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| Michael by Drazen Dupor |
Iconography depicts scenes and saints from the bible, used for prayer and translating their faith.They say an icon is not painted with a brush but instead it is
written.
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| St. Elias Church |
So I learned, while participating in a workshop at the St. Elias
Antiochain Orthodox Church in La Crosse. They hosted Drazen Dupor,
www.duporikone.com, our instuctor for Byzantine Iconography. He has a studio in Madison and does workshops, retreats, restores and creates icons. Originally from Croatia, he studied in Greece.
There was a lot to take
in during the two day workshop. From colors choices that represented
certain aspects of religious garb, to a sylized form of shading and many
subtle symbols and theological meanings.
Participants were stepped through the process making their own icon of the Angel Gabriel.
One of my favorite parts was the gold, which links the image to the divine energy.
Some areas are stylized and then some areas, like the face, are given more detail.
Here's my almost finished piece next to Eric's family samovar from Russia.
I now have a new appreciation for an ancient art form.
Very cool. Irv told me about a guy name' Isaac' who lived between Romance and Gays Mills. He was born jewish but painted icons.
ReplyDeleteThere was a blurb about Boscobel St. Isaac of Syria Skete in Wisconsin - Spiritual Travels
www.spiritualtravels.info/articles-2/north...
"Tucked away in remote, wooded valley in a sparsely populated part of Wisconsin, this small Eastern Orthodox monastic community is a skete, meaning that the monks have their own individual cells but work and worship in community. The monastery is named in honor of St. Isaac of Syria, a seventh-century saint and theologian"