[Scriptoris] Fwd: [Scribes] Ecclesiastes Carpet

[Hillary Greenslade]

Scribes, 
Thought you'd enjoy viewing these pages from a mid-or east-realm scribe, Ranthulfr. 
His work is well documented and he uses many historic techniques.  It's very cool. 
(FTY - he's a full time artist)

Cheers, Hillary 

--- Randy Asplund <randy at randyasplund.com> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:32:30 -0500
> From: Randy Asplund <randy at randyasplund.com>
> To: Scribes <scribes at castle.org>, cynnabar <Barony at cynnabar.org>
> CC: 
> Subject: [Scribes] Ecclesiastes Carpet
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> At long last I am very happy and relieved to announce that with the 
> completion of the Carpet Page my Ecclesiastes book is finally finished! 
> For anybody who came in lately, that is a medieval book that I was hired 
> to create using all medieval materials and techniques. I had to collect 
> and special order some colors, tools and materials, but I also had to 
> actually make quite a few. I made tools for color manufacture, layout, 
> pricking, scoring, etc., even a tool for beating the egg white to make 
> the binder for the paint. The book is written with oak gall ink on 
> sheepskin parchment, has colors I made from scratch including blue from 
> Lapis Lazuli, yellow from a rock containing arsenic, and red from insect 
> bodies. This book is only ten inches tall.
> 
> The following page shows the steps from cutting up the sheep skins 
> through layout and writing.
> http://randyasplund.com/browse/ecclesiastes/ecclesiastes.htm
> 
> The next page linked at the bottom of the first shows the process of 
> painting and touches on making color. This is all just a small taste of 
> the book I am writing on how medieval books were made. I am also 
> planning to seek a publisher for the Ecclesiastes as an art book. The 
> painting process can be found on this page:
> http://randyasplund.com/browse/ecclesiastes/EcclesIllums.htm
> 
> Both of these pages are very graphic intensive. Consider this a warning 
> if you are on Dial-Up.
> 
> Feel free to cross post the message and URLs.
> 
> Ranthulfr
> 
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> To see a Universe of art ranging from Medieval Manuscript art, 
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> Original Art & Prints for sale!
> 
> Randy Asplund     (734) 663-0954
> Science Fiction and Fantasy Illustration
> 2101 S. Circle Dr., Ann Arbor, MI. 48103
> 
> 
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