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Unto all Ansteorran Charter Painters does Baroness Curstaidh Magorlick,
Star Signet, send
<P>Greetings!
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<P>I would like to briefly discuss charter painting, paper, and scribal
contacts in the Kingdom. First, and most importantly, thank
you very much, O wondrous painters, for all the support you have given
in the past to our fair Kingdom! I am very proud of Anstoerra's painters
and appreciate your dedication and hard work!! Please keep up the
researching, painting, and promoting of this fun art and service!
<P>Second, I need to talk about some of the charters we have received lately.
Our Kingdom charters are run off on very specific paper, using top level
toner, to help insure quality for the painting and calligraphy that
needs to end up on said paper. Not all paper can receive paint <U>and</U>
ink very well, and herein lies a slight problem we are having. Out
of good intentions we have some gentles who are running off their own charters,
painting them, and turning them in. Unfortunately, the paper quality
and toner quality are not of the standards we use, and so we have some
beautiful charters being turned in with flaking toner and / or paper that
feathers / bleeds with the calligraphy ink! So after all that work
being done, created with the best of intentions, it is heartbreaking that
these charters can't be used!
<P>Another problem we are having is from painters forgetting to put a cover
sheet, towel, or cloth underneath any skin that touches the charter as
they paint. Your hand, forearm, whatever - the natural oil we all
have in our skin will be absorbed by the paper, something you'll not even
notice happening. The scribe filling in the awards will notice it,
though, when trying to write in that oiled area - the pen will usually
slide right over that area, and the ink will not be absorbed as fully as
it should, or even at all, in some cases. Depending on the paper
being used -- as in a nice gentle trying to use his/her own paper,
etc., to create blank charters to paint -- the paper may also feather /
bleed the ink, as mentioned in the previous paragraph. So not only
then is the scribe trying to work with a charter that has oil patches that
make the pen slide off from creating the letter trying to be written, he
or she might also end up trying to control the feathering of the ink on
the very next letter!
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<P>So please, fellow painters, get your blank charters from your Regional
Scribe, the Sable Scroll, or from myself, Star Signet. Many times,
too, you will find that your local charter painting group has extra charters
to hand out - great! Get charters from them, too! The head of the group
has either received the paper / charter from the people responsible for
handing out the charters, or has special permission from me to run them
off.
<P>Now to list the addresses of the people to contact for blank charters:
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<P><B><U>Sable Scroll</U></B>
<P>Sir Alrek Kanin
<BR>(Cameron Lewis)
<BR>6320 S. Robinson Ave.
<BR>Oklahoma City, OK 73139
<BR>(405) 634 - 6476
<BR>(He will be posting his new e-mail next week.)
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<P><B><U>Northern Regional Scribe</U></B>
<P>Mistress Anastacia Marie Travarra
<BR>(Sandra Goodrich)
<BR>301 E. Boyd
<BR>Norman, OK 73069
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<P><B><U>Central Regional Scribe</U></B>
<P>HL Giuliana Firidolfi
<BR>(Jean Moore)
<BR>2311 Homeway Circle
<BR>Dallas, TX 75228
<BR>gjmoore1@airmail.net
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<P><B><U>Coastal Regional Scribe</U></B>
<P>HL Cynthia Braithwaite
<BR>(Cynthia Padget)
<BR>15711 Longvale Drive
<BR>Houston, Tx 77059-5229
<BR>(281) 486 - 7064
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<P><B><U>Southern Regional Scribe</U></B>
<P>Melisenda de Barcelona
<BR>(Sherri Ruiz)
<BR>Rt. 5 Box 5739 - C
<BR>Belton, TX 76656
<BR>(254) 939 - 5196
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<P><B><U>Western Regional Scribe</U></B> -- This position may be changing
over soon.
<P>Jonathon Christian Clark
<BR>(Jonathon Clark)
<BR>3422 68th Drive
<BR>Lubbock, TX 79413 - 6122
<BR>HLJonathon @aol.com
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<P><B><U>Star Signet</U></B>
<P>Baroness Curstaidh Magorlick
<BR>(Lee Lemons)
<BR>1910 Westmead #3301
<BR>Houston, TX 77077
<BR>(281) 493 - 1080
<BR>lalemons@flash.net
<P>Any updates to the names and addresses above will appear via the Ansteorran
list and the Black Star (look in the back under each Region). When
possible, hopefully the chroniclers from our various groups will be able
to help out and also post this information.
<P>Thank you for your time, and thank you for being just who you are, Ansteorran
charter painters!
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<P>Sincerely,
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<P>Baroness Curstaidh Magorlick
<BR>Star Signet</HTML>