Another Christmas present, this one for my Knight, Duke Logan Ebonwoulfe. One of the scrolls I really admired in his living room was done by a Laurel I really admire, the County for Her Grace Esa Kirkpatricke. The idea was to study her work, and make a scroll that would sit alongside it, but tailored to His Grace.
I believe I still have a long way to go to reach the level the Laurel was at when she did the original, but it was a wonderfully fulfilling challenge to see how well I could mimic her work. (And he was really surprised, I think, when I gave it to him.) I kept her original concept, took out one of the style designs intended for Her Grace, then altered the colors to reflect the Ebonwoulfe colors. To achieve this, I used 24k gold leaf with an acrylic gesso, modern gouache, finetec gold, and Higgins ink on pergamenta. Below are in progress and close-up shots.
0 Comments
As previously mentioned, Lady Maddalena is a friend of mine, who happened to have two backlogs. For her Christmas present, she wanted me to do her backlogs. Her persona is late period Italian, so I selected the Sforza Hours for her Gold Dolphin, and this one is her Grant of Arms. For this one, I selected the Rangoni Bentivoglio Book of Hours created by Francesco Marmitta (Italian, born ca. 1460) (Artist) and Antonio Pietro Sallando (Scribe) roughly around 1505 in Bologna, Italy. While the original would have been done on parchment or vellum, with period pipgments, I used pergamenta for my substrate and modern gouache for my pigments. The borders are 23k leaf gold laid with an acrylic gesso, the shell gold is finetec. The finished product fits in an 8x10" frame with a 1" border while the original was 6 1/2 x 4 5/8". The hand is an Italian Humanist taken from the exemplar. Tilted to show trhe gold work on the bottom better. In progress and some close-ups below.
Recently I stepped up into a Deputy Clerk Signet position for my Kingdom. At Holiday Faire the Clerk Signet gave me a chance to select which award I wanted to take. I selected one for a friend of mine who was receiving her Opal. Heloise is special to me, not just because she comes from my Barony so I wanted something that would signify what a jewel she is. I selected a page from the Catherine of Cleves (one of my favorite books) as the exemplar. As usual, the original was likely done on parchment or velum with gold leaf or shell gold, using lapiz, vermillion, lead red or cochineal, terra vert, ochers, sienna, umber, carbon black, and lead white.
I used more modern materials, pergamenta, finetec gold, gouache paints, and Higgins ink. The final image is roughly 5"x7". As usual, when Her Excellency asks, I volunteer for her! And I was so excited to be asked to do this St. Roch (Stierbach Baronial Service Award) for a friend and mentor. He tends to like things that are from a very specific time and place so I tried to find an exemplar as close to both as possible. In the Bodleian Library, I found this Bodley Liturg. 198 Choir Psalter, an excellent example of miniatures and detailing from NorthEast England (Roughly either East Anglia or Northumbria) and dated 1350-1375 C.E. The original was likely done on either parchment or vellum with iron oak gall ink for the Gothic lettering. Real gold leaf would likely have been attached with gesso, and period pigments such as yellow ocher, vermillion, madder lake, red lead, either lapis blue or azurite blue, white made from lead, black made from carbon, and a terre vert or green dirt would have been used to add the colors.
I used more modern materials. Pergamenta for my substrate, Higgins ink for the lettering, finetec gold instead of gold leaf, and gouache paints. |
AuthorMe, Faílenn Chu ingen ui Fháeláin. Archives
February 2021
Categories |