Gold Leaf and Icons

Theotokos of Vladimir by the hand of student Nicole Sample

 

Please enjoy the images of my students

in the water guilding gold leaf and intermediate iconography workshops at Grunewald Guild in Washington in October. If you are interested in joining us for future workshops please contact me at info@themaryfrances.com  so I can put you on the mailing list for upcoming workshops.

 

 2 Day Gold Leaf Workshop

 Kinga decides on an image and creates a cartoon for her panel.

 



 Britt sands her panel to prepare it for water guilding gold leaf.

 

Nicole applies gold leaf.

Britt and Kinga add bole to their panels for water guilding. In the foreground, Nicole has completed a layer of gold on her panel.

 

Diane cuts a sheet of gold leaf for application.

 

Kinga's Archangel Michael is ready for burnishing.

 

Nicole burnishes parts of the gold and leaves other sections unburnished.

 

Britt burnishes.

 

Diane prepares her panel for egg tempera after gold leafing.

 

 Britt does tool work.

 



Then she prepares for the first layers of egg tempera.

 

2 Day Intermediate Iconography Workshop

 

Emory joins us for the intermediate iconography workshop.

 

Kinga adds first layers to fabric.

Then adds highlights.

 Then more highlights.

 Britt starts to add first layers.

 

Emory lays down the first layers of egg tempera.

 

St. Alexander

 

 Emory adds gold through the size (glue) method.

And writes a beautiful icon.

 

Diane adds highlights to the face.

 

  

 

Each student is in various stages of completing their icon and will finish in their own studio.

 

 

Next Iconography Workshop:

 Arizona in January.

Contact me for more information.

info@themaryfrances.com

 

 

 

 

 



New Commission-St. Francis

 St. Francis of Yorkville...ahem...Assisi
This commission was done for a patron in Illinois who created a beautiful environment in his yard and helped form a lively eco system that drew in chipmunks, squirrels, worms, frogs, ladybugs, cardinals, finches, orioles, woodpeckers, snakes, cats, and dogs which are all included in the icon.

The plants and animals come together to create a perfect location for St. Francis. This icon blends a traditionally stylized St. Francis in a contemporary and personalized environment. To see an enlarged version, click on the image.

Icon Workshops

Leavenworth, Washington March 29-31

First and Second Level,

Students will be writing the icon Archangel Gabriel

For more information contact Dan at office@grunewaldguild.com or call

(509) 763-3693

  

Silver City, New Mexico April 26-28

First Level

Students will learn the basics of iconography and leave with their own icon.

For more information contact Diana at leybaingallsarts@qwestoffice.net or call (575) 519-0548

 

Feel free to contact me with questions at

info@themaryfrances.com

 

Going for the GOLD

Vienna, Austria. The GOLD exhibition at the Belvedere Palace Museum.

The exhibit. These two pieces were stops on the audio tour.

Another piece. Also a stop on the audio tour.

More of the exhibit.

No photos were allowed at this show and special permission was required to take these quick photos with a phone.

The Lower Belvedere



A large book about the exhibition and images of each artists work. Additionally, a postcard of the Kangaroo Ords Rat available at the Belvedere Palace Museum Gift Store. To see more about this exhibit click here

Back home and in the studio, I work to finish up text for the upcoming book MODERN ICONS:The Sacrifice of Endangered Species in the American Southwest. More about this later....

Cartooning

Yes, cartooning is an important part of traditional iconography. Students learn the structure of icons and create their own cartoon to be used to transfer onto a panel in this one day workshop.

Martha learns the formula and proportions.

And then she creates a cartoon in the April class.

April students strike a pose.

GOLD in Vienna, Austria

Belvedere Palace Museum in Vienna, Austria

I am pleased to announce four works have been accepted into the Belvedere Palace Museum in Vienna, Austria. The exhibit titled GOLD curated by Thomas Zaunschirm is open from March 16 - June 17, 2012.

Additionally, the musuem has requested permission to print the image Ords Kangaroo Rat as a post card to sell in their museum store.                                                                                               

Click here for more information about this exhibit and the Belvedere Palace Museum.



Iconography Workshops Complete

Thank you to all the students in New Mexico, Washington and Montana.

What a wonderful experience it was to share time with you!

Punkie puts finishing touches on her icon.

A special thanks to our hosts...

Leyba and Ingalls Art Supplies and Gallery in Silver City, New Mexico

Artist Brittany Faulkner in Seattle, Washington

Gallery One in Ellensburg, Washington for Level 1 Workshop

Becky Craig and Gary Todd in Ellensburg, Washington for Level 2 Workshop ...Catering Included!

Artist Louise Lamontagne in St. Ignatius, Montana at the Art Ranch

The Montana Iconographers sit for a 'Bob Ross' moment.

Mary and Marti take notes on making egg tempera.

Barbara removes the egg white with easy.

 Marti works on her icon in at the Art Ranch in St. Ignatius, Montana.

Mark adds highlights to his icon in Silver City, New Mexico

Linda applies the first layers in Ellensburg, Washington.

The concentration is intense in Seattle!


Sam attends to details.

Mary puts a nourishing wash on her icon.

Charlene touches up her icon in Seattle.

Donna applies gold leaf on her icon in the Level 2 workshop in Seattle.

 Andrea completes Archangel Gabriel in the Level 2 workshop in Ellensburg.

And I get reunited with Chop Suey, the studio cat in Montana at the Art Ranch.