Another Invitation

Playing catch up currently.  This invitation I did last month.  This month I've been working on masters for youth competitions to help take some of the pressure off those in the scribal guild that do the layouts and calligraphy.

Verdigris Pigment

I finally found some time to scrape off the verdigris from the copper pipe sleeves.  After the scrapping and grinding, I ended up with 2 grams of pigment.  I'm not looking at starting another round of verdigris in a few weeks, using several different vinegars and even a homemade vinegar to see what colors and how well they produce.

Scrapping the outside

Scrapping the inside

Using a muller and pestle to grind up the lumps

2 grams of Verdigris Pigment

Pigments

My handout for a class on pigments is almost done being written.  I needed some pictures of actually mixing a pigment to paint, so this past weekend I sat down and did just that.  I've added these pictures to my pigment page here.

Tools and Materials

Placing pigment into a pile.

Adding water to the pigment

Mixing the water and pigment to form a paste

Using a muller to make the paste nice and creamy

Placing the paste into a shell for storage

Adding gum water to the paste

Mixing gum water into paste for paint

Getting ready to test the new paint.

Verdigris

Six months have past and it is now time to remove the copper tubes now coated in verdigris.  I used six months as the Liber de Coloribus and Mappae Clavicula say for a length of time.  Right now, the verdigris coated tubes are sitting on an old fan blade to dry out.  Once they have dried out, I'll scrape the verdigris off the copper and weight it on a scale to see how much verdigris was made.  Right now after winter passes, I'm planning on repeating this experiment with a few different vinegars and at least one stopping at a different time since the biggest change from 9 weeks to 6 months was the color of the vinegar in the jar.

Six months later...

The jar is finally opened.

Everything pulled out to start the drying process.

Things for Yule 2012

3 out of 4 Champion certificates for this weekend's event follows, the 4th was being finished up last night and I don't have pictures of it yet.  I designed and did the calligraphy on the certificates and fellow members of the scribal guild painted them.

The Youth certificates are again based off of Lateinischer Psalter aus England - BSB Clm 835, which can be found HERE

The adult certificates are based on the Grande Hours of Duke du Berry.

Edit: The second adult certificate.