Icon painting is a meditative, prayerful, and somewhat ritualized art form, in which the materials and processes as well as the image have symbolic meaning. “God’s whole creation gathers to create the icon, in the form of the all-natural animal, vegetable, and mineral products used for the board, gilding, painting, and oiling.” “A blessed icon completed by this “liturgically correct” process is considered sacred, regardless of the quality of its art work.”
Join Dom Anselm and create your own Icon which will be a work of art £300.00 (includes accommodation, meals, all materials and equipment).
Sunday 14th May (16.00) – Friday 19th May (14.00) (depart after lunch)
Sunday 11th June (16.00) – Friday 16th June (14.00) (depart after lunch)
20th August (meet at 16.00) – 25th August (depart after lunch)
Sunday 3rd September (16.00) – Friday 8th September (14.00)
Friday 9th June (16.00) – Sunday 11th June (14.00)
Led by – Dom Anselm OSB
“Gesso“, also known “glue gesso” or “Italian gesso” is a traditional mix of an animal glue binder (usually rabbit-skin glue), chalk, and white pigment, used to coat rigid surfaces such as wooden painting panels as an absorbent primer coat substrate for painting.
Why not prepare your own board and then go on to write an Icon? (see below) £100.00 (weekend only but includes accommodation, meals, materials and equipment).
Friday 1st September (16.00) – Sunday 3rd September (14.00)
Led by Dom Anselm OSB £150.00
The term gilding covers a number of decorative techniques for applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of gold. A gilded object is described as “gilt”.