Have you ever had this happen, your favorite illumination brush is eaten by your dog? That’s what Pippa did recently. All Fixed Well, she didn’t eat the whole brush. She chomped the handle into two pieces, just above the ferrule. That left me an unusable stubby brush. But, I was able to rescue it. Using my electric rotary Dremel-type tool I drilled out […]
I’ve heard that some people lick their brush to shape it to a point. Since most watercolor and gouache paints are listed as “non-toxic”, that should be safe to do. But is it? What does “paint toxicity” mean for scribes? How much paint does it take to be considered toxic…one lick or do you have to eat a whole tube? What […]
I’m a brush collector. I have all types and sizes. I even have some for oil painting, which I’ve never tried. With each purchase, I feel that brush will be my best brush for it’s intended task. If that’s true, why do I keep going back for more? Why do I have so many? Brushes are tricky to select. There are […]
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Discovering the joy of art
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Photography
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Women's Lives in the European Middle Ages
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Allergy warning: contains young-earth creationism and form poetry. Made in a place which processes Tolkien and Chesterton.
Illuminating pastime pursuits.
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Learning the arts and sciences of the Middle Ages through research and practice
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Marya Kargashina's Medieval Research
Musings on Daily Life in the Ancient and Early Medieval Mediterranean By Sarah E. Bond
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Erik Kwakkel blogging about medieval manuscripts
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Illuminating pastime pursuits.
Illuminating pastime pursuits.
Illuminating pastime pursuits.
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My Life and Times, Here and There
Illuminating pastime pursuits.
An Itinerant Scribe 