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Starting on Christmas crafting...
Dec. 20th, 2010 12:04 pmGot a good start on the pouches this weekend, getting eyelets into two of four, and braiding cords for three, so I may actually be able to knock the current batch off the list.
Pouches are a perpetually-renewing project though - I've now made them in leather, fabric, and knitting. I suppose I could weave one from scratch for a change (NOT).
Also got the calligraphy done on the cards, but didn't get any illumination done.
Did have a happy evening surfing the BL site, finding nearly an entire alphabet of very do-able Romanesque intials.
There's a particular style, c. 1150-1225 ish, England and N. France on sacred books, that uses bold plain colours, some very beautiful arabesque flourishes, but very little 'finishing' (no outlining, no knotwork, no gold). The accompanying hand is late Carolingian, early Gothic-ish, well within my repetoire. The sweet AoA I did last month is typical. This could become another 'workhorse' hand for scrolls for me.
I even found a scholarly text about this art style, focusing on MSS from 11th and 12th c Northumbria - a snip at £70 from Boydell and Brewer.
Pouches are a perpetually-renewing project though - I've now made them in leather, fabric, and knitting. I suppose I could weave one from scratch for a change (NOT).
Also got the calligraphy done on the cards, but didn't get any illumination done.
Did have a happy evening surfing the BL site, finding nearly an entire alphabet of very do-able Romanesque intials.
There's a particular style, c. 1150-1225 ish, England and N. France on sacred books, that uses bold plain colours, some very beautiful arabesque flourishes, but very little 'finishing' (no outlining, no knotwork, no gold). The accompanying hand is late Carolingian, early Gothic-ish, well within my repetoire. The sweet AoA I did last month is typical. This could become another 'workhorse' hand for scrolls for me.
I even found a scholarly text about this art style, focusing on MSS from 11th and 12th c Northumbria - a snip at £70 from Boydell and Brewer.
