Signing the Build
With the work finished, everyone in our family signed the final board and then the subfloor was complete.
Tiny Studio
The Tiny Studio project is the first step in a larger dream for The Conestoga Iconographic Studio. Since its inception in 2002, Conestoga Icons has created traditional orthodox icons in a profoundly beautiful way through master iconographer Symeon working locally and ecologically to celebrate the inherent beauty found in mankind’s labour when done harmoniously in a place.
Since 2022, when Conestoga Icons left its namesake village of Conestoga, the studio also lost connection with a particular place. The Tiny Studio is being constructed in the hope that it will someday move to a new home where Conestoga Icons can once again commune with the land and offer a witness to the fruits of such local labour more broadly.
In the meantime, this small 8’ x 12’ building allows the studio to continue making its unique icons using the trees, rocks and dirt packed up from Conestoga to continue painting a vision of reality fulfilled by Jesus Christ in its icons through the place where its work began.
Solid Subfloor
One of the very interesting things about our home in Edmonton is that the builder built its subfloor using 2x6s instead of the usual 5/8″ plywood. This has meant solidness that I’ve really enjoyed from our floors. And, since we got a bundle of 2x6s from reStore West, this turned out to be the better …
Skid Foundation
Here we are flipping our new foundation … Since the Tiny Studio might someday find its way to another location (ideally something a little more remote and outside the city), it’s being built on a skid foundation. We started building the foundation by laying out the studio’s floor joists and then lagging them to the …
Planning to Keep Warm
The other great find at Edmonton’s Restore West was these pallets of insulation. While they won’t be as nice to work with as regular fiberglass batts, they have an excellent R-value and will do a great job of keeping the studio work this winter.
A Load of Green Lumber
Since losing the studio space I was renting, I’ve been thinking about what the best option is for painting. This has led to some interesting conversations with friends and a re-imaging of the studio’s work … Shortly after the dust settled, I connected with my friend, David Goa, and our meandering conversation touched upon his …