I was enjoying this fountain at St. Anthony's monastery in Arizona when I decided to add a few St. Andrew (three bar) crosses to the line. The tradition behind this design as I understand it is a reflection not only of the sign above Christ's head on the cross and the foot rest that was at times used in crucifixions, but also as a symbol of the destination of the thief on Christ's right in contrast to the one on his left. Thus the bottom bar of the cross is diagonal, indicating that the thief on the right was destined for paradise (up) and the thief on his left, not.
The designed in carved in hard wax, prepared for molding and casting.
Some fun pics I took while down by the Little Klickitat river with my boys. This cross is on a 20 inch long, 2.3mm thick sterling silver wheat chain in these pictures.
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