August 2021 - April 2024
This one was a hard one. I had taken this assignment (assigned it to myself) back in Aug 2021 because it was a short turn around and.... it was the first scroll deadline I missed. Ever. I did send it up to the event to be shown in court and signed (it was not signed at the time), but asked for it back to finish. I got it home....and there was a catastrophic water splash right over the calligraphy as I was working on it. The scroll went into a time out until I could get to Eva to help me fix the calligraphy.
After the calligraphy was cleaned up I went back to work on it and....couldn't. I had painting paralysis. Every time I looked at it, I was filled with dread and ...I just couldn't do it. So it went to my desk to chill....and there it sat. Waiting. Lurking. Judging.
My time as Signet came to an end because lo and behold, I was now the Princess of the East and by god I was going to get this done before we stepped up.....
Step up came and went and we gave Keziah a writ for the Order of the Laurel.
After I got home, I made a promise I was going to get this done before we gave her the Laurel.
I got close. I actually finished it right afterward because there was just too much going on.
Entire scroll by me: Calligraphy is Pelikan ink on perg. Raised gilding on the illuminated capital and gold dots. W&N gouache.
Based on: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/105TH2 (Five Leaves from a Noted Brevity)
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| Illumination detail with gilding. |
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| Close up of the exemplar |
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| The Water Catastrophe. |
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