Randy Asplund Illustration Home

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Randy Asplund!

All Artworks are © Randy Asplund unless otherwise credited

The Artist's web page-
Medieval Illuminated Manuscript Book Arts, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Historical Art

To see Randy Asplund on the TV show History In The Making
Click the image or go to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF2nmSLjPG8

Hand-Made books the way it was done in the Middle Ages

Calligraphed, Illuminated, and Bound by the artist

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
by
T.S. Eliot
or
Watch on YouTube My Colloquium Lecture for
Penn State University on
How Medieval Books were made
Download: The 14th.c style
Schultz Psalter
or
Watch on YouTube

      If you are looking for a special and unique art, this is where you will find it. Randy is known internationally for his research and work making authentic style medieval illuminated manuscripts, whole medieval books, and for his illustrations on MAGIC: The Gathering cards, Start Trek model kit covers, Magazines and Book covers, and TV. His clients have been many of the top companies in their markets.

     Are you looking for a gift for someone special, or for a handcrafted book for yourself? Randy will make your medieval art just as it was done in the Middle Ages, using the same authentic materials and techniques. Unlike other illuminators who use modern equivalents and copy existing art, Randy works as if he were actually an artist in the middle ages. He even makes many of his colors because they are so difficult to find today. Your art can be on genuine animal skin parchment, with ink made from wasp nests, genuine gold and silver leaf, and pigments made from such exotic materials as lapis lazuli, azurite, malachite, vermilion, minium, saffron, buckthorn berries, and brazil wood. And if you want your own book of any subject dear to you, he will bind it in wood boards and leather, with hand made clasps and other hardware, in your choice of styles as were done in Europe before 1500 AD.

To learn more about the process and what Randy can do for you, please visit the galleries listed to the left.

I am writing a very ambitious book about how medieval manuscript books were made. It is tentatively entitled Secrets Of Forgotten Masters: A 21st c. Artist's exploration of the technological processes used for making illuminated manuscript books from 700-1500 in Western Europe. I cover the tools. materials and techniques from making the raw hide into parchment pages, making colors from scratch, writing, gilding and all the way through tooling a fine binding. Take a look at my SoFM page here. You can also see a great sampling of what will be in that book if you take a look at my articles on how I make medieval books and pages.

Secrets of Forgotten Masters is a work still in progress.

This book is a collaboration between Randy and most of the other early Magic: The Gathering artists. Please click on the image to see details!

Randy has sold out all of his copies of the book, but has prints of his featured painting "The White Tree."

Randy makes many kinds of art; so whether you like Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Contemporary art, please enjoy the links.

Prints are available of many of Randy's works. To order prints, purchase originals, or commission new works, please see The Store page for details. -Enjoy!

My artist friend Tom Baxa has released his book “Get Work as a Fantasy Artist” and I have written a contribution to it. Here is a link to a page on my web site about it.

Here are some samples of Randy's work in Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fine Arts
and Medieval Manuscript Illumination & Book Binding. Use the menu at left to visit pages.

From the Artist

     There's a lot to explore on this web site. From this page you will be able to explore the arts of making authentic Medieval Books and Manuscript Illumination, Fine art, Science Fiction and Fantasy art, Aviation art, and Model Aviation & Spacecraft. I even have a section devoted to pictures of what life was like in different times in history. You will also be introduced to my teaching services. I offer to teach lectures, workshops, and Power Point presentations on the various aspects of how medieval books were made.


The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot or Watch on YouTube	My Colloquium Lecture for Penn State University on How Medieval Books were made	Download: The 14th.c style Schultz Psalter or Watch on YouTube

If you are looking for a special and unique art, this is where you will find it. Randy is known internationally for his research and work making authentic style medieval illuminated manuscripts, whole medieval books, and for his illustrations on MAGIC: The Gathering cards, Start Trek model kit covers, Magazines and Book covers, and TV. His clients have been many of the top companies in their markets. Are you looking for a gift for someone special, or for a handcrafted book for yourself? Randy will make your medieval art just as it was done in the Middle Ages, using the same authentic materials and techniques. Unlike other illuminators who use modern equivalents and copy existing art, Randy works as if he were actually an artist in the middle ages. He even makes many of his colors because they are so difficult to find today. Your art can be on genuine animal skin parchment, with ink made from wasp nests, genuine gold and silver leaf, and pigments made from such exotic materials as lapis lazuli, azurite, malachite, vermilion, minium, saffron, buckthorn berries, and brazil wood. And if you want your own book of any subject dear to you, he will bind it in wood boards and leather, with hand made clasps and other hardware, in your choice of styles as were done in Europe before 1500 AD. To learn more about the process and what Randy can do for you, please visit the galleries listed to the left.
	I am writing a very ambitious book about how medieval manuscript books were made. It is tentatively entitled Secrets Of Forgotten Masters: A 21st c. Artist's exploration of the technological processes used for making illuminated manuscript books from 700-1500 in Western Europe. I cover the tools. materials and techniques from making the raw hide into parchment pages, making colors from scratch, writing, gilding and all the way through tooling a fine binding. Take a look at my SoFM page here. You can also see a great sampling of what will be in that book if you take a look at my articles on how I make medieval books and pages. Secrets of Forgotten Masters is a work still in progress.
This book is a collaboration between Randy and most of the other early Magic: The Gathering artists. Please click on the image to see details! Randy has sold out all of his copies of the book, but has prints of his featured painting "The White Tree." Randy makes many kinds of art; so whether you like Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Contemporary art, please enjoy the links. Prints are available of many of Randy's works. To order prints, purchase originals, or commission new works, please see The Store page for details. -Enjoy! My artist friend Tom Baxa has released his book “Get Work as a Fantasy Artist” and I have written a contribution to it. Here is a link to a page on my web site about it.