In visiting brother Pandelis’ blog this afternoon, I happened to look at the scrollable messages in the sidebar and discovered one written in Spanish which he could only respond to by saying, “Hmm...Sorry, I can't speak Spanish:)”. Well, I can, and it was just a request to place a link to her ikon blog in his sidebar, from Elena at the Taller de Iconografía San Nicolás (St Nicholas Ikonography Workshop). In following up the hyperlink embedded in the message, I found Elena's blog as well, Iconos de Elena Storni, as well the one mentioned above. The workshop is in Adrogué, Provincia de Buenas Aires, in the Republic of Argentina. There are a lot of photos of the women who write the ikons in this workshop. They are a Roman Catholic group, as far as I can tell, but much of their work seems to be in the strictest Byzantine tradition. Since I also have an ikon blog, Ikonostasis, I will post links to this site and Elena's in that blog, and here as well.I just wanted to share these two sites with those who have an appreciation of ikons, and to introduce us to what's happening in Christ in the southern half of the Western hemisphere.
Now, for the Spanish version…
Al visitar al blog de mi hermano Pandelis esta tarde, se me ocurrió vistazo a los mensajes en la barra lateral y descubrió uno escrito en español, que sólo pudo responder a diciendo, "Hmm ... Lo siento, no puedo hablar en español:)". Bueno, pero yo puedo, y fue sólo una petición de Elena en el Taller de Iconografía San Nicolás para colocar un enlace a su blog de iconos en la barra lateral. Al seguir el enlace en el mensaje, me encontré también el blog de Elena, Iconos de Elena Storni, así como la mencionada anteriormente. El taller se encuentra en Adrogué, Provincia de Buenas Aires, en la República Argentina. Hay un montón de fotos de las mujeres que escriben los iconos en el presente taller. Creo que ellas son un grupo católico, pero gran parte de su trabajo parece estar en la más estricta tradición bizantina. Debido a que también tengo un blog de iconos, Ikonostasis, voy a publicar enlaces a este sitio y el otro de Elena en ese blog, y aquí también.
[Ikon by the hand of Elena Storni]
"Spas el Salvador en el silencio" es un icono de Cristo antes de la venida a los hombres, transmite la imagen angélica del Hijo de Dios, antes de su encarnación. Es la única imagen de Cristo en la que en la aureola, en vez de la cruz, hay una estrella de ocho puntas. Se representa al Salvador con forma de ángel, como un joven con manto blanco de largas mangas.
"The Saviour in Blessed Silence" is an icon of Christ before His coming to men, transmitting the angelic image of the Son of God before his incarnation. It is the only image of Christ in which the halo, rather than the cross, is an eight-pointed star. It represents the Saviour in the shape of an angel, as a young man with long white coat sleeves.
Very funny:) I did visit her blog at the time, but since it seemed like an advertisement rather than a comment, I didn't pay attention. Glad that you have found it:)
ReplyDeleteYou know, the way it was worded, it could have been understood as a kind of advertisement, because the workshop does probably sell ikons that it creates and probably restores them, but I think it was just a connectivity thing. I think they just want more internet exposure, same as anyone.
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that Roman Catholics in America's lower hemisphere are so much into ikonography. I looked at some of the other links at Elena's site and the one on restoring images had a lot of 3-D stuff, statues and so on, which to me is really quite strange. But some of the ikons are quite good.
I guess they're following up on John Paul II's "apostolic letter" Orientale Lumen, "Light from the East".