Scribes among us?

[dkpalmer]

I'm new to the guild, and I've looked through all the thread titles to no avail.

Are there any other scribes about? One of my greatest pleasures is creating elaborate scrolls to be awarded at events. I've yet to do the "official" onces, except for my own family, but I've done a lot for local use.  

[Arithrel]

Sadly, I'm not one...though I do much admire the work of those with the abilities!  

[dkpalmer]

Arithrel

Sadly, I'm not one...though I do much admire the work of those with the abilities!

That's okay. smile Having people appreciate the work makes it that much more fun.  

[Llelwyn]

I'm picking it up by bits and pieces. I'd love to learn more.  

[dkpalmer]

Llelwyn

I'm picking it up by bits and pieces. I'd love to learn more.

It's a lot of fun. I've learned a lot by studying scans of period manuscripts. They used a lot more colors and shades of colors than I was first led to believe. They got playful a lot of times, too, with all sorts of things hidden in the borders. I'm having fun playing with borders now.

Edit for PS: If you want to come up some weekend, or whenever you're off work, we could practice together.  

[MorganOfCalafia]

dude we had our first lady knight in caid about a year ago AND I MISSED THE KNIGHTING crying  

[Sir_Catherine]

ResidentOfDarkness

dude we had our first lady knight in caid about a year ago AND I MISSED THE KNIGHTING crying

I would drive four hours to see a woman knighted!  

[Sir_Catherine]

dkpalmer

Arithrel

Sadly, I'm not one...though I do much admire the work of those with the abilities!

That's okay. smile Having people appreciate the work makes it that much more fun.

It's one of the many things I want to learn.
Illumination
Embroidery
Better cloak, shirt and dress making/patterning/sewing
period (for my persona specificly) eating utinsiles and dress
dances and songs
heavy fighting or fencing (I've been 'claimed' for both by various practitioners, told I would be a natural at fencing)  

[dkpalmer]

Sir_Catherine

dkpalmer

Arithrel

Sadly, I'm not one...though I do much admire the work of those with the abilities!

That's okay. smile Having people appreciate the work makes it that much more fun.

It's one of the many things I want to learn.
Illumination
Embroidery
Better cloak, shirt and dress making/patterning/sewing
period (for my persona specificly) eating utinsiles and dress
dances and songs
heavy fighting or fencing (I've been 'claimed' for both by various practitioners, told I would be a natural at fencing)

It's a lot of fun to do. I'm taking a break from calligraphy right now, to rest my hand. We have a local event in five weeks, and I'm getting the awards done.

I have a huge scroll (22x24 inches) that I need to transfer onto the good paper, but I find that I'm out of big paper, so I have to drive an hour to the store that carries it. I'm anxious to transfer it so I can get the real work done on it!  

[ZellyKat]

Sir_Catherine

ResidentOfDarkness

dude we had our first lady knight in caid about a year ago AND I MISSED THE KNIGHTING crying

I would drive four hours to see a woman knighted!

same lady knight is now our new crown princess, her lord won crown tourny. now we are gonna have two knights on the throne!! yay!!  

[Kiria Delusional Kitty]

*ears perk* Did somebody say scribe? I'm still learning, but I've got a pretty good command of textura quadrata now, and a decent uncial and half-uncial. I did a scroll for my mother for her birthday and just about went cross-eyed inking the knotwork border. I'm still utterly hopeless at acanthus leaves, though. crying

Medieval Calligraphy: Its History and Technique by Marc Drogin is my bible, especially since I can't make it to scribal nights.  

[Kaoshi Takai]

Im hopefully going to be teaching myself to be a scribe, but not for hire, just as somethign to do.  

[Naito_Mitsukai]

~~Scribe in Training~~ biggrin kinda sorta - i'm taking classes-ish!! xd 3nodding  

[Kiddo Seanchain]

Scriiiibe! I do illuminations but nothing else. No callig for me.

http://kiddo.langleyark.com/images/scroll_march_2006.jpg
http://kiddo.langleyark.com/images/scroll_april_2006.jpg

My two best so far. The gold leaf scans horribly, fyi.  

[Mistress_Pooky]

Kiddo the fox-phoenix

Scriiiibe! I do illuminations but nothing else. No callig for me.

http://kiddo.langleyark.com/images/scroll_march_2006.jpg
http://kiddo.langleyark.com/images/scroll_april_2006.jpg

My two best so far. The gold leaf scans horribly, fyi.

Those are beautiful! I am very impressed. I tried my hand at illumination and calligraphy, but I haven't done anything serious.