Wood Carving Classes

Wood Carving Classes

Learn wood carving from Konstantinos Papadakis, Master Wood Carver. Classes are held at the Artistic Wood Carving studio on Tuesday evenings from 7pm – 9pm. Classes are held in a small group environment with plenty of time for one on one instruction. Class sizes...

Master Wood Carver

Konstantinos Papadakis is a master wood carver whose work is acclaimed throughout North America and in Europe. His carvings in the Byzantine style are widely acknowledged as among the finest displayed in Orthodox Churches in the U.S. and Canada today. When only a...
Welcome to Artistic Wood Carving Studio

Welcome to Artistic Wood Carving Studio

In a day where everything is mass produced in lots, the work of Konstantinos Papadakis seems almost too rich – too lush to be real. Each project is painstakingly crafted as a labor of love – as unique as the customers he creates them for. The care and...

Letter to St. Nektarios Parishioners

I would like to apologize to you for the delay in completing the iconostasis. Please read below and draw your own conclusions. In 1955, I went to Aegena toward the end of the summer with my father and my cousin to tour the island and to venerate the icon of St....
Bishop’s Throne

Bishop’s Throne

Here are some images of a recently completed project of a Bishop’s Throne. On the right-hand side of the nave is the bishop’s throne from which he presides as a living icon of Christ among his people. Even in the bishop’s absence, the throne reminds...