Finished up the documentation about my 2013 Verdigris project. It's written in two parts, one about growing the pigment and the other taking that pigment and turning it into paint. I did a page of test swatches and then an initial from the Book of Kells to show off the verdigris to go along with the swatch page. I'm planning on showing the project this weekend at a local event.
I also have finished up a handout on the Medieval treatises I have found with some basic information on each treatise and where I found it, ie JSTOR, Inter-library loan, ebook, ect.
Medieval Treatises - Information on where I've found the medieval treatises I currently use for information.
Documentation from my 2013 Verdigris Experiment:
Making Verdigris Pigment
Making Verdigris Paint
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Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Monday, March 7, 2011
New Play Piece & Pigment Research
The county scroll has been passed off for mailing. I've done another small quick piece in the style of the Old English Hexateuch, Cotton Claudius B.iv. The size is 5.25" x 7.75".
It's done on Pergamenata (a modern vegetable based Velum that's acid free), using the following Pigments - Carbon Black, Terra Vert,Verona Terra Green, Nickle Titanium Yellow, Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Cobalt Blue Pale, Ultramarine Violet Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Ultramarine Pink, Red Lead, & Buff Titanium. Not all of those pigments are correct for the style and some of the pigments are modern synthetics or titanium instead of lead replacements.
I've also been doing a lot of research into pigments lately, not only about origins or how to make it, but also the when and where for the colors. I've recently reread Thompson's The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting and Thompson's translation of Cennino d'Andrea Cennini's "Il Libro dell' Arte" better known as the Craftsman's Handbook.
I've also been haunting www.jstor.org for articles. After some research I found out that my wife's OU facility access includes library access and JSTOR is included. Needless to say, I've been downloading read all sorts of articles on medieval pigments and other sources to do further research into. From the JSTOR articles I've been introduced to two more period source books, Mappe Clavicula and De diversis artbus (On Diverse Arts). JSTOR has the article where the Mappe Clavicula was translated and published. It was a very interesting read, with a lot of recipes for making gold go further or making imitation gold colors. And, it's from around the year 800 AD.
A copy of Hawthorne's and Smith's translaction of Theophilus's On Diverse Arts, should be in midweek. I'm really looking forward to this book as it's described as the earliest (12th century) treatise on arts written by practicing artist. Pigments, glass blowing, stained glass, gold and silver work, more. And, it's supposed to include 34 illustrations. That's a lot earlier then Cennini's Handbook that's from the 15th century and after the compilation of recipes that is Mappe Clavicula.
It's done on Pergamenata (a modern vegetable based Velum that's acid free), using the following Pigments - Carbon Black, Terra Vert,Verona Terra Green, Nickle Titanium Yellow, Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Cobalt Blue Pale, Ultramarine Violet Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Ultramarine Pink, Red Lead, & Buff Titanium. Not all of those pigments are correct for the style and some of the pigments are modern synthetics or titanium instead of lead replacements.
I've also been doing a lot of research into pigments lately, not only about origins or how to make it, but also the when and where for the colors. I've recently reread Thompson's The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting and Thompson's translation of Cennino d'Andrea Cennini's "Il Libro dell' Arte" better known as the Craftsman's Handbook.
I've also been haunting www.jstor.org for articles. After some research I found out that my wife's OU facility access includes library access and JSTOR is included. Needless to say, I've been downloading read all sorts of articles on medieval pigments and other sources to do further research into. From the JSTOR articles I've been introduced to two more period source books, Mappe Clavicula and De diversis artbus (On Diverse Arts). JSTOR has the article where the Mappe Clavicula was translated and published. It was a very interesting read, with a lot of recipes for making gold go further or making imitation gold colors. And, it's from around the year 800 AD.
A copy of Hawthorne's and Smith's translaction of Theophilus's On Diverse Arts, should be in midweek. I'm really looking forward to this book as it's described as the earliest (12th century) treatise on arts written by practicing artist. Pigments, glass blowing, stained glass, gold and silver work, more. And, it's supposed to include 34 illustrations. That's a lot earlier then Cennini's Handbook that's from the 15th century and after the compilation of recipes that is Mappe Clavicula.
Isaac
Friday, February 18, 2011
County Scroll & Research
The County Scroll is pretty much finished. All that's left is to give it a good look over after not working on it for several days and get signatures for it. I think it turned out really well and pictures of it will be posted later as I'm not sure how much of a surprise it's supposed to be.
Besides books on period clothing/weaving/spinning/ect that I've been reading to help my Wife research garb or medieval clothing, I've also started reading The Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Book, From the Twelfth to Early Sixteenth Century by Albert Derolez. So far it's a really good read. I have had to look up a few terms that I wasn't familiar with. I'm about half way through with the book so far and looking forward to reading the rest of it.
Besides books on period clothing/weaving/spinning/ect that I've been reading to help my Wife research garb or medieval clothing, I've also started reading The Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Book, From the Twelfth to Early Sixteenth Century by Albert Derolez. So far it's a really good read. I have had to look up a few terms that I wasn't familiar with. I'm about half way through with the book so far and looking forward to reading the rest of it.
Isaac
Friday, January 7, 2011
A Book about the Christina Psalter...
I recently picked up a book, for my ever growing library, on the Christina Psalter written by Dr. Marina Vidas, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Copenhagen. The Christina Psalter (GKS 1606, 4°, The Royal Library, Copenhagen) is a thirteenth-century Parisian manuscript and the book by Dr. Vidas covers the history of the Psalter, its liturgical and other functions, missing illuminations and text, the stylistic and iconographic similarities between the Psalter and other books from the period.
So far it's been an interesting and enjoyable read. The book does contain a few color images of the Psalter as well as some grayscale ones of other manuscripts that Dr. Vidas also talks about.
Images of the Christina Psalter can be found online here.
So far it's been an interesting and enjoyable read. The book does contain a few color images of the Psalter as well as some grayscale ones of other manuscripts that Dr. Vidas also talks about.
Images of the Christina Psalter can be found online here.
Isaac
Monday, October 4, 2010
Anglo-Saxon Culture Interest
With all the time I've been spending looking at the manuscripts I've gotten interested in the rest of the Anglo-Saxon culture. To further this I've picked up two books, Dress in Anglo-Saxon England Revised and enlarged edition by Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Anglo-saxon Food and Drink by Ann Hagen.
Both have turn out to be really nice reads. Both authors managed to give a lot of information is nice ways to the point I didn't feel like I was reading a typical history book.
Dress in Anglo-Saxon England references many of the manuscripts I've been looking at while it tries to put together the picture of how the Anglo-Saxons' dressed. She mentions several times about items that are alluded to in the illuminations, such as decorative trim on sleeves, as well as objects that do show up, such as cloak pin, and how minor changes in things such as hair style, beard, shoes, clothes can help distinguish who is involved in the scene, older men tend to have beards, a halo and lack of shoes for an angel.
The History of English Handwriting book did prove to be a short read. I really didn't get "oh that's cool" moments from it, but I'll let it sit awhile and read it again.
I have been working on a few leather working projects. My wife now has a belt for her garb and I've been working putting together a ring frame pouch. The Dress in Anglo-Saxon England talks about rings found in graves are now thought to be pouch rings instead of suspension rings or bracelets. My internet searching didn't turn up much of anything on the subject, so I'm currently going with a general design for the pouch that's seen in the Manesse Codex and a few latter manuscripts.
Both have turn out to be really nice reads. Both authors managed to give a lot of information is nice ways to the point I didn't feel like I was reading a typical history book.
Dress in Anglo-Saxon England references many of the manuscripts I've been looking at while it tries to put together the picture of how the Anglo-Saxons' dressed. She mentions several times about items that are alluded to in the illuminations, such as decorative trim on sleeves, as well as objects that do show up, such as cloak pin, and how minor changes in things such as hair style, beard, shoes, clothes can help distinguish who is involved in the scene, older men tend to have beards, a halo and lack of shoes for an angel.
The History of English Handwriting book did prove to be a short read. I really didn't get "oh that's cool" moments from it, but I'll let it sit awhile and read it again.
I have been working on a few leather working projects. My wife now has a belt for her garb and I've been working putting together a ring frame pouch. The Dress in Anglo-Saxon England talks about rings found in graves are now thought to be pouch rings instead of suspension rings or bracelets. My internet searching didn't turn up much of anything on the subject, so I'm currently going with a general design for the pouch that's seen in the Manesse Codex and a few latter manuscripts.
Isaac
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Books, Books, Books
I haven't done to much work on my calligraphy or illumination lately. I've been doing more reading.
I went ahead and picked up a cartridge pen made by Manuscript so I can do some practice calligraphy at work during lunch breaks at work. The dip pens were just to much trouble to try and get set up, used, and then cleaned up in the little free bits of free time.
For my birthday, I received some money, so I made an Amazon order for some more books. I picked up the following: Beowulf: Facsimile of British Museum MS. Cotton Vitellius A xv, with a transliteration (Early English Text Society Original Series), Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications), The Macclesfield Psalter, Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum), The Gilded Page: The History and Technique of Manuscript Gilding plus a few other non C&I related books.
The Beowulf book is going to be great for my Beowulf project when I get back to it.
The Macclesfield Psalter is two parts, the first is on the Psalter, studies into it's making, the content it shows, ect and the 2nd part is of the facsimile of the Psalter's pages. I can't wait to dive into this book. I think it's going to make a really great source of inspiration.
I've been reading The Gilded Page: The History and Technique of Manuscript Gilding and so far it's really good. While I've read some of the author's sources like The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting, and The Craftsman's Handbook: the Italian "Il Libro dell' Arte" it's been years. The recipes the author has in the book go from the very period to an easy modern recipe using white glue as it's main ingredient to make gesso. I'm now thinking I'll have to invest in some gold leaf and other supplies to try out the new knowledge.
I went ahead and picked up a cartridge pen made by Manuscript so I can do some practice calligraphy at work during lunch breaks at work. The dip pens were just to much trouble to try and get set up, used, and then cleaned up in the little free bits of free time.
For my birthday, I received some money, so I made an Amazon order for some more books. I picked up the following: Beowulf: Facsimile of British Museum MS. Cotton Vitellius A xv, with a transliteration (Early English Text Society Original Series), Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications), The Macclesfield Psalter, Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum), The Gilded Page: The History and Technique of Manuscript Gilding plus a few other non C&I related books.
The Beowulf book is going to be great for my Beowulf project when I get back to it.
The Macclesfield Psalter is two parts, the first is on the Psalter, studies into it's making, the content it shows, ect and the 2nd part is of the facsimile of the Psalter's pages. I can't wait to dive into this book. I think it's going to make a really great source of inspiration.
I've been reading The Gilded Page: The History and Technique of Manuscript Gilding and so far it's really good. While I've read some of the author's sources like The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting, and The Craftsman's Handbook: the Italian "Il Libro dell' Arte" it's been years. The recipes the author has in the book go from the very period to an easy modern recipe using white glue as it's main ingredient to make gesso. I'm now thinking I'll have to invest in some gold leaf and other supplies to try out the new knowledge.
Isaac
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