The second award scroll I was asked to do was for a lady I greatly admire, Baroness Tatiana. She has given tirelessly and selflessly, including many wonderful scroll cases that I have been privileged to use. I wanted to tailor something to her. Information on the exemplar: Hohannes (Artist) 17th century ink and pigments on well finished parchment of medium weight bound between wooden boards lined with blue silk damask covered with dark brown leather decorated gold and silk Overall H: 5 7/8 x W: 4 1/8 in. (15 x 10.5 cm); Folio H: 5 7/8 × W: 4 1/16 in. (15 × 10.3 cm) I placed it on an 8x10" piece of pergamenta with roughly 1/2" for borders for matting and framing. I transliterated the English into Cyrillic as I had trouble finding what I thought was a reliable translation into Russian. I used Higgins ink with three different widths of nib, and gouache. The shell gold was an artificial gold shell from Kremer's. Below, find the in progress and some close up shots. (Clicking on the picture will show you the whole picture.)
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I was asked to make two award scrolls for Night on the Town this year, one was for a friend of mine. She was one of the bridesmaids in my wedding. Her persona is Japanese. I based it on an Emaki scroll I had found that I liked and asked Baron Foro to translate the script into kanji for me to copy onto the scroll. My friend, Katsumi, also likes dark, Gothic styled things, so I decided to put her scroll on a black silk fan. To finish it off, I took the Opal that I had been awarded and wove it through the spines of the fan to keep it open. Information on the exemplar: The Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma (Kako genzai inga kyō emaki) Artist: Unidentified Artist Japanese, active late 13th century Period: Kamakura period (1185–1333) Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper Dimensions: Image: 10 7/8 x 22 3/8 in. (27.6 x 56.8 cm) I took some of the elements, and carefully tilted so that they would follow the curve of the 13" silk fan. Making a template, I covered the back of it with a chalk to make a transfer and transferred my design to the black fan. Using a gouache that was formulated to be used on black substrate, I carefully painted the outline and then painted the kanji. Next, I began to fill in the forms, then do the highlights and shading. The progress pics and close ups are below.
In our Barony is a canton called Sudentorre who holds a lovely event the end of March called Defending the Gate. I was asked by the sitting Baroness to craft two scrolls to be awarded at the event. First - Silver Stirrup (Equestrian) The exemplar was a Franco-Saxon 9th Century I found on the British Library blogs. The original would have been done on parchment, likely with orpiment (a poisonous yellow pigment) rather than gold, and likely ground lapis or azurite for the blue. The reddish orange would most likely have been a lead or mercury based pigment (also poisonous). I used 23k gold leaf on an acrylic gesso, with gouache on an 8"x10" piece of Perg with a one inch border for matting and framing. The ink is Lamy and in a Lamy pen. Exemplar image and in progress pics. Second - Silver Compass (Arts and Sciences) This one was done for a friend who has a name more from the Netherlands, and was from Gerardus Groot (Gerd de Groot) Utrecht ca. 1450. The original was 17 cm x 12cm done on parchment with gold leaf, blue from lapis, green from terre vert (green dirt), reds possibly from lead, mercury, and/or madder lake, and white from lead. I made mine on a piece of 8" x 10" of perg, using 23k gold leaf with acrylic gesso, and gouache. Again the pen and ink was Lamy, rather than quill and iron oak gall ink. Exemplar and progress pics.
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