Spirituality & Religion

Icon Mother of God of Korsun. Panel in the technique of marquetry, size with frame – 24x19 inches (59x48cm). When creating the work, limba veneer, wenge, macore, American walnut, sycamore maple, alder, gabon were used. According to legend, Ephesus, or Korsunskaya, the icon of the Virgin, was written by St. Apostle Luke and during the life of the Most Holy Mother of God, when she saw her image, said: “Grace of the One who was born of Me and Mine be with this icon”. On October 9, 988, the list from this icon was brought from Korsun to Kiev by the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir and was named the Korsun Icon. Later, the icon was moved to Novgorod, and from there to Moscow, to the Kremlin's Assumption Cathedral. In the manufacture of used more than 500 veneer fragments of different textures and colors. The surface of picture is covered with eco friendly linseed oil and shellac. The finished product required more than 30 hours of artist work. Frame – the colored pine with patina gold. The frame is equipped with suspensions. Customization is possible in the desired sizes. It’s a wonderful and unforgettable gift for beloved people. Such decor does not age and always looks worthy. We have not yet met people indifferent to such a gift. We revive the ancient art of Marquetry and give it a new modern look. Marquetry is an art set of thin wooden plates (veneers) of various colors and textures. Pieces of wood, docking along the edges between each other, form an integral picture, which is then glued to the base. The role of paints in marquetry is played by the texture and shade of the tree, so the most important task is to determine the composition and artistic skill of the master to choose and combine the right veneer fragments. The high cost of the finished product is due primarily to the laborious manufacturing process, requiring up to 90% of manual labor. The process of performing work is quite complicated and involves many related operations. At the same time, assembling the mosaic set itself is only no more than a third of the whole process. The rest is the preparation of the image, refinement and correction of the set, gluing, grinding, finishing with oils and varnish, etc. Many stages are repeated many times to achieve a better result. Only an oil finish followed by a primer and a final shellac finish takes up to 7 days.