Jesus Pantocrator & Theotokos Megalochari – Diptych Gold Foil Printing with Sandblasting – Mount Athos

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Diptych Gold Foil Printing with Sandblasting: Jesus Pantocrator & Theotokos Megalochari

An amazing diptych gold foil print featuring Jesus Pantocrator & Theotokos Megalochari.

Gold Foil Printing with Sandblasting: Features

In the image representing Jesus Pantocrator & Theotokos Megalochari, the monk iconographer used the technique of gold foil printing to create a work of unique beauty. Gold foil printing is a type of thermal printing technique. Thermal printing is the method in which a very thin sheet of gold is applied to surfaces such as wood, leather, cardboard, or plastic by pressing a heated embossed plate (cliché) onto the surface. Around the perimeter of the image, the technique of sandblasting is also used. Sandblasting is a process in which part or the entire surface is eroded by the pressurized application of sand.