Icon-making Workshop 

• Wednesday 28 October 2026
• 10:00  16:00
• The House of Prayer (map)

Led by Cari Bridgen

Come and make a Byzantine icon. This introductory course offers participants the opportunity to make an icon over six weeks. All materials will be provided including pigments and an authentic gessoed panel. With Cari’s guidance and support, participants will be able to choose between two head and shoulders Byzantine images. During the course, we will learn how to transfer the drawn image onto the panel, mix pigments and consider colours, and add layers of highlights beginning with the initial Proplasmos. We will not use gold leaf, but there will be gold paint for haloes, wings and garments. At the end of the course, our icons will be blessed.

Please bring a packed lunch. This course will meet on six Wednesdays between 10am and 4pm on the following dates: 

• Wednesday 28 October 
• Wednesday 4 November
• Wednesday 11 November
• Wednesday 18 November
• Wednesday 25 November
• Wednesday 2 December

Cost: £360