Painted icon “Saint Michael the Archangel” R.K.
72,00 €
This icon is hand painted on wood.
A unique item made from scratch with great dedication.
Artist Reet has been making icons for 15 years using methods that existed hundreds of years ago.
The icon is not consecrated.
Size 13 x 12 x 2.3 cm.
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Description
Estonian
Quote from Wikipedia: An icon (Greek εἰκών eikōn ‘statue’, ‘image’) is a sacred image in the Eastern Church, usually painted on wood, depicting Jesus Christ, Mary, a saint, an angel, or a scene from sacred history or church history.
The base is dried, old wood that no longer cracks, so there are no logs, which are usually made from raw wood.
The best raw material is hardwood.
The primer is 6-8 layers of a mixture of chalk and gelatin, plus gauze. The colors are natural color clays that are mixed with an emulsion (egg yolk, water, wine).
Dark ochre, which is the main color, was obtained from Berlin, it is not available in Estonia.
Gold is gold leaf. First, the surface must be sanded smooth with opal, then gold glue, which dries for 12 hours, and then gold leaf should be applied.
This is followed by oiling with quick-drying linseed oil, which is good to do in the sun. Oiling and drying depends on the intensity of heating.
