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lotr_crafts2006-05-23 08:26 pm
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Bilbo's Last Song
Here's a little calligraphy project I did:
I used 8 ½ x 11 heavy-duty acid-free paper (I am afraid I do not remember the brand.) in a pale grey shade. I used watercolors to make a “sunset” wash across the bottom half of the page. Once it dried, I ironed it flat with a dry iron set on synthetic, and ruled it for the calligraphy. I used a Pelikan cartridge pen--a medium nib for the title, and a fine nib for the words to the song. And I used a rather standard uncial hand.
And here's another:
A friend of mine gave me a reproduction of "Sting", autographed by Elijah Wood, with a scabbard. I decided to do something special for it when it is framed, so I went to:
http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/movie_inscriptions.htm#maeg
where I found the inscription, in Sindarin, in both Tengwar and English letters, and the English translation.
Again, I used a Pelikan to do the calligraphy,and a .005 micron pen to outline the illumination. The illumination is painted in gouache.
The illuminated inscription will be matted and mounted between the sword and the scabbard. It's all at the framers, and should be finished in about a month.
I apologize for it being sideways, but it's a scan, not a photograph.
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danachan for uploading all this for me!
I used 8 ½ x 11 heavy-duty acid-free paper (I am afraid I do not remember the brand.) in a pale grey shade. I used watercolors to make a “sunset” wash across the bottom half of the page. Once it dried, I ironed it flat with a dry iron set on synthetic, and ruled it for the calligraphy. I used a Pelikan cartridge pen--a medium nib for the title, and a fine nib for the words to the song. And I used a rather standard uncial hand.
And here's another:
A friend of mine gave me a reproduction of "Sting", autographed by Elijah Wood, with a scabbard. I decided to do something special for it when it is framed, so I went to:
http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/movie_inscriptions.htm#maeg
where I found the inscription, in Sindarin, in both Tengwar and English letters, and the English translation.
Again, I used a Pelikan to do the calligraphy,and a .005 micron pen to outline the illumination. The illumination is painted in gouache.
The illuminated inscription will be matted and mounted between the sword and the scabbard. It's all at the framers, and should be finished in about a month.
I apologize for it being sideways, but it's a scan, not a photograph.
Thanks,
danachan for uploading all this for me!
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The second day I wrote it out on graph paper, using the nibs I planned for the completed project. I used a light table to trace over it in order to rule faint pencil guidlines on the prepared background, and also used the pencil to trace the first letter of each line. The actual calligraphy itself took only about an hour.
The "Sting inscription" took me about four hours, and about three tries, before I got one I was satisfied with enough to paint the illumination. And then maybe another hour to paint it.