Commissioned Scrolls

I've done quite a few commissioned scrolls since last posting so I thought I would fill you all in! This will just be an overview post, I'll go into some details about the making of some of these in later posts. Again these are all from period manuscripts, mostly found on online library archives.

I think this was my second puzzle letter scroll. I really started to fall in love with the itty bitty details.

I love the way this one looks, but it caused me much artistic trauma. More on this one later.

This was a Court Baroncy scroll. I decided to try the two page look. I loved the intricacy of the border, though it was a lot more work than I thought it would be. I'll have more on this one as well.

This was an AOA that I really wanted to focus on the heraldry for. I like all the different ways that heraldry is jazzed up in period manuscripts.

This is another grotesque style award that has gone out. It is a mashup of different elements from the Maastricht Hours.

I tried to do some very intricate leaves here.

I had been sitting on a the inspiration for this on my Pinterest for a while before I found the right scroll to make it for. I have progress pictures for this one as well.

I got to make this one right under Will Parris's nose! In the guise of an Ice Dragon entry. I added the heraldry while he was away at the army. This one is actually on parchment. 

Another puzzle letter :) I got really excited to make up what was in the middle of the 'P' so I did a white hart for the White Hart A&S Tourney winner scroll.

This is the scroll I made for the Iron Scribe competition, done in 3 hours and donated to the Bog as a blank at the end of the day.

First Scrolls

I think it has been enough time since I handed in these blanks that I can post them now. These were some of my first endeavors into making scrolls, they are all based on period manuscripts, either found in my Catherine of Cleaves book or online museum sites with digitized images. I put the information on the back of the scrolls, but didn't always write it down for myself to keep afterwards, oops.

I hope you enjoy them!!

Illuminated 'A' and one of my first attempts at whitework.

Intricate border with a deer. I think the one it's based off of had something else at the bottom and a slightly different color scheme.

I remember this one enough to know that it's from The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux. I really liked working with the grey-scale shading on this one. 

This was my first foray into grotesques. It was also pretty fun. It was also before I knew that I should just put in whatever beginning letter I wanted and they would work with it.

This was my next attempt at whitework. 

And some more whitework and bar and ivy stuff. I liked the idea of a place for the Royalty to sign, hence the thing on the bottom right. In period manuscripts there was no one really doing any signing, so there was nothing to base this off of, but I thought it was cool, so I tried to make it look the part. 

And last, but not least, I remember this as an Hours of Catherine of Cleaves one absolutely. I love how the clouds (or pie crust haha) are the paper peeling back and revealing the sky and the little demons are fighting over the little gold orbs. I won the White Hart A&S tourney with this one 2 years ago.