Iconography Auxiliaries

Iconography auxiliary materials serve every stage of the icon: glues and preparation materials for the surface, bole and gilding size for the gold, and varnishes to protect the finished work. The category gathers the liquids, resins, and workshop materials of icon painting.

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An icon passes through three stages, and each stage has its materials. Preparation comes first. The traditional glues, fish glue and rabbit-skin glue, bind the gesso and size the surface, so the egg tempera takes properly and holds over time. Gilding follows: bole is laid under the gold leaf, giving it the deep, warm ground that shines under burnishing, while gilding sizes, water-based and oil-based, hold the leaf in place. Finishing comes last: resins such as shellac, and iconography varnishes, seal the completed work, unify the surface, and protect it for the decades ahead of it. Art & Colour carries auxiliary materials for every stage of iconography, beside the pigments, brushes, and gold leaf of the icon workshop.