Poor Man's Bible
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Femke Reijerman
A reference to stained glass windows in churches that illustrate narratives from the Bible for an originally illiterate audience, ‘Poor Man’s Bible’ is a series of stained glass panels that look at humans’ relation to nature from a biblical perspective. Based on illustrations by Roberts Rūrāns.
As a child, I grew up in a Christian community. What still remains in my consciousness to this day are the illustrations from the Bible picture books. Often they state how a humans relationship to nature should be, for example, Genesis says, “Be fruitful
