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A Professionally-Built Iconostasis for a Mission Church

By Andrew Gould on November 12, 2020
A Professionally-Built Iconostasis for a Mission Church

The iconostasis featured here is the culmination of an idea I have been developing for several years. It is installed at Saint Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I would like to tell the story of how it came to be, and discuss the problems it is meant to solve. The iconostasis […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged American, baton rouge, iconography, iconostasis, mission church, Natalia Aglitskaya, New World Byzantine, new world byzantine studios, Orthodox, russian, water gilding November 12, 2020

A Retractable Icon Screen

By Aidan Hart on April 13, 2020
A Retractable Icon Screen

Parishes in the Wilderness Orthodox parishes in Britain often have to share a church with Anglican parishes. Before each service they will usually need to set up all the furnishings and icons needed for Orthodox worship, then put them all away again at the end. It’s all quite tiring, both emotionally and physically, so the […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, anglican, Byzantine, Cambridge, folding, iconostasis, retractable, russian, temporary, wrought iron April 13, 2020

Coming Soon: The Liturgical Arts Academy, August 18-24 2019

By Richard Barrett on July 29, 2019
Coming Soon: The Liturgical Arts Academy, August 18-24 2019

English-speaking Orthodox faithful in the United States who have wanted to learn the liturgical arts of the Orthodox Church — music, iconography, vestments, architecture and furnishings design, etc. — have historically had limited opportunities to study with knowledgeable teachers. Some have had the opportunity to go overseas to countries such as Greece and Russia to […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts, Music, News, Uncategorized | Tagged Anthony Salzman, Byzantine Chant, Diakonia Retreat Center, education, Greek Orthodox, iconography, john michael boyer, Krista West, liturgical arts academy, Vestments July 29, 2019

A Constellation of Chandeliers – Some Recent Lighting Projects

By Andrew Gould on March 29, 2019
A Constellation of Chandeliers – Some Recent Lighting Projects

I have written some articles in the past about large choros chandeliers that I have designed and installed. But today, I’d like to introduce a number of other lighting projects: individual or unusual fixtures, chandeliers in interesting places, and other pieces I’ve had the pleasure of making. I will start with a recent chandelier I […]

Posted in Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Byzantine, chandelier, choros, cnc, laser cutting, Lighting, New World Byzantine, new world byzantine studios, Orthodox, russian, steel March 29, 2019

Decorative Borders—Adding Beauty in an Orthodox Church

By Lynne Attaway on December 10, 2018
Decorative Borders—Adding Beauty in an Orthodox Church

(Written by Nikos Pantanizopoulos and Lynne Attaway) Beauty in an Orthodox temple is something easily taken for granted, but it has deep spiritual and theological significance. It can also be realized even by those who do not have the skills of iconography.  Beauty is an integral feature of Orthodox temple. We honor God when we show […]

Posted in Minor Arts | Tagged borders, lynne attaway, minor arts, patterns February 13, 2019

An American Shrine to Honor the Russian Royal Martyrs

By Andrew Gould on July 13, 2018
An American Shrine to Honor the Russian Royal Martyrs

It has been my particular honor to create a magnificent shrine and reliquary for the Russian Royal Martyrs. The shrine was commissioned by an American convert to Orthodoxy as a gift to the Hermitage of the Holy Cross, a Russian Orthodox monastery in West Virginia, USA. It was installed in time to commemorate the centenary […]

Posted in Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Czar Nicholas II, Hermitage of the Holy Cross, Icon, iconography, inlay, Jonathan Pageau, kiot, marquetry, Natalia Aglitskaya, Passion Bearers, reliquary, romanov, Royal Martyrs, Russian Orthodox, saints, shrine, West Virginia March 26, 2019

Liturgical Furniture for an Historic Cathedral

By Andrew Gould on November 16, 2017
Liturgical Furniture for an Historic Cathedral

I was asked, in 2015, to design a set of liturgical furniture for Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Baltimore. When I looked at the building, I could see that this would be a complex project with several stylistic influences in play. The monumental structure was built by a Protestant congregation in 1888 in the ‘Richardsonian […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Minor Arts | Tagged ammonia fumed, analogion, Andrew Gould, annunciation cathedral, baltimore, bruno sutter, Byzantine, Byzantine Chant, chanter's stand, furniture, greek, icon stand, inlay, orthodox liturgical furniture, quarter-sawn oak, stasidia November 16, 2017

A Gospel Cover Crafted in the Tradition of a Medieval Treasure Binding

By Andrew Gould on May 26, 2017
A Gospel Cover Crafted in the Tradition of a Medieval Treasure Binding

I have always been fascinated by liturgical book bindings from the Middle Ages. Their perfect union of leather, wood and metal, as a supple and tactile work of functional art, is singularly satisfying. In contrast, there is something lacking in most contemporary gospel covers, which are normally made by applying decoration overtop the cardboard covers […]

Posted in Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, basma, book binding, Byzantine, carved icon, gospel cover, Jonathan Pageau, limoges, liturgical, medieval book binding, Orthodox, russian, treasure binding June 5, 2017

A Tale of Transformation

By Aidan Hart on May 4, 2017
A Tale of Transformation

A TALE OF TRANSFORMATION Two New Mosaics for St George’s Orthodox Church, Houston, Texas Aidan Hart   This is the story of how two large mosaics for St George’s Orthodox Church in Houston Texas came to completion this January. The genesis of a mosaic is a tale of transformation, from sand to glass, to image, […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged Adian Hart, crucifixion, mosaic, Tessarae, Texas, transfiguration June 8, 2017

An Innovative Carved Icon of Archangel Gabriel – A Collaborative Work

By Andrew Gould on January 26, 2017
An Innovative Carved Icon of Archangel Gabriel - A Collaborative Work

Occasionally Jonathan Pageau and I like to experiment with our work – to skirt the boundaries of historical precedent, to revive forgotten and archaic techniques, or to juxtapose ideas in new ways. This project, an elaborate mixed-media icon of Archangel Gabriel, is such an instance. It was not a commissioned project, but rather something we […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, archangel, basma, Byzantine, carved, Carving, gabriel, Icon, Jonathan Pageau, opus sectile, Orthodox, russian, steatite January 26, 2017
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