+JMJ+ Dear fellow artists and friends, I recently finished an icon of the Theotokos, an icon which is called "Hodigitria" or "Our Lady of the Way." Here is a series of photographs I took throughout the process of my icon. I apologize for the poor lighting of some of my photos. I have not yet oiled the icon; once I do, the colors in the icon will appear more deep. In the above picture, I'm sanding the red clay bolle to remove air bubbles and rough spots... theologically, this step reminds us…
