners.
“When the early Church represented the sign of the cross on their monuments, nearly all sepulchral in character, they felt obliged to disguise it in some artistic and symbolical way. One of the oldest of the symbols of the cross is the anchor. Originally a symbol of hope in general, the anchor takes on in this way a much higher meaning: That of hope based on the Cross of Christ. The similarity of the anchor to the cross made the former an admirable Christian symbol."
Orazio Marucchi, Italian Archaeologist
CHAPEL DECORATION | This is a pattern painted on the inside of the walls of the chapel. Sections have been kept uncovered since recent renovation to show the originality of it.
Welcome Cards coming soon…
STREET ORGAN | Mariners Church has a street organ in the 1800’s. Above is a photograph off the church where the organ can be seen on the right. As part of the Tall Ships festival in Gloucester Docks 2024 I challenged myself to re-create the organ. My friend managed to get a small keyboard which I build the frame around and I used some old pram wheels to match the atheistic of the time. I also tried to re-create the ‘Mariners Church’ graphic painted on the organ which was tricky but ended up worked pretty well.
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