dicea's Photos

A nice simple Celtic dude doing the Time Warp. Wording and calligraphy by Ekaterina Volkova.

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The first thing that really hooked me into illumination was the shading and the fabric treatment of Celtic Illumination. I spent hours doing studies and sketches of the folds and the flow of the fabric to learn how the shading worked. Wording and calligraphy by Ekaterina Volkova.

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Perhaps not what one expects of a modern SCA award scroll, this is a scroll declaring Caitlin Deadre as Royal Chocolater. The illumination is a recreation of Rold Dhal's original illustration of Willy Wonka. Sometimes it's really important to make a period piece for a recipient, other times it is more important to show attention and recognition for the contribution in the best way that the artists can. This piece was just as hard to do as any copy I've made of a period document, and it is just as true to the original as I can make it. Wording and calligraphy by Ekaterina Volkova.

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The central rondelle was inspired by a Spanish prayer book. Calligraphy by Ekaterina Volkova.

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My first experiment with making saffron paint. It was a highly time consuming and effort involved project that netted an amazing pigment. At high magnification, I am intensely dissapointed in the holidays I left in the design. Calligraphy by Ekaterina Volkova.

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When I saw the original piece from which I drew this fiture, I was so excited to see the purse she held in her hand. "Goodness, I know people who own that purse!" Calligraphy by Ekaterina Volkova.

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This was my first experiment with gold leaf. Upon finishing it, I decided that I should probably take up tapestry. Also, I've learned that living in a northern region right on a giant lake means that gesso and gold are seldom your friends at all. I'll keep working at it. Calligraphy by Ekaterina Volkova.

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In the original image, these two figures are juggling balls back and forth. I loved the energy and vitality in the positions and thought that they would serve well for combatants. Calligraphy by Ekaterina Volkova.

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When I look at this piece with fresh eyes, all I can see is the flaws of perspective and the inconsistancy in the curves. But then I remember that the original was made in a certain style and that was what I was copying and studying. The words on the angel's banner read "grant us beer".

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I spent much time studying the drawings made by archeologists who research rock drawings. This piece is done in a style similar to the drawings that they make. Tiny dots and small lines are used to give an illusion of depth to the image which is based on a rock carving.

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One of my first scrolls, this is made with modern ink and modern water color pigment. It is possibly the most faithful I have been to an original piece, and I love the style of minimalist shading and coloring inherent in this school of art.

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I have done a few ink renderings and simplifications of effigies for Katryne's tattoos. This is the first time I've tried to duplicate a female effigy.

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I wanted to do a simple ink piece for this scroll to show the fine detail of the rendering of the combatant. I did not want to overshine the detail work in black by putting a colored Alce on the scroll, so I used heraldic texture to symbolize the colors for the badge. Caligraphy by Ekaterina Volkova.

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A simple piece of musical notation rendered in period style to recognize a musician. Note that the sycamore badge appears to be upside down, but the tradition of placing the two leaves up seems to be only a tradition. Heraldically (I understand) it can go either way. Calligraphy by Ekaterina Volkova.

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A comedia del arte mask drawn as cartoon still life from an example of an actual mask. This is consciously not a copy of an extant piece of work, but a modern rendition in period style of an element of a person's art. As with "scrollsy3", the music notation sycamore, the scroll shows clearly in visual images the award and the purpose for the award. Again, the badge is pictured in the non-traditional position. Calligraphy by Ekaterina Volkova.

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The Spanish inspipred Sycamore rondelle.

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Trompe l'oeil style illumination in the example on left, and the initial inked recreation on right. The differences in size and squeeze in perspective are illusions from the photograph.

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The completed trompe l'oeil piece with a dime for size reference. Baroness Ekaterina Volkova created the wording and caligraphy for this piece and was very VERY patient with me on this size space.

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