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Hand and Machine: Making Liturgical Furnishings

By Aidan Hart on January 11, 2017
Hand and Machine: Making Liturgical Furnishings

Principles for the Design and Making of Liturgical Furnishings Aidan Hart Handing over from hand to machine A tool in the hand of a craftsperson is an extension of their body, mind and soul. He or she feels the resistance of the stone or wood. Through the tool the material speaks back to them, and […]

Posted in Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, brass, brasswork, Carving, casting, choros, liturgical furnishings, silver, staff January 26, 2017

Materiality Refined: The Carvings of Andrei Raileanu

By Jonathan Pageau on December 13, 2016
Materiality Refined:  The Carvings of Andrei Raileanu

Andre Raileanu is a young Romanian icon carver I have been keeping my eye on for a while now.  We have already written a few articles on the amazing things happening in Romania ( here, here and here) but Raileanu’s exploration of stone carving stands very much on its own as both an exception and […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged andrei raileanu, Carving, icon carving, iconography, romania, stone June 5, 2017

A Grave Cross for Father Matthew Baker

By Andrew Gould on November 14, 2016
A Grave Cross for Father Matthew Baker

When Jonathan Pageau and I were asked to make a grave cross for the late Fr. Matthew Baker, we were humbled by the task. Fr. Matthew was a beloved young priest, a prominent Orthodox thinker, and father of six children. His tragic death in an automobile accident on March 1st, 2015, on his way home […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged anastasis, Andrew Gould, Byzantine, carved, Father, grave cross, gravestone, greek, headstone, iconography, Jonathan Pageau, matthew baker, memorial, Orthodox, priest, resurrection, russian November 14, 2016

Improving Icon Carving Through Drawing

By Jonathan Pageau on October 24, 2016
Improving Icon Carving Through Drawing

One of the complex questions that faces modern icon carving is the pervasive presence of the painted icon within the tradition of iconography.   For many reasons which I hope to write about in the future, icon carving became a somewhat marginalized art form as the centuries advanced.  And so for myself and the small group […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts, News | Tagged drawing, icon carving, iconography, Jonathan Pageau October 24, 2016

The Altar and The Portico (pt.2): Gallery Art

By Aidan Hart on October 19, 2016
The Altar and The Portico (pt.2): Gallery Art

This is post 2 of 2 in the series “The Altar and The Portico” THE SACRED AND THE SECULAR The Relationship of Orthodox Iconography and Gallery Art Part 2: Gallery Art (here for pt.1) The journey of an artist   At this stage in our story, by way of illustration I would like to be […]

Posted in Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts, Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, design, iconography, liturgical art, sacred, secular April 8, 2017

The Altar and The Portico (pt.1)

By Aidan Hart on October 13, 2016
The Altar and The Portico (pt.1)

This is post 1 of 2 in the series “The Altar and The Portico” THE ALTAR AND THE PORTICO (PT.1) The Relationship of Orthodox Iconography and Gallery Art Part 1 (This is the a talk given at Sacred And Secular In Life And Art, Oxford, a workshop dedicated to the memory of Philip Sherrard. St Gregory’s […]

Posted in Architecture, Church Furniture, Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts, Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, design, iconography, liturgical art, sacred, secular June 5, 2017

Building a Simple and Beautiful Iconostasis for a Mission Church

By Andrew Gould on July 21, 2016
Building a Simple and Beautiful Iconostasis for a Mission Church

I have long felt that the iconostasis is the single most important element in an Orthodox church – perhaps more important even than the building itself. But tragically, in America, we have few really well-designed iconostases. This is especially so in mission churches, where iconostases are usually built by amateurs using plywood or worse (more […]

Posted in Architecture, Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Byzantine, greek, holy doors, iconostasis, mission, new world byzantine studios, Orthodox, pine, royal doors, russian November 12, 2020

Carving the Virgin Hodegetria

By Jonathan Pageau on June 30, 2016
Carving the Virgin Hodegetria

(Editor’s note: this article was written by Martin Earle, Aidan Hart’s studio assistant who worked to create a commission they received for a statue of the Hodogetria. Martin can be contacted at mart_earle@yahoo.co.uk. ) I always brace myself for a bit of anti-Catholic sentiment when meeting an Orthodox Christian for the first time. A convert myself, I […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged Byzantine, hodogetria, icon carving, ivory, romanesque, statuary July 15, 2016

Two New Choros Chandeliers

By Andrew Gould on January 29, 2016
Two New Choros Chandeliers

I have had the opportunity recently to make and install two choros chandeliers, a type of fixture that is of particular interest to me as a designer. I have written previously about similar chandeliers I have installed in churches in Charleston, South Carolina, and Waldorf, Maryland, and I refer readers to those articles for information […]

Posted in Architecture, Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Byzantine architecture, chandelier, choros September 2, 2017

A Carved and Inlaid Cross, a Collaborative Work

By Andrew Gould on January 19, 2016
A Carved and Inlaid Cross, a Collaborative Work

I have recently completed a small but highly interesting project, two years in the making, and involving several master artisans. It is a wooden cross with carved stone icons, crafted like a jewel, wholly traditional, and yet quite unlike anything seen before. This is one of those projects that grew, perhaps providentially, from an initially […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Byzantine, Carving, iconographic, inlay, Jonathan Pageau, marquetry, steatite, woodwork January 19, 2016
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