St Nicholas Halo + Icon Board Set 30x40 cm (11.8x15.7 in) – Gessoed Linden Panel with Kovcheg for Icon Painting

St Nicholas Icon Halo + Professional Icon Board Set
This set includes a decorative metal halo for Saint Nicholas and a professional gessoed icon board ready for painting.

Perfect for iconographers who want a ready-to-use base for creating a traditional icon.

Set includes
✔ Metal halo for Saint Nicholas icon
✔ Professional icon board 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7 in)
✔ Traditional kovcheg carving
✔ Classic levkas (gesso) preparation
✔ Protective oil impregnation on the back side

Icon Board
Material: solid linden wood
Reinforcement: oak crossbars (shpugi)
Surface: traditional levkas (chalk gesso) applied in multiple layers.

The board is carefully sanded and ready for egg tempera icon painting.

Halo
Diameter: 17.5 cm (6.9 in)
Material: copper
Finish: silver-tone decorative coating

The halo is lightweight and easy to mount.

Customization
Iconographers often enhance halos with:

• gold leaf
• enamel
• decorative stones
• antiquing patina

📦 Carefully packaged for international shipping.

Made in Ukraine near Pochaiv Lavra, where iconographic traditions have been preserved for centuries.