ICON TECHNIQUE

Painted icons :

• Genuine handmade icons by iconographer Christine Habib El Daye
• Icons written on wood
• 100% manually painted icons with Certificate of Authenticity 
• Hand painted with pigments egg tempera
• Gilded with 22k gold leaf
• Different sizes for different models
• Available or on demand

The price depends on the following details : 

• size
• colored background
• 22k gold leaf background
• hand engraving on the halo or  the border
• single character icon
• icon with 2 characters or multiple characters

For more details, access the contact page to get in touch with us

Materials used in painting icon are :

• wood panel 
• pigments or natural colors mixed with egg 
• gold leaf

Next, we will describe the steps for drawing an icon in the traditional byzantine technique

1. Prepare the wood panel
2. Copy the model
3. Apply gold leaf
4. Paint with pigments egg tempera
5. Apply varnish for protection
6. Fix the slot on the reverse side
7. Add the certificate of Authenticity

 

Copy the model

Apply 22k gold leaf

Paint with pigments egg tempera

 

Slot on the reverse side

Add Certificate of Authenticity on the reverse side

Single character icon 

The price depends on the following details : 

• size
• colored background
• 22k gold leaf background
• hand engraving on the halo or  the border
• single character icon
• icon with 2 characters or multiple characters

For more details, access the contact page to get in touch with us

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