Cherub

These designs are based on the nine choirs of angels as proposed by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, and on the visions of Saint Hildegard of Bingen.
The design of the Cherubin portrays a strange being, in keeping with the effect of the Cherubim in Ezekiel’s vision. The central mass of the body is composed of a large, solid block supported by a limb in the form of a column of light. It is surmounted by a halo towards which another column of light rises from the central body.
The central body provides the solidity with which the role of the guardian has previously been transmitted. It also shows the alien characteristics of the Cherubim. The column that supports it is off-centre and thin in comparison with the central body, which gives the whole figure a sense of instability. This column also forms a descending thorn, a sign of how the Cherub transmits God’s wisdom to those below him. It is a pointed column, which reinforces the sense of danger conveyed by the Cherubim.
The halo, finally, expands in the direction of the four cardinal directions and thus refers to the four heads with which Ezekiel describes the Cherubim in his visions.