The Chichester Workshop is a centre for liturgical art, currently located in the Malthouse at Harting Rectory, while a purpose-built studio at the Cathedral is developed. Martin Earle and James Blackstone work in paint, mosaic, wood and stone, using time honoured techniques, and seeking to revive the place of liturgical art within Christian worship. They have a wide variety of projects, in Britain and internationally, and recently completed painting the great double-sided cross, which now hangs in Aberdeen Cathedral. They offer an education programme in the form of apprenticeships in traditional liturgical crafts of tempera painting, carving, mosaic, and Christian iconography.

The Benefice of Harting with Elsted and Treyford cum Didling has commissioned Jim Blackstone to create an icon to be given to Harriet to mark her departure. The Annunciation seems an ideal subject. Not only does it relate to the dedication of Harting Parish Church, but it also evokes Harriet’s sense of calling and her acceptance of her new ministry at Portsmouth Cathedral. The icon is made using the traditional technique of egg tempera, semi-precious stones such as lapis lazuli and azurite, and with the background created with burnished 23.5 ct gold.

Harriet was invited to St Mary and St Gabriel and presented with the icon on the 1st February by the Benefice.