I was extremely honored the Clerk Signet asked me to do the Court Barony scrolls for Their Excellencies when they stepped down. It was bittersweet to see them step down. I wanted these to be special, as I do for anyone I make a scroll for, but even more so this time. I came up with the concept of doing pen and ink because that is the style Baroness Esperanza does (extremely well!), skeletal versions of themselves because anyone who knows them knows they like darker art, and black parchment because I'm simply insane.
The exemplars came from various German woodcuts I found along with pictures of Their Excellencies in their German garb, and the calligraphy exemplar being The Prayerbook of Maximilian I by Albrecht Durer. The materials I used: 2 sheets of kosher parchment that I dyed black; Ph.Martin's Bleedproof white, finetec silver, and gouache formulated for dark paper applied with a quill I cut and a crow quill pen. Final size on each was 8x10 " with a 1" border for matting and framing. (In progress below)
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Her Excellency messaged me privately to ask if I could repeat a feat I had done a couple Holiday Faires' ago. Could I possibly make a Baronial Award scroll for my husband without him seeing it? The degree of difficulty had been added to in that my scribal space is right on the other side of his monitor... Sure! What the heck! The exemplar is from Petrus Lombardus (one of my favorites) and was done on parchment with leaf gold, period pigments, and iron oak gall ink. Mine was done on 8x10" perg with a 1" margin for framing using 23k leaf gold on gesso with gouache, and iron oak gall ink applied with a cut quill.
(In progress and detail below) Before Royal Archer, I was asked to do the most prestigious honor our Barony gives for a woman I greatly admire. Her work is always beautiful and she's always willing to help or teach someone else to make more period clothing. Unfortunately due to the weather it was unable to be given out until the Investiture this weekend. I took my inspiration from MS. LUDWIG XI 8 (Getty museum) also known as Master of Brussels, Romuleon and a picture of the lady herself. The original was done with pigment, iron oak gall ink, and likely brazilwood ink as well as leaf and shell gold on parchment.
I used pergamenta for my substrate with gouache, finetec gold, and Higgins non waterproof ink. (In progress and detail shots below) It is an odd and wonderful thing to have someone request you for a specific scroll. Even more fun when the two requesting it are the Laurel of the recipient and his wife, who also is the Clerk Signet! I was honored to be asked, and I went to work fulfilling the task. The request was for white vine. The exemplar was De Re Rustica by Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. Created in Milan, Italy, roughly 1469. The original was done on vellum with the size of each leaf being roughly 7.4" x 10.6". I used Pergamenta for my substrate. The other materials were 23k gold leaf on gesso, gouache, and Higgins ink.
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February 2021
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