Pelican in her Piety- Original Scroll- Elonda

 In the Reign of Queen Mary Grace and King Havordh

It was requested of me to create an original scroll for the recognition of Elonda Blue Haven as a pelican. 

Based on a 14th century example, here are photos of the process. All calligraphy, gold work, painting and finishing done by me with the exception of the Pelican herself- drawn by Jose Cabrera de Castilla. 

 

Spanish Royal Charter Set

 Continuing on my journey through Charter blank designs I've gotten to assist with, I present a set that was created for the First Reign of King Eiirk and Queen Driffina. 

I created these based on extant examples of illumination from the 600-1100 time frame, in the book, "Early Spanish Manuscript Illumination" by John Williams. 

This was a very trying project, there is a specific stylization to these texts that came out a bit cartoony, expecially when looking at the people charachters represented. But I think I did it pretty solid Justice.

 The creation of these was done through measurement of proportions and freehand drawing based on the extant examples provided. 

The major change I made to the imagry of these items was on the Goutte, where I elected at add TRMs image based on their photo, 

These were the final versions (The Jambe version with words didn't get saved)

Award of Arms

Sable Gauntlet

Goutte de Sang

Jambe de Lyon

Hastae Leonis

Norse Royal Charter Set

 I have had the great honor and pleasure to work on multiple Reigns' Scribal teams and create several series of charter blank designs to be used throughout the reigns. This is one such that was Created for the First Reign of King Kjartan and Queen Sha'ya, in the Norse Theme/time period. 

I decided to base these items on Metal jewelry and findings found in digs from Norway between 5th and 10th centuries. 

Other References can be found from Digs in Birka and Displays at the British Museum of Natural History:

Based on these items, I scretched out the award design and added words (Using a key in Younger Futhark)

I was very pleased with the way they turned out in the end. This was a type of art I'd never attempted, and I think they made really great charters to paint with a beautiful outcome. And I very much enjoyed learning a new language in which to try my hand, the rules and conventions of Futhark are not complicated, and I found it to be a quick learning curve.