Walnut Ink
It is the season here in the northern hemisphere for walnuts to start falling from the trees. And when that happens I always seem to get a bunch of inquiries […]
The Stuff I’m Not Interested In, But You Might Be.
There are lots of areas of Pre-17th century research that frankly I have little to no interest in studying. Oh, I’m enough of an information hound that I like running […]
Taking the Next Step as a Calligraphy Scribe
A class I will be teaching for the Ansteorran Heraldic and Scribal Symposium 2016. Taking the next step. What does that even mean? It’s a nice sound bite or catch […]
Truing Your Pen Nib
Or shaping the tip of your metal detachable nib. Why on earth would you want to do this? There are many reasons but the two main ones seem to be: 1 – […]
Proto-Gothic An Overview
What: Proto-gothic is an 11th and 12th century transitional minuscule script between Carolingian Minuscule (Caroline) and Gothic Textura and Gothic Precisus. Both Gothic Textura and Gothic Precisus come from the […]
The Gall of It All
Enter the Oak Gall. Provider of tannic acid for centuries past and up through today. The Oak Gall is the “gall” part of “iron gall ink.” So, what is an […]
Sometimes it breaks
Things break. Its part of life. We learn this as small children. I don’t know about you but I have a lot more aplomb about things breaking today then I […]
