Owen's Quest Book - One really Big project

Once the sheets were cut, I pricked stacks of them then used a leadpoint to draw lines on the sheets for the calligraphy spacing.

Each gathering is made up of eight sheets.

Once I had several gatherings, I started using the layout calligraphy as a go by and started work on the final calligraphy.  I'm using a metal nib and a homemade oak gall ink.

As of this post, the first gathering has had it's calligraphy done and is ready to be turned over to the next scribe for the illumination design and painting.  The second gathering has been started. Using an average number of pages per subject on the layout calligraphy, the books looks like it might be about 160 pages or so.

Owen's Quest Book - One really Big project

I've been working on a project since the start of the year. 


Owen ap Aeddan has been set to a quest of interviewing various Members of the Chivilary around the Kingdom of Ansteorra.  Myself and another scribe are taking what is written after these interviews and creating a book of it.

So far I'm still working on the writing out the text on graph paper for a layout before moving onto the paper being used to make the book. There is currently a large stack and it's getting bigger.

As I'm using a cartridge pen for the layout as it's easy to travel with, I've started work on the actual pages at home.  The Pergamenata was chosen as it looks and acts very similar to parchment and is reasonable in price. The full sheets were cut down to a bit bigger then the planned finish size.

to be continued...

2013 - Wiesenfeuer Artisan

2013 Wiesenfeuer Artisan Scroll

Materials:
White Peramenata (Paper)
Carbon Ink
Schmincke Gold powder
Red Lead (the orange color)
Cobalt blue

2013 Yule Invitation

This year's invitation for the our groups Yule event that's at the start of December. Besides the regular event, we'll be seeing the investiture of a new set of leaders.  Lots of the groups symbols were used in the piece.  The lion and Horse are supporters of the Group's achievement.  The Rampant weasel features as the crest on the helm of the achievement.  The Groups arms are at the bottom center. The Chair behind the King and Queen is empty to symbolize the vacancy about to be filled. The Gold Circle surrounded by black flames as well as the lanterns stands for the greater service award, the ribbon with the yellow chain is the lesser service award, the gold beacon with black fire is a leadership/teaching award for the fighting activities and the Maltese cross is taken from the device of Edward d'Orleans, which is the namesake for the Service through Arts or Sciences award.

Everything was painted with a brush, including all the lines.
Paint was mixed from various pigments found in period.

New Handouts/Documentation

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