ART 2-07

lnstructions to Build Your Cathedral

1. Print out all six pages on cardstock.

2. Cut out on all solid lines. Dotted lines are fold lines.

3. Page one: The Crossing. This should look familiar. We used it on the squinches and pendentive lesson.

a. Cut down the center of the paper, to separate the pointed pieces (piece A) from the large piece (piece B) that has four folds.

b. Take piece A and carefully cut all the dark areas away. Throw these dark pieces away.

c. Glue section C under section D. C and D are parts of a point. When glued they make a whole point.

d. Glue or tape the fold down areas of the dome. There are two ways to do this. i. First way: start on the C/D point and put a very tiny bit of glue on the back of the fold down section. Then bring point E over to the C/D point. C/D should be under the E point. Continue putting glue on the back of the glued down section and bringing the next point over. You may have overlap. That is okay. Just glue all the points to the center. ii. Second way: put tape on the inside of the C/D point and then bring all the points up and stick to the tape. e. The four triangles on the bottom of the dome are the squinches or pendentives. Fold them out. Carefully crease this fold.

f. Set dome aside. Piece B is the nave. This is where the people sit. i. Cut out the doors. ii. Before you put the nave together, draw and color the four walls of the nave with scenes from the life of Christ. Often the artists would draw themselves in a painting. Draw yourself as a bystander. iii. Take piece B and fold on the dotted lines. Crease well. Fold on creases so that it is in the shape of a box.

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g. Glue the tiny flap to F. This shape is a rectangle. The flap will wrap around the corner.

h. Set the dome on top of the nave. The four squinches or pendentives on the dome need to be lined up to the four corners of the nave. Using a small (1/2 inch ) piece of tape, tape the dome on to the nave. Put the tape on the tiny x on the squinches or pendentives, then wrap the tape around to the nave. i. This piece is going to be the crossing.

4. Page two: The North and South Transepts.

a. Cut out the large rectangle and then cut in half down the center.

b. Cut out the doors and the rose window. To cut out a circle, lay the cardstock on the carpet and using pointy scissors or a paring knife make a hole in the center of the rose window large enough for your scissors to fit in. Then lift up the cardstock off the floor cut to the edge of the circle and cut around.

c. Fold on the dotted lines. There are four folds.

d. Glue flap A where it says “glue flap A here.” When you are done you will have two boxes. The doors of the transepts line up to the doors in the crossing.

e. Glue the transepts to the crossing. Line up the doors to create an internal door from the crossing into the transept.

5. Page three: The West Façade. You will have a narthex and two towers—one tower with a spire. The circle is the rose window, and below there are three portal doors.

a. Cut carefully on the solid lines around the outside. Save the doors till last. Cut out the rose window the same as above.

b. Fold the towers into a square. If you fold with the drawn side out, the fold will be in the square shape.

c. Glue flap A to the back of B. This will create a box. This box is the tower. Do the same thing to both towers.

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d. Glue the spire together just like the dome top. You could also use little bits of tape.

e. Cut the solid lines around the doors and fold open.

f. Set the West Façade aside for a moment.

6. Page four: The Sides to the Nave.

a. Cut out the large rectangle on the solid lines.

b. Cut down the center on the solid line. Cut out the windows.  If time permits a story from the Old Testament could be illustrated on the inside of each nave wall.

c. Fold flap A and flap B in. If you fold with the illustrated sides on the outside of your fold it will be ready to be glued.

d. Put glue on flap A and glue to the crossing. On the other end glue flap B to back of the west façade. Repeat for the other side of the nave.

7. Page five has two things: the nave ceiling and the east end of the cathedral or the apse and choir.

a. Cut out the nave ceiling. Draw a New Testament story on the ceiling.  For older children have them draw and use colored pencils to illustrate five parts of a New Testament story.

b. Put a little bead of glue on flap A and glue to the top of the nave. Then put a little glue on flap B and glue to the top of the other wall of the nave. The picture you drew should be on the inside.

c. The next part is the east end. Cut out on the solid lines. Cut out the windows.

d. Fold in the flaps, with the drawn sides facing out.

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Also fold on the other dotted line. The dotted line by the windows is the end of the choir and the beginning of the apse. The apse should have a natural curve to it. Set it aside for a moment.

8. Page six has three things: the ceilings for the north and south transepts and the ceiling for the apse and choir at the east end of the cathedral.

a. Cut out the ceilings on the solid lines. Draw a New Testament story on the ceiling.  For older children have them draw and use colored pencils to illustrate five parts of a New Testament story.

b. Fold all the flaps down. Put a little bead of glue on the flaps of the square ceilings and glue to the top of each transept. The pictures you drew should be on the inside.

c. Then put a little glue on flaps for the other piece and glue to the top of the inside walls of the apse and choir (east end of the cathedral). The pictures you drew should be on the inside.

d. Glue flap A and flap B of the choir/apse to the crossing/ transepts across from the nave.

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