#illuminatedletters

[fiberistanora]

I took a great class this semester called When Art Was Science which looked at the use of imagery as a tool for communication during the scientific revolution. My final project was ~going to be~ a screen printed puzzle purse but the pandemic squashed my plans. I was so excited by the idea that I decided to go ahead with the design anyway. My puzzle purse uses words and images to explore optics, aka the science of vision. Here’s a quote from the text on the purse: “... This interactive print is intended to serve as a choose-your-own-adventure meditation on the history of sight, knowledge and imagery. It can be read forward, backward, or by skipping around. It is information reflected and refracted along relational folds.” ***** If you scroll through you can see a video of me opening the print (excuse my general scruffiness, I haven’t left my house in weeks), and some images from my process. Want to see more? YOU CAN PRINT YOUR OWN PUZZLE PURSE AT HOME by following the link in my bio! The google drive file includes full size (15”) PDFs for easy reading, a scaled down version for printing at home and folding instructions. (A video tutorial of folding instructions can also be found on my YouTube channel - fiberistanora.) ***** If you want to hear more about my process, consider supporting me on Patreon by going to www.patreon.com/fiberistanora ✨👁 ✨ #gradschool #interactiveprintmaking #screenprinting #kindof #renaissance #eye #vision #optics #handmadebooks #interactivescholarship #creativeresearch #art #drawing #illuminatedletters #graphicdesign https://www.instagram.com/p/CAA2KjulJQ3/?igshid=zrh9rr354rr6

[curiouscatalog]

From: Tymms, William Robert. The art of illuminating as practised in Europe from the earliest times. London : Day, 1860

ND3310 .T89 1860

[uispeccoll]

#MiniatureMonday!

This book has some serious bling! 

“Golden Alphabet” was published in 1986 by Rebecca Saady Bingham under her imprint, Rebecca Press. 

This beautiful miniature book is bound in yellow cloth boards, printed on double leaves, and consists entirely of illuminated initial letters. An eye-catching book for sure!

Smith  NK3630 .G6 1986

~Bethany K.

[calligraphybymoya]

I learned a lot of things while making this D! I discovered that I’m terrible at drawing monks even when I’m copying from a reference that’s right in front of me, for example. I learned that I have better control with a 20/0 taklon brush than with sable - I think because the fibres aren’t as soft, so my inexperienced hand finds it easier to control. I learned a lot about controlling the consistency of gouache to draw tiny lines and not huge blobs. . I used some very fine shell gold to fill the background around the monk, but I did not use enough to make it really look lush - I didn’t want to waste it! . I learned that spilling your gold size on your painting is a bad, bad idea ... 😂😂😂 I used Miniatum instead of Instacoll this time but I don’t think it made much difference. I am still pretty clumsy at handling loose leaf gold; I am going to need to buy the right tools (like a gilders knife and tip) because I think I’m reaching the limits of “just make do with your fingers” 😅 . Also, I learned that flakes of gold leaf will stick to a wet kitten nose and then you’ll feel like a terrible cat owner. (The kitten won’t care.) . The design of this D is from a manuscript first written in 1303-1313 ish. The monk who painted it first probably didn’t have access to good glasses, nontoxic white paint, or air conditioning... I’m not trying to recreate it quite that faithfully 😂 . . . #illuminated #illuminatedletters #gold #gilding #calligraphy #calligraphylife #magpieglitters #52in2018 #moyagraphy #calligraphyvideo #burnishing #shellgold #gouache #watercolour #melbourneart #artprojects #manuscriptstudies

[muspeccoll]

#ManuscriptMonday: An initial D from a fragment of a 14th-century prayerbook that survived as part of John Bagford's Fragmenta Manuscripta collection. The beginning of the prayer reads "Deus propicius esto michi peccatori et esto custos mei omnibus diebus vite mee..." [God, be merciful on me, a sinner, and guard me all the days of my life...]⠀ ⠀ Columbia, University of Missouri, Ellis Library, Special Collections, Fragmenta Manuscripta 100⠀ ⠀ #manuscript #manuscripts #medieval #middleages #calligraphy #handwritten #gold #bookhistory #paleography #illuminatedmanuscript #illuminatedletters #manuscriptillumination #specialcollections #rarebooks #mizzou #universityofmissouri #libraries

[dammitbethann]

While working on my paintings, I got inspired, so I'm creating my own set of hand lettering. Here are Big B and little b. 😋 . #illustration #graphics #handlettering #lettering #c #cisfor #handdrawntype #handdrawnlettering #inkonpaper #inkpen #sketchbook #alphabet #handdrawn #letteringofinstagram #capitalc #lowercasec #chalkboardart #illuminatedletters #letteroftheday #instaart #freelanceartist #serif #cyanotype #illustrationart #digitalpainting #digitalart #procreatelettering #procreateapp #iphoneart (at Kansas City, Missouri)

[curiouscatalog]

From: Tymms, William Robert. The art of illuminating as practised in Europe from the earliest times. London : Day, 1860

ND3310 .T89 1860

[muspeccoll]

#ManuscriptMonday: A bird and a bug fight it out in the margins of #Mizzou's illuminated processional. ⠀ ⠀ Processional : (for the use of the Dominican sisters of St. Louis, Poissy). [Paris, France] : [Producer not identified], [approximately 1510 to 1540]. BX2032 .A2 1510z ⠀ ⠀ #manuscript #manuscripts #medievalmanuscripts #illuminatedmanuscript #manuscriptillumination #illuminatedletters #calligraphy #handwriting #handwritten #paleography #latin #medieval #middleages #rarebooks #specialcollections #libraries #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #columbiamo (at Ellis Library)