Greetings, good gentles, If you live in or are likely to travel through southern Meridies this month, you are cordially invited to attend Summer Collegium IV. ...
Hi All, This is (hopefully) the final class schedule for Scriptorium. We've got a great wealth of classes and excellent teachers, so please spread this ...
Greetings, Lady Cara and friends, I'm really hoping to make it to your full-scale scriptorium! Jacksonville isn't that far away... Folks, if you are free THIS...
You know, in the summer time when it's hot and everyone is indoors, or in the deep winter, when it's cold and everyone is indoors - and holding these great...
Attachments were stripped from posting to this Scribes Yahoo list, but since the original post was directed to individuals also, they likely received what was...
... get an eagle's or owl's feather from the Raptor Center ... don't know of any nearby geese... ... No, you won't, not unless you want to be in violation of...
... Oh I could get into that! Especially if it was in winter. I've been known to fly to An Tir for events in the past LOL!! I can't go either. This is the...
Michael's Arts & Crafts stores sometimes has goose feathers in stock. On line they have pheasant and ostrich feathers that will work for a legal quill. ...
I have just made a cloth-covered scroll case as largesse and it was a learning process (many things just did not work out well). Even after doing it, I am sure...
Uhhh, good point! I'm sure Steve wouldn't have let me in for that load of grief anyway -- but thanks for pointing this out. One website I was referred to...
Just what do you mean by 'scroll case'?? The term conjures up several different possibilities. motleyjustmotleynothingbutmotley ... From: anubisgrrl@... ...
You can also use turkey and other large birds such as swan.? If you have any parks in your area that have geese etc.; check them in the spring when the birds...
... If you do this, be sure to cleaned (heated) and hardened (more heating). Natural feathers found in the wild can have all kinds of bacteria on themthat...
Hon Lady Mel... Thanks for the further caveat! We would only have a demo feather or two (it's a report, not a class project), but still - I don't want MY ...
... don't forget that Paper and Ink also sells goose quills for a reasonable price. And even better, they sort them left and right handed for you - if you buy...
I've not made an object designated as a scroll case, but I have made a bow case that works quite nicely. Assuming you want your scrolls rolled, do one of the...
Sorry finger hit the send button before I typed message. Although it makes a convient size and shape for carrying and storage; scrolls tend to react badly to...
wow... I was thinking the scroll cases spoken of were flat.... personally, I don't think I'd like my scrolls rolled up... getting them to lie flat after that...
I agree with Tristan - scrolls should not be rolled, or at least this option should be a last resort. If you do want to make a tube carrier for scrolls,...
Hey, if you want them flat - that is easy. Michaels, Roberts, college bookstores all sorts of places carry various sizes, um not sure what they are called,...
I saw some very nice leather tubes at Michaels in dark jeweltones, the other day, think they were around $20. Very nice, and with a strap. They looked large...
I have some cases just for transporting, not storing scrolls in. I expected my first one to last me at most, a year, but I've been using it well over a decade...
Making Quill Pens is actually quite simple, and I actually am getting to the point that I prefer writing with my quill than my expensive calligraphy dip pens....
