Defense - Marguerite

 May 2023

Well May was a trip but I was not going to let an opportunity to do a scroll for a dear friend pass me by.  The logistics on the timing for this were rough and the scroll was not going to be done in time for this, so it was done it two parts.

The first part is I made a small promissory scroll with the help of my daughter so there was SOMETHING to be given out at court.  I made an inspirational copy of a piece of art from a modern day artist's work.  Her inspiration was from the "Conference of the Birds" and I added some transliterated text.  I asked my daughter to color the piece in since the recipient is one of her many SCA "Aunties".  There is also something to be said that this was coming from the sitting Tyger Princess and the Lady of the Northern Shores (title given to the real life children of the Eastern Heirs).

Gold ink and micron pen on bristol.

Illumination by Kira of Darostur (age "almost 5") using color pencils

Now that we had some breathing room, the real scroll was in process with my intrepid co-conspirators.  Liadan and Sara agreed to help with the illumination and words respectively.  Both of them did spectacular jobs with this.  Inspiration piece was "Durga confronting the Demon Mahisha in the form of an Elephant".  Liadan did the border on both pieces of perg so we could work independently, but still have both halves of the piece match.  Calligraphy by me in gold ink on perg.