Embossing a halo

Embossing a design into a halo on an icon. The designs reflect the historical setting of the two saints, St Thomas More and St Thomas a Becket.

[@edwardtheconfessor1546]

How long after applying the bole on the gesso should one wait before embossing it?

[@aliciasalazar-dawes5851]

Could the embossing be done on the gesso prior to application of bole or is it better on the bole?

[@TheBethlehemIconSchoolOnline]

If its on the gesso it would be inscribed. You can only emboss into the bole as it is soft clay

[@aliciasalazar-dawes5851]

@@TheBethlehemIconSchoolOnline thank you!