Trimaris Book of Kings: Information for Scribes
Congratulations and thanks unto you for the undertaking of this most unique project!
You
have been asked or have volunteered to create a page of art that will
represent the history of Trimaris, one reign at a time. To help you in
this endeavor you will be provided with an interview from the Royal pair
about whom you will be creating a page for the Trimaris Book of Kings.
This page should be closely noted and used as a guide for style and
color so that the Royal pair can be represented as they would like their
reign to be remembered. Contact information has been provided for your
Royal pair so that you may contact them should any questions arise as
you complete this project.These
pages should be very, very grand. The Book of Kings will be displayed
in may formats, both digital and in person so your work will long be
lauded by the future populace of Trimaris.Consider
the style requested by your Royal pair and find a historical piece that
best represents that style. Each page should be based upon or inspired
by an actual and extant illuminated page. We have not mandated a
particular style or calligraphic hand so that the flavor of each Reign
might show through and our history be displayed as a colorful patchwork
of highlights rather than one homogenized project of pages that all look
the same.
Please
remember to work with your Royal pair. This page will be your art, but
do remember that it is their history and they will likely have strong
feelings about how their reign is represented. If any problems arise in
working with your Royal pair, simply contact the project coordinator and
they will be happy to help you take care of any issues. Your Page:
- Pages
are marked for cut down size and usable space. You have been given a
whole sheet rather than one pre-cut down so that you will have some test
page area to work with as scratch paper.
- All
pages will be done on the recto (front) side of the sheet with the
verso (back) side left almost entirely blank. Information about the
artist or artist team will be calligraphed at the bottom of the verso
side of each page. The verso (back) side of each page will be left
mostly empty to serve as a page protector for the next reign page.
- Natural pergamenata, text weight will be the standard paper used for all pages of the book
Material standards:- All
gilding should be flat gilded on the page, not raised gilded. Raised
gilding will be more difficult to house in book form and gesso used to
achieve the raised gilding may chip or crack as pages are turned.
Gilding adhesive will be a modern, store purchased, gilding size. Period
recipes generally contain honey, sugar or gum Arabic which may attract
insects to the artwork. As the book cannot be stored in a frame, we
would rather avoid the chance of luring Florida's many insects to this
piece of art by making it less delicious.
- Modern
purchased pigments will also be utilized for the same reason. Many
period paint binders contain compounds that are tasty to insects. Many
scribes in Trimaris have already encountered missing paint of
long-stored art pieces. Using modern gouache helps to minimize the use
of binders and again, make the book less delicious.
- Each
scribe will be provided with a handout of preferences for each reign
page. These preferences will be solicited from the King and Queen of
each reign and passed on to the scribe.
Process, delivery and display:- You
will be asked to photo document their process. The website for this
project will feature a gallery of these photos for each reign page so
that the process of your art is displayed along with your final project.
- Pages,
when complete, should be delivered directly to the project coordinator.
Please contact your coordinator when you finish your page and let them
know when you expect to make delivery.
- New pages will be publicly displayed at the next Kingdom event after they are completed.
- New pages and their artists will be presented in Royal Court to Their Majesties Trimaris at the event where they are displayed.
- The Book of Kings project will be displayed at Kingdom Arts and Sciences Faires.
- The
Book of Kings project will have a companion website. Each reign page
will be a page on the website so that we may display this work, the
process, our artisans and our history to the world.
If you have any questions, please do ask. Thank you for participating in this momentous project!Good luck, and have fun!Project CoordinatorMistress Maol Mide ingen Medra OL, OPEmail: melessee@gmail.comKristen Gilpin112 Foxwood DrBrandon FL 33510 |
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