Failures & Discoveries by Sister Gabriela of Essex - Iconography Book
Failures & Discoveries
Notes from an icon workshop
On the 3rd of December 1985, while we were working on the murals in the chapel of St Silouan, Father Sophrony told me: “Later, you have to write a book about our experiences, which colors were used, the mistakes you made and so on.” Thirty-three years later I set myself to the task. The problem was how to present it all. Finally, I decided to deal with my time of apprenticeship as a story, copied out from my notes and adding a few explanatory notes.
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