Looking for Affordable Icons for Church

[Thatgirloncfforums]

Hi,

I am looking for affordable icons to be used in church. We do not have a lot of money so I am hoping to find some that are under $150.00 a piece. They need to be of fairly large size since they will be placed in the sanctuary. We are hoping for wood or canvas, nothing laminated. We are also looking for affordable stations of the cross. Thank you for your suggestions.

 

[chevyontheriver]

Hi,

I am looking for affordable icons to be used in church. We do not have a lot of money so I am hoping to find some that are under $150.00 a piece. They need to be of fairly large size since they will be placed in the sanctuary. We are hoping for wood or canvas, nothing laminated. We are also looking for affordable stations of the cross. Thank you for your suggestions.

I don't know about icons, but relics are not supposed to be sold or bought. They should be asked for and given when appropriate.

You might see about commissioning an icon though. My old parish had some iconographers making new icons. Some big, some small. I have no idea of any cost.

 

[prodromos]

Hi,

I am looking for affordable icons to be used in church. We do not have a lot of money so I am hoping to find some that are under $150.00 a piece. They need to be of fairly large size since they will be placed in the sanctuary. We are hoping for wood or canvas, nothing laminated. We are also looking for affordable stations of the cross. Thank you for your suggestions.

Consider how long it takes to paint a large icon and whether you think $150 is a reasonable amount. You are basically expecting an iconographer to work for well below minimum wage.
You may be able to come across 2nd hand icons for that amount, but otherwise I think laminated prints are going to be your only affordable option. Nothing wrong with icon prints. A myrrh streaming icon in Hawaii is a print.

 

[Thatgirloncfforums]

Consider how long it takes to paint a large icon and whether you think $150 is a reasonable amount. You are basically expecting an iconographer to work for well below minimum wage.
You may be able to come across 2nd hand icons for that amount, but otherwise I think laminated prints are going to be your only affordable option. Nothing wrong with icon prints. A myrrh streaming icon in Hawaii is a print.

Second hand is fine. I also said that we prefer canvas as art can be printed onto canvas relatively cheaply. The reason we do not want laminated is because of the high gloss and low pixel quality

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

Hi,

I am looking for affordable icons to be used in church. We do not have a lot of money so I am hoping to find some that are under $150.00 a piece. They need to be of fairly large size since they will be placed in the sanctuary. We are hoping for wood or canvas, nothing laminated. We are also looking for affordable stations of the cross. Thank you for your suggestions.

If I may make a suggestion.
Use an iPhone 14 Pro or a new Samsung S23 Ultra camera to photograph Icons from a Monastery, with permission of course.
Make sure that the image is the best quality the phone can make, or use a very good camera if a parishioner has one to do the same.
Then take it to a company (hopefully run by Orthodox Christians or Catholic Christians) and pay to have the images printed.

In Australia one can have canvas printing done for quite reasonable costs.

Check here

 

[Thatgirloncfforums]

If I may make a suggestion.
Use an iPhone 14 Pro or a new Samsung S23 Ultra camera to photograph Icons from a Monastery, with permission of course.
Make sure that the image is the best quality the phone can make, or use a very good camera if a parishioner has one to do the same.
Then take it to a company (hopefully run by Orthodox Christians or Catholic Christians) and pay to have the images printed.

In Australia one can have canvas printing done for quite reasonable costs.

Check here

This is an awesome idea! Thank you!

 

[Ceallaigh]

Second hand is fine. I also said that we prefer canvas as art can be printed onto canvas relatively cheaply. The reason we do not want laminated is because of the high gloss and low pixel quality

Check Ebay. I took a quick look and saw plenty at the kind of prices you're looking for.

 

[The Liturgist]

Consider how long it takes to paint a large icon and whether you think $150 is a reasonable amount. You are basically expecting an iconographer to work for well below minimum wage.
You may be able to come across 2nd hand icons for that amount, but otherwise I think laminated prints are going to be your only affordable option. Nothing wrong with icon prints. A myrrh streaming icon in Hawaii is a print.

Indeed. My own icon of my patron saint is a print in a simple wood frame the priest who chrismated me made.