Imperfectly Period

    As usual, I forgot to get a picture of the championship warrants after they were finished.  The name of the equestrian champion (left) was filled in over the tail and haunches of the horse.  I cleaned up the weird ink bleeds and sketched in ridges like carved wood or twine wrapped around the spear. The name of the thrown weapons champion (right) was filled in along the penciled line here and the seal was glued to the three legs on the right, forming the target.  The champion did end up winning with an axe! I also convinced another scribe, who prefers to paint due to a disability that affects her hands, to try micrography since it hides mistakes quite well!  I sent her an image from the Bayeux tapestry and gave her some tips on how to modify it depending on the level of complexity she felt like attempting.   The name of the archery champion was filled in on the inside of the bow, meeting up with the lines that end in midair here.  Unfortunately...

I volunteered to host a display table at our principality's Arts & Sciences & Bardic competition tomorrow.  I went to sew up a beaded partlet today only to find it had some serious issues. Since I can't just bring a pair of bodies, hurling balls, and a scribe card, I whipped up a piece of micrography using part of an Anglo-Saxon poem called "The Ruin," with some artistic liberties for a better fit. I used a Brause 3/4mm nib and found I'm not a fan of it for micrography because it's too big.  Yes, too big.  I am determined to some day achieve the 1mm tall letters of the Sephardic scholars.  Maybe with a reed pen like they used, but not today. It's pretty rough because I was rushed and it took about 2 hours from idea to finish.  It's still drying so I haven't erased the pencil lines yet.  You can tell where I sat my hand down on the left wing and smudged it.  At least I'm good with a razor. It was a scrap piece of pergamenata that refused...