How to Use A Wax Tablet
Lucas Tucker
Using a wax tablet!
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The Making of an Illuminated Manuscript
Lucas Tucker
First the the parchment is cut, guidelines and margins are marked (drawn with a lead stylus or pressed in with a bronzed stylus or penned with brazilwood ink)
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It is now a completed page, here is an image showing the detail of the historiated initial. The entire page is 9x11 inches, which is quite large for a historic manuscript.
Read MoreMaking Iron Gall Ink - In Pictures!
Lucas Tucker
Well, let’s go through this a step at a time.
You need to gather all of your materials, to get oak galls, iron(II) sulfate, and gum Arabic, I recommend buying the iron gall ink making kit from us.
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Stir this all together thoroughly and you have made ink. I like to filter it once more through the filter cloth after I have made the ink to get any large clumps out. (this part is extremely messy and not entirely necessary, but it helps smooth out the ink concistency)
Read MoreMulling Paint: A beginner-ish guide
Lucas Tucker
Mulling paint is a time honored tradition that all artists and scribes alike must undergo. It is the process of suspending pigments in your chosen medium.
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