I don’t think this one is going to stay a mystery after the halfway point, but let’s see how it goes. I have some lapis lazuli chip beads from when I made necklaces from my lampwork. I’m not doing much jewelry-making recently, and some of those lapis chips were drilled pretty badly (certainly not fit…
My First Black Hours
I’ve been talking about wanting to try black hours from the first QPT where I entered illumination. Although I’m starting to prep for A&S next year, I thought it was about time I did what I said I wanted to do. I decided to take my inspiration and designs from the Libro Negro de las…
The Golden Boar
I was approached in spring 2015 for a special project, due at Murder Melee. The Barony of Ben Dunfirth wanted to award a barony member with the highest honour available to them – the Golden Boar. The person who approached me thought that I was a part of that person’s household, and although I’m not,…
Diptych of Illuminations from the Book of Hours of Daniel Rym, Kingdom A&S 2015
This project was a part of my winning Pentathlon entry for Kingdom A&S 2015. The goals of this project were to use pergamenta and gouache for the first time, to recreate an illumination in similar size, colours, and technique as the original, and to do whitework design. (Challenges that were suggested to me at QPT)…
Illuminations, QPT 2014
These (despite wording in my documentation), I believe were my fourth and fifth illuminations. The first three magically disappeared to another kingdom, mixed up in a donation pile before I ever got the chance to take pictures. I believe one had lots of leaves, one was a more plain bar and ivy with two dragon-creatures,…