Romanian Reversed Glass Iconography Class
Six-day Intensive Workshop
December 5 - 10, 2011
at
Saint George Greek Orthodox Church
2101 N.W. 145th
Oklahoma City, OK 73134
405-751-1885
Each participant will create an icon in the traditional technique of Romanian reversed glass iconography using egg-tempera and gold leaf. The icon is painted directly on the back of the glass, in reverse, starting with the details. The students will learn to draw the outlines on the glass in ink, paint in egg-tempera on the glass, and apply the gold leaf. Students will learn basic knowledge of each step during the workshop and will complete an icon to take home. All the materials required for completing the icons will be provided with the tuition, including hand-crafted wooden frames for each piece. The tradition of this technique began in Romania in the 17th century and is the least common and least understood form of iconography in existence today. This form of iconography was mostly practiced in the eastern block countries before the rise of communism and was almost lost because of it.
Class will be from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm each day (Dec.5-9) and 9:00 am until 12:00pm on Dec.10. The tuition for the workshop is $ 450. Enrollment for this class is limited to 10 students.
To Enroll Contact:
R.C. Focseneanu Reversed Glass Icons
Rodica Focseneanu or Christopher Cunningham
e-mail: iconsbyrc@yahoo.com
phone: 405-751-7268
address: 10321 Sunrise Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
About the artists
Rodica Focseneanu and Christopher Cunningham work together as iconographers under the name of R. C. Focseneanu. Rodica Focseneanu was born in Bucharest, Romania, and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Fine Arts, Bucharest in 1997, with an emphasis on stage set design, costume design and painting. In 2004 she obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the University of New Mexico. In 1989, her great aunt, who was also an artist, quietly taught her the old techniques of painting reversed glass icons, that she had learned as an art student before communism. She has been painting the traditional patterns until 2004, when her and Christopher Cunningham began researching canons for writing new patterns of icons on glass that embodied the tradition behind Romanian glass iconography. Christopher Cunningham earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Oklahoma City University in 1996. He did extensive research in art and art history in the U.S. and abroad, and in 2004 he earned his Master’s of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the University of New Mexico.
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