[Scriptoris] award scrolls and introduction

[Nancy Wederstrandt]

Before I get going I guess I should intro myself in terms of this list.  I 
joined and then jumped into talking without a limited time of knowing who 
says what and all.

I'm Clare and I've tinkered with calligraphy most of my time in the SCA.  I 
was originally one of Trude Lacklandia's set of Atenveldt scribes and 
started my actual SCA scroll production then.
Mundanely, I've amasses considerable time in college one class per semester 
at a studio art degree with a specialization of watercolour and water based 
media (includes egg tempera) and I lack a semester and a half from getting 
a degree.  The last two years I've been in a creative block but seem to be 
coming out of it.  Currently I do book arts and dabble with research a 
bit.  I don't consider myself as an artist because I don't make my living 
from art nor is my production level high enough to be an artist.

Scriptwise - I admire the dickens out of people who can do Fraktur, and any 
other later Gothic hands.  I stay in the humanist area, early gothic, 
ligature and am currently learning copperplate (or attempting to) which has 
nothing to do with the SCA but lots with other areas of interest.  I work 
at the University of Texas developing curriculum for the Biology office but 
I'm happy to do research for people when I can.  I am getting ready to try 
my hand at silverpoint and making my own paints for egg tempera so I can go 
back to miniature painting.

On the Branwyn (her being 10) scales of filling space I am about a 2 or 
3.  (I use her to judge how packed with things a work is..... I like white 
space and the principle of less is more).  I admire Serena's scroll she did 
for Edwin because it truly shows the elegance of the written word and I 
wish I wish I had the patience to do it her way.  (grin)

I do think that limited scroll per artisan is not a bad thing.  I also feel 
that each person sets his or her own pace.  It's part of the style of the 
craftsman.  I don't see any harm if someone wants some one particularly to 
do their scroll they wait two years or so.   I also don't think that we 
should even think of fixing the scroll backlog.... People will ask you if 
they want one and then they can negotiate what they want.  What I think 
might be nice is that the written word be promoted more in other areas.  I 
see nothing wrong with a page of a book of hours being given as as prize or 
gift.  If I received such for my elevation for anything, I would be happy 
as a clam.

I used to be on this list, got off, became active in other areas and now 
have wandered back.

Regards,

Clare