23 February 2009

Week 1 - Great Hierarchs, Iconostasis

Image: this image shows a half clean, half dirty section of an icon. The cotton swab shows how much dirt is actually removed.

On the ground, work has almost been completed on the three Hierarchs. These were taken down, cleaned, some minor damages touched up. A protective semi-matt varnish was applied. Finally the glass was cleaned and they are now ready for installation.

Many of the paintings in the iconostasis have been taken down for conservation. These are in the process of being cleaned. It is expected that that the icons will be cleaned, stabilised and re-installed gradually over the next few weeks.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Thank you for sharing this with us.
    It is very interesting and educational to watch how you restore the paintings.

    Thank you for your time and effort to put it on the net.
    And you are all doing a brilliant job!
    Well done and looking forward to next weeks development.
    Sophie S

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