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Brief
Introduction to the Hand Made Icons
The
word “icon” means simply “image”, but in a more restricted sense
it means holy image to which special veneration is given. Icons are images
of saints or gospel figures, this devotional art form was believed to
facilitate contact between the devotee and the saint. The Icons plays a
very specific role in the Orthodox Church, where it is a part of the
Liturgy and the worship.
There
are different phases in the painting of an icon and it varies often from
one Region to another. Painting an icon Hand made Icon in a traditional
way demands lot of work and time. The traditional Icons are made in a
wood, dried more than five years. It is also possible to use the
beech-wood but in that case the wood should be cooked and dried for more
than 10 years.
Having
the wood dry and polished the next step is to put glue (a natural one,
from rabbit legs) which serve to protect the Icon from humidity and the
insect attack. The prepared wood is ready to add the preparation paste on
(normally in 12 layers as a symbol of 12 Apostles of Jesus and in 12
consecutive days).
Now
the real moment of painting arrived but the colours have to be always on a
natural pigment base and the medium is yolk from a chicken egg. It is
interesting to know that beside of all those rules that should be
respected, all the Icons are different. The way it has been painted
depends on the temperament of the painter, the school where the artist
studied, the personal connection with the painted Saint and of course the
sensibility of the artist.
Brief
Introduction to
my work
I was born in 1974 in
Loznica (Yugoslavia). In 1992 I enrolled
in the painting studies at the faculty of apply art (restoration and
fresco painting) in Belgrade.
The
influence of the Academy of Art and the direct
contact I had with the original Icons made me to decide to become a
professional Icon painter. From 1996, I participated on group expositions
in Yugoslavia. I started in 1998 to take part with some Icons in
Exhibitions abroad. But it was in Spain on January 2000 when I had my
first own exhibition in Sevilla. anaart@eunet.yu
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