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Hilarie
The Puppeteer
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SCA Order of the Laurel Scroll for Hilarie The Puppeteer
Original: $ NFS
9x12" Goatskin parchment, real medieval paints and 23k gold
This page was made using 100% medieval
techniques. Below are images of some stages of the painting and
gilding.
The first steps involved laying
out the columns and drawing the ruling lines. When this was completed
and the calligraphy written, only then could the illustration
be designed. An adhesive made from hide glue, a red clay called
Bole, some honey, and some chalk is carefully painted where the
gold is to be laid. When this has dried, it is made sticky by
a long moist breath, and then the gold is laid upon it. As the
adhesive dries again, it is burnished through the gold with an
agate.
Tha colors are first blocked in,
and then other tones and hues are laid in with successive layers.
Some layers are blended into previous layers. Some areas are painted
further than others at this stage, but I generally try to paint
from the center outward.
