Schiffer Publishing - Beginning Illumination
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- 80-page hardcover guide to illumination
- Historical context with medieval masterpiece photos
- Covers parchment preparation and pigment selection
- Five-step illuminating process clearly detailed
- Learn friezes, faces, flourishes, dragons
- Gilding and color application techniques
- Apply skills to diplomas, invitations
Master medieval illumination techniques for modern celebrations and heirlooms
This photo-filled guide offers youall the information you need to begin the fascinating ancient art of illumination, and then to improve your skills. A short history of the art, including photos of some of the world s great medieval masterpieces, gives you context, and then you re introduced to the materials and basic techniques. First learn the proper ways of preparing your parchment, selecting pigments, gilding, and using color. Next, the five steps of illuminating are clearly taught in detail. By learning to create friezes, detailed human faces, flourishes, creatures such as dragons and elephants, and much more, you ll discover a skill that has crossed the centuries. Today, illumination can be used to add a special flair to diplomas, invitations, family trees, or a memorable event like a wedding, a birthday, or an anniversary. Author: Claire Travers 80pp., 8.5x11 hardcover ISBN: 9780764350276
