Scribal Mouse: Update

A&S 50 Challenges

- Become proficient in bastard secretary
- Become proficient in Carolingian
- Become proficient in gothic quadrata - DONE
- Become proficient in Uncial/half uncial
- Create a fully period piece for an A&S competition - DONE
- Create a piece for an A&S Competition - DONE
- Create at least one scroll on Parchment - DONE
- Do at least one scroll in Latin
- Do at least one scroll in Medieval French
- Give Beginners classes on Scroll-making - DONE
- Hand-make a gilder's cushion
- Learn and make a printed scroll
- Learn how to cut a Quill - DONE
- Learn how to do period book-binding
- Learn how to make parchment - DONE
- Learn how to make period paper
- Learn how to use period pigments - DONE
- Learn how to use quills - DONE
- Learn to design on a gilded surface - DONE
- Learn to do Raised gilding - DONE
- Learn to make wax seals
- Learn to use a plummet to score lines - DONE
- Learn to Use Pergamenata - DONE
- Learn to use period implements and equipment
- Learn to use Shells as Palettes - DONE
- Make a hand-bound book of hours
- Make a miniature account of Life of Albion
- Make a peerage scroll - DONE
- Make a set of blank Scrolls for ID - DONE
- Make a set of blank scrolls for Kingdom
- Make a travelling Scribe set of notebook and quill
- Make glair and use it
- Make my own parchment
- Make my own period ink (gall/lamp)
- Make my own period pigments
- Make period gesso - DONE
- Make Scroll in Book of Kells style
- Make Scroll in Codex Manesse Style - DONE
- Make Scroll in Early Period Style
- Make Scroll in Morgan Bible Style - DONE
- Make scroll in non-European style - DONE
- Make scroll in Penwork style - DONE
- Make Scroll in Renaissance Style - DONE
- Make scroll in Romanesque Style - DONE
- Make scroll in White Vine style
- Make scroll is grisaille style - DONE
- Make Scroll on stained purple parchment
- Make Scroll on wood
- Make Scroll with Historiated Miniature - DONE
- Research and execute marginalia

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Update - kinda!

I can't believe its taken me this long to get off my arse and actually do some scribing again! Perhaps it is something to do with every weekend being about continuing to unpack the new place (yes, yes 7 months later and we still have boxes!), or just a general inertia towards things of an illuminatory nature!

But I am happy to say that I have picked it up again (not before time as the two commissions I have are now massively overdue!). I hope to get at least those two done over the coming weekend, which means a chunk of my backlog, which will hopefully get me some momentum to continue until I am finally up to date!

*sigh*