I had two for Holiday Faire, but a third scroll of mine was handed out there. It was originally intended for Crown, but the recipient was unable to attend. A friend of mine was recognized for her skill and research in Roman clothing and jewelry with a Coral Branch (Award of Arms A&S award). Her device has not passed yet (hopefully soon) so when it does, I hope to make a companion piece to go with this one. A mutual friend of ours showed me an image that Aelia was intrigued with and I used it as the basis for the scroll. It is the sarcophagus cover from a Carthaginian lady. I used an 8x10" piece of perg with a two inch border. The paint I used was gouache. In progress pics below. The first of the two for Holiday Faire I was asked to do was an Augmentation of Arms for another friend. The Gilded Portcullis. I picked the Harley 1498 - Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel, which I have used previously, I used a 5x7" piece of perg with 1 1/2" border. fish glue, the pink acrylic size that Baroness Aine makes, 23k gold leaf, and gouache. In progress pics below. The pencil and brush are for scale. The third scroll was an AoA for the husband of one of my friends (She received hers too, another scribe, Sara, did hers to match). I picked Catherine of Cleves, based on his device. The scroll was done on an 8x10" piece of perg with a 2 - 2 1/2" border around. I used gouache and 23k gold leaf on the homemade gesso. Below, in progress and closeups. Pencil for scale
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For Holiday Faire I got to participate in a little bit of shenanigans with my Baroness and Baron for one friend, and I got to combine two different cultures to make something special for another. First up. Shenanigans. A Silver Horn (repeatable service award) for Their Excellencies' Court Herald. She has multiple personas from various places and times, but as far as I had known she hadn't received a Japanese scroll for her Japanese persona. So, I contacted Master Foro for a translation, and searched for an image. I couldn't find anything for the longest time and time was in short supply. The only image that called to me was out of period, from the Edo period, but it seemed perfect. So I used it anyway. The Original. The materials I used were perg for the substrate, and gouache, with finetec silver for the horn. The perg is 8x10" with a 1 1/2" border all around. In progress and closeups. Second, combining two different cultures. I'm not very familiar with the Persian and Middle Eastern cultures of the time, but in the short amount of time I've researched, I do not recollect seeing any manuscripts on a dark substrate like I have found in the Western European cultures. A friend was receiving the highest award our Barony gives for all his service and hard work. He has been doing a lot of research into the Persian, Ottoman, and Middle Eastern cultures of our time periods. To reflect that, I created a "black hours" style Persian scroll for him based on a manuscript from the 1400's. I actually did draw a segment, mirror it, then repeat it to make the border. It is all hand drawn. The Farsi was a translation from Baroness Tala that I placed on the scroll. It is a piece of 11 x 14" perg, hand dyed by me, with at least a 2" border. I used a mixture of acrylgouache that was designed for working on dark substrate, regular gouache, and finetec for the metallics. The writing was done with Dr. PHMartin's Bleed-Proof White. Unfortunately in the process of working on it, I didn't get a lot of pictures in progress. Only two actually, but here they are.
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February 2021
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