Create your own metal embossing using the decorative art form of the Byzantine icon tradition. Seven different kits are available--each kit contains everything you need to complete your own Byzantine style art, including detailed instructions to guide you through this creative process:

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• Metal Sheet
• Wood Piece
• Double-ended Stylus
• Blending Stump
• Wooden Stick
• Felt Square
• Stones for Embellishing
• Patterns
• Detailed Instructions

Seven styles are available:

Byzantine Art training programs are also available. Please contact our office for further information.

The word icon comes from the Greek work eikon, which means image. In Sacred Byzantine art, an icon is equivalent to a sacred event or image painted on wood in a particular style using a specific technique.

The art of Byzantine icons originated in Constantinople around the year 330 A.D. After Constantine the Great conquered Byzantium, a Greek city on the banks of the Bosporus river, he changed the name of Byzantium to Constantinople and the capital of the Roman Empire was moved there from Rome.

Immigrants from Europe and Asia arrived in the new capital. Since life in Constantinople revolved around the church, icons from the Orthodox Church gained importance as tools used by the church to teach the faith of Christ.