Guillem Ramos-Poquí

STAGES OF PAINTING THE ICON OF CALVARY
London 2009

PAINTING:The Final Stages

Work in Progress

Work in Progress: a pattern in Mary's halo, using a metal puncher

Work in Progress
The bases, where the figures of the Virgin and St John stand,
have been defined The halos of the Virgin and St John have been
defined, The text in St John's scroll has been inscribed
Work on the angels have started

Work in Progress
Defining pattern on Christ halo

Work in Progress
Pattern in Mary's halo

Work in progress, a moment of quiet reflection
...there is still a lot of work to be done!

Detail of Work in Progress. No comment. 2nd Jan 2010

No comment. Work in Progress. 2nd Jan 2010

No comment. Work in Progress. 2nd Jan 2010

Detail of cross-hatching work on Christ's Loin Cloth

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and also...in the meantime.......

In the meantime: work in progress! the detail design of the rays, with all mesurements
this will need to be traslated to an autocad *.dwg document, see below

The complex detail drawing for the rays, with all the necessary mesurements.
The rays (in 6 sections) will surrond the panel
The mesuremtns and instructions in this drawing will
be used to make the autocad *.dwg document, necesary
to cut the gold-mirror finish staines steel sheet

The design of the rays which will surround the icon, now translated by an engineer

the rays, now cut, in the process of being oil-gilded

Oil-gilding the rays. These will be assembled and placed surrounding the icon,
once the work arrives in the Church of St Joseph in Dublin

Materials used for the varnisihing of the icon
and its water-gilded background. This was done in different layers

Work in Progress: The Icon of the Calvary on 2nd January 2010

NOW GO TO :

THE FINISHED WORK

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