Iconographer vocation2/28/2023 ![]() We also use this tape on top of the icon in the very beginning, to sequester areas to be gilded from areas to be painted. Russian master iconographer Alexandre Sobolev drew the image. You can see that the tape we use is yellow “Frog Tape” which is specifically designed for delicate surfaces, enabling us to carefully remove it without disrupting the gesso. The new icons of Brother André, written by Quebec iconographer Élisabeth Bergeron, capture the essential aspects of his life and allow the viewer to contemplate the love that animated his vocation. Keith smoothed these reparations with 400 grit sandpaper, then taped off the gessoed top of the board to prevent over painting. ![]() Father Jon applied gesso that the Institute students made, repairing the corners. In the long trip over, some of the corners were damaged and needed repair. This professionally made icon board came all the way from Bulgaria, where there is a well established tradition of icon board making. While the general attitude of the image is serious, it also must contain a sense of hope and consolation. In the beginning, without the colors of the murals, all the interior walls are white. What we moderns mean by artist has been severed from the sacred root of the vocation, but our. The purpose of the Iconographer is through his images attempt to evoke a prayerful ambience and connection between the icon and the observer. Painting a church is a hard and long work which takes years to finish, he said. ![]() Keith Walters, a student in our beginning program, helped us this week by first sanding the edges before painting. The creative act to participate in the majesty of Creation. This is one of the only areas on the icon board in which we allow acrylic paint to be applied because it offers a harder, more durable finish to protect the icon. ![]() One of the finishing steps is making sure that the edges of the icon are protected. Keith Walters prepares the icon board edge. ![]()
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