About Iota
A grid, a cross, and a lot of patience
Coptic ornament was never drawn freehand. It was counted — square by square, like weaving — which is why the same crosses appear on Egyptian textiles, manuscript margins and church screens for over fifteen centuries.
Iota keeps that logic. We redraw the old motifs on their grid, cut them into wood, and stop before the color — because the counting is ours, but the color is yours.
From wood to wall
We count the grid
Every motif is redrawn cell by cell from Coptic textiles, manuscripts and church screens.
We cut the wood
Birch is laser-cut and the grid engraved, then sanded by hand so color sits evenly.
You choose the color
Alone at home with a kit, or with us at a table full of people and small pots of paint.
It goes on your wall
We varnish it, and the piece leaves with the one who colored it.
Tradition, not decoration
Nothing invented for looks — every motif has a source we can point to.
Made to be finished
A piece is only half ours. It becomes yours the moment you pick up the brush.
Around one table
The workshop is the heart of Iota: church groups, families, and strangers coloring together.