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Different Methods of Application Shellacįirst, applying one or two coats of shellac to the area to be gilded is most beneficial. I have experimented extensively with it and am happy to share some of the technical information I have observed. Many iconographers love this method because of its relative ease in application but particularly for its very shiny surface when it’s finished.

Iconographer how to#

With this in mind, I’m currently preparing to teach an online icon writing class that, in addition to teaching how to paint an icon using egg tempera, will focus on how to gild using the Kolner Instacoll Gilding System. Only in this way of sharing our experience can we hope to add the best quality to our icons and I know that we all want to bless the Lord with our most excellent work. I invite any of my readers who has experience with these new products to please write about it so it can be shared and published here. New Gilding MaterialsĪt the same time, many, many, new products used for icon writing have come on the market. This is great news for all of us, I’m sure. I’ve been studying and painting Icons for almost thirty years! Since I first began, the field of iconography has changed so much! There are so many more books on the subject, both “how to”, books about the history of icons, and how to pray with them. Greetings Friends and Fellow Iconographers: Valerie Cullers on The Worldview of an Icono… Michael and Christin… on The Worldview of an Icono… Valerie Smith on The Worldview of an Icono… View Christinesimoneauhales’s profile on YouTube.View Christine Simoneau Hales’s profile on LinkedIn.View Christinesimoneauhales’s profile on Pinterest.View christinesimoneauhales’s profile on Instagram.View Heavensvisions’s profile on Twitter.View Christine Hales Art/Icons’s profile on Facebook.Nor can they stay stagnant in … Continue reading Icons For Our Time Michael Halesįollow American Association of Iconographers on Social Media There are as many different viewpoints as there are people! I think we all agree that icons cannot be relevant to only one denomination of Christianity. As I view FB posts and blogs about contemporary Icons there is a lot of talk about what is a “real” icon. She now lives in Boise, Idaho with her husband Christian and their two Siamese cats. from Portland State University where she studied Art History and Psychology. One particular joy comes when people with little faith in their artistic abilities suddenly see that they too are capable of creating beauty in this world. Kara also studied with several other instructors in both acrylic and egg tempera mediums.Īs an iconographer Kara now takes great joy in sharing with others how the process of icon writing can draw them into the love of God and reveal their inherent creative nature. Over the next 5 years Kara studied extensively with Teresa, quickly taking on the role of assistant, and eventually working as co-teacher. Kara described it as, 'being seen by God in a way had not experienced before.' It was a profound experience that altered the course of her life.

As she painted layer upon layer and the faces of Christ and the Theotokos began to emerge, Kara found herself falling in love with this practice of icon writing.

Kara Gillette was introduced to iconography in 2015 through a workshop led by Teresa Harrison.