"St. Thomas is best known for his role in verifying the Resurrection of his Master. Thomas' unwillingness to believe that the other Apostles had seen their risen Lord on the first Easter Sunday earned him the title of "doubting Thomas." Eight days later, on Christ's second apparition, Thomas was gently rebuked for his skepticism and furnished with the evidence he had demanded - seeing in Christ's hands the point of the nails. Thomas even put his fingers in the nail holes and his hand into Christ's side. After verifying the wounds were true, St. Thomas became convinced of the reality of the Resurrection and exclaimed, "My Lord and My God," thus making a public Profession of Faith in the Divinity of Jesus."

Perhaps doubting Thomas was merely a skeptic, he wanted proof of this resurrection. If Saint Thomas hadn't doubted Christ, he never would have been given his nickname 'doubting Thomas' which is a term used today 'don't be a doubting Thomas'; this simply means that people should stay true to their beliefs and not be too sceptical in life. I think that this could be applied to anyone, not just exclusively to Christians, as a life motto of sorts. I think that  many of  Christian beliefs and lessons can certainly be learned and applied in modern society without having to be a religious person. I would really like my work to materialise these Saints as if to bring them back to life and re-tell their stories. I really think that humour is unavoidable in my project just as Micheal Landy and Jake and Dinos Chapman's work is; perhaps animating/3-dimensionalising an important figure instantly generates amusement? It takes the figures out of their context of being solely used for worship and animates them into a childlike scene. I think that my work could potentially be satirical yet with the naivety of a child. All of the relics that I've researched have been preserved before a gruesome death, so I think that I should either try to exaggerate this gore or subvert it, changing the meaning all together.