Tuesday, January 29, 2008

St. Triantafyllos

Material: Linden wood.
Dimensions: approximately 30 x 40 x 4 cm.
Location: Volos, Greece.
Completed: 2002.
Particularities: The translation of triantafyllos is 'rose', which is the reason why there are roses around the saint.

Monday, December 17, 2007

St. Paraskevi

Material: Linden wood.
Dimensions: approximately 30 x 40 cm.
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece.
Completed: Summer of 1999, while I was on Mt. Athos.
Finished with oil.
Particularities: The line now on the face of the icon was not on the surface of the wood when I began to carve it. The person who commissioned it wanted two columns with ivy.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

St. Nicholas

Material: Linden wood.
Dimensions: 35x45x4.
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
Completed: around 2005
Finished with oil.

St Irene


Material: Linden wood.
Dimensions: 35x50x4 cm.
Location: Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Completed: June 15, 2002.
Finished with oil.
Particularities: Elizabeth and Johana gave it to their teacher of iconography, whose name is Irene. She is a nun at a monastery. She was also my teacher.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Glykofilousa 2

Material: Linden wood.
Dimensions: 30 x 40 x 5 cm.
Location: Triadi, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Completed: Dec. 12, 2002.
Finished with oil.
Particularities: None of the flowers is the same as the others.
This icon was a gift from a mother to her daughter.

St. John the Baptist


Material: Poplar.
Dimensions: approximately 20 x 15 x 3 cm.
Location: Akron, Ohio, USA
Completed: 1991.
It has been finished with varnish.
This icon was a gift from a presbytera to her godson.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Glykofilousa (Sweet Kissing)

Material: lime wood.
Finished with oil.
Dimensions: 38 x 55 x 5 cm.
Location: Makrilogos, Pierias, Greece.
Finished: June 3, 2004.
Particularities: The flowers around the icon.