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Jude Fritts
Wood Carving & Sculpture 
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Carvings by Jude Fritts for
"Several symbols contained within these carvings have significance not only for the cathedral but to our municipal setting as well. Facing the organ 'reading' from the left to right-hand upper portions of the case the following images can be found: A bird’s nest containing three eggs (a reference to the Trinity) with parenting birds perched on the edge which honors Earth Ministries originally founded from this cathedral parish; each of the three protruding case “pointed towers” have highly ornamental scroll-like filigree containing sea creatures pertaining to our west coast port setting. The two upper fields of carvings flanking the central tower have owl heads peering out, representing wisdom but also reference a long-held Advent/Christmas tradition instituted by our head sexton of including an owl among the greens gracing the cathedral during yuletide. On the upper right-hand case side is a musical lion playing an ancient stringed instrument flanked by an early reed-like instrument along with a lyre providing not only the historical iconic figure associated with Saint Mark's but also pays tribute to the multiple, celebrated music ministries which have drawn so many to Saint Mark’s Cathedral over the years. From: http://www.saintmarks.org/Worship/Music/Oliver.php |
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For more about the The Marion Camp Oliver Organ
Visit St Mark's Episcopal Cathedral's website:
- http://www.saintmarks.org/Worship/Music/Oliver.php
http://www.saintmarks.org/Worship/Music/OliverTechnical.php
Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders (Opus 22):
Gothic Catalog:
- http://www.gothic-catalog.com/Seattle_WA_St_Mark_s_Cathedral_Fritts_organ_2003_s/668.htm
"The instrument enjoys a perfect placement, located high in the back gallery, the sound speaking into the room in an unforced manner. The organ, although based on organ building practices of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, is capable of playing music from many periods and styles.
OHS Pipe Organ Database:
About Jude FrittsSee Jude's Resume in Photos...Jude Fritts is a woodcarving artist with twenty six years of experience working in a wide variety of styles and woods. Jude's custom carving includes carved doors and panels, wall art, carved ornament, and sculpture. Jude has designed and carved large scale pipe shade carvings for organs built by Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Charles M. Ruggles Pipe Organs, Rosales Pipe Organ Services and Schlicker Organ Co. She is currently working on carvings for the new pipe organ at St. Philip Presbyterian Church in Houston, TX, which will be delivered January 2010. Jude has created designs ranging from renaissance to contemporary and has worked in oak, Douglas fir, cherry, Honduran mahogany, western red cedar and basswood. Individual works vary in size from 5 to 65 panels totaling 12 to 250 square feet of carving. Carvings for an organ typically take a year to complete. Large organs, like The Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ for Pacific Lutheran University, have taken more than two years. Small organs may require only three months.
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Jude FrittsWood Carving & Wood Carved Sculpture Olympia, Washington
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