I had the distinct honor of illuminating a scroll for Boden Henebry's induction to the Order Silver Cresent, which was presented to him at Great Northeastern War. It was my first time working on pergamenata (I'm not even sure I'm spelling that right!)
Here are some in progress pictures and a picture of the semi-finished piece. I've been unable to obtain a picture of it with the calligraphy (done by the magnificent Master Harold von Auerbach) but if I do, I'll be sure to post it.
Oh, and here is my source.
Sketching out...
Checking the size. I did have to resize it and add another inch on each side to fit the words.
Gold goes first! Even if it's just goauche. I cannot wait to try my hand at gilding.
Upside down! Dark colors next and then we go up.
No detail is weird. And if I'd had more time, I would have done more....
I had problems getting green to behave this time, so I opted for clean white lines instead of layering lighter green (and other colors too I suppose) on the leaves. I only had a week or so to get this finished so I'm fairly pleased with the result. This was my first scroll to actually make it out to court (my baronial level scrolls still are waiting for our next event)! That it was a royal court at that (and for an order of high merit?!) Is a baffling honor.
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