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Category Archives: SCA
Monoceros progress
It is amazing how much better this effort at guilding is! With the addition of a little honey, I am able to use much thinner coats of the gum size. Which means it is really flat and much, much smoother. I am a bit embarrassed at how bad the guilding was on the silver hammer [...]
M is for Monoceros
“The monoceros has the head of a stag, the tail of a boar, elephant’s feet and a horse’s body. A horn four feet long projects from his head. This creature was derived from the Indian rhinoceros.” Here’s my version all inked and callig’d, based on the one in the Aberdeen Bestiary. I’d originally planned on [...]
Crazy Day
The morning was fun. We all got up freakin’ early to cheer DH on at his first 5k run in a very long time. The kids and I colored signs that said, “Go! Dad, Go!” and “We Love You!” I wanted to to tshirts but didn’t have time (or money really). I think it is [...]
‘Tis Done
Turned in my first scibal assignment today. From what I can tell, it was well received. I am greatly relieved to be done with it. I was really worried that I would not get done with it in time! I also gave my brief talk about medieval bestiaries to the shire. I have no friggin [...]
The Miracle of Whitework
You know, for as simple a thing as it is, whitework really makes illumination pop. Or maybe it is just me. But the past two pieces now I’ve been happily surprised at the amount of depth some simple whitework can add. I added the midtones and whitework today. I still need to do some minor [...]
Merrily I Scroll-Along
OK, maybe not merrily, but I’m feeling punchy. I’m tired and my host is really sloggy tonight, so I don’t know how this is going to look, or even if it will work, but here is my scroll progress in brief Here, I’ve shaded, in red, the areas I want to guild. Here is it [...]
All Inked
Finished inking today! Have I mentioned lately how much I love working with real vellum?!? I modified the pencil draft a bit since my last post. I added a hammer in the upper right corner and a feather shap (it will be red) as a line filler. I’ve been toying with the idea of trying [...]
Scroll Progress
Oh. My. Gosh. Calliging on real vellum is like eating the smoothest chocolate. Oh soooo addictive. I’ll never go back to bristol! I hope calliging on the perga is as enjoyable. I can’t afford to do everything on real vellum. Here’s the scroll so far, the name has been blurred to protect the innocent. The [...]
First Scribal Assignment
I have my first ever assignment! Woohoo! Ok, I’m being silly but still I am excited. A large and lovely piece of vellum has been entrusted to my care for this project too. I am thinking of doing something like this from the Burnet Psalter. Oh, and I have the text too! If all goes [...]
Plan of Attack
I’ve been working on the re-do of Eilidh’s AoA scroll. Got the design penciled in enough to know I’d be happy with it but not so much that if I botch the callig-ing I’d be bummed to loose all that pencil time. So just about every day/night I’ve been spending a little time practicing my [...]