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Support this website and the general aims of eastXwest and the hermitage retreat - please sign up as an eastXwest Friend. Friends have access to a password protected Friends blog with comments enabled so that you can keep up to date with developments and participate/comment.

Annual subscription £15.00.

Sign up for e-studies website

The e-studies website is a password protected area dedicated to icon studies and liturgy. Anyone interested in church art and design and its history can sign up. Two new slideshows and an artistic exercise for icon students will be added each month. This is the successor to the popular Online Icon Course. For more information visit our e-studies page.

+£10.00 monthly subscription

+£100.00 annual subscription

Individual tuition by online conference

To be accepted as a personal student of the icon tutor you must: 1. Be enrolled as subscriber to the e-studies website (above), where you will find the icon study exercises.
2. Be a member of the eastXwest Religious Studies Network (free), where you will post examples of your icon exercises.

One-to-one tuition via web conferencing

6 online sessions of one hour each. £180.00

Applications for individual on-line tuition will be accepted from April 2012 for September term. Places will be limited.

HIGHLAND SUMMER SCHOOL 2012
Week 1 Gesso & Gilding: July 16-20 2012

Details of courses are on the Icon Workshops page.
1. Fill out online application form.
Wait until your place on the course is confirmed.
2. Pay deposit for week 1 (£50.00 non refundable/ a Paypal invoice will be sent).
3. either complete Payment for Week 1 (invoice 1month before course).
4. or single payment (includes deposit) Week 1 (invoice on confirmation of place).

Course fee £250 includes light lunch, tea & coffee.

Accommodation not included/ see Contact Us for places to stay.

Applications for the Highland Summer School will be accepted from January 2012. Places will be limited.

HIGHLAND SUMMER SCHOOL 2012
Week 2 Writing the Icon: July 23-27 2012

Details of courses are on the Icon Workshops page.
1. Fill out online application form.
Wait until your place on the course is confirmed.
2. Pay deposit for week 1 (£50.00 non refundable/ a Paypal invoice will be sent).
3. either complete Payment for Week 1 (invoice 1month before course).
4. or single payment (includes deposit) Week 1 (invoice on confirmation of place).

Course fee £250 includes light lunch, tea & coffee.

Accommodation not included/ see Contact Us for places to stay.

Applications for the Highland Summer School will be accepted from January 2012. Places will be limited.

Help with Icon Design

This is for icon students who are frustrated by poor drawing skills. You may be doing a project of your own or preparing a design for the Highland Summer School. In response to a number of enquiries this service is offered on cost by hour basis .

1. Outline your project in the application form. Specify online help with your own drawing or having the complete design done for you.
2. e-mail a digital photo (.jpg) of your design so far or ‘model’.
3. Agree estimate @ £20.00 per hour.
4. Paypal Invoice e-mailed to you for 75%.
5. Pay balance when design is completed

Applications will be accepted from January 2012.

Study Units (pdf)

Various study units on icon design and other subjects, available for download on the payment of a small fee. These include the prototype studies for the Online Icon course (for the updated course/tuition you will need to sign up to the e-studies site). Profit from sales goes to the Education fund.

High Resolution Images for Icon Studies & Home

Digital images for download and personal print out. An additional license will be needed for multiple prints. Profit from sales goes towards the Poor Parishes Liturgical Arts Fund.

Greetings Card Packs

Packs of 20 high quality A6 cards, mix n' match

£25-00 includes postage.

Commission an Icon

1. Outline your project in the online application form.
2. Agree estimate & payment terms.
3. If pre-commission designs are needed these are billed as a separate item.
4. Item under £1,000. Deposit is half of estimate at the beginning of the work and half on completion.
5. Item above £1,000. Deposit is £1000 with two or more payments to complete.
6. Payment can also be made by instalment (direct debit or Paypal). In this case, the icon is started after 50% of the estimated cost has been paid.

An online application form will be available shortly, in the meantime please e-mail details.