Ink Making Experiment – Boiling Water
Well, that was informative. The experiment below was not done with chemistry labratory scientific rigor. Not what I do. And it was a first time exploratory experiment to gather observations […]
SCA Membership Numbers by Year and by Kingdom
The Society for Creative Anachronism is where I learned to do my pre-17th century skills in calligraphy, parchment, ink and pigment making. It is a worldwide not-for-profit educational organization dedicated […]
A MEDIEVAL POTTERY INKSTAND FROM BYLAND ABBEY
For long time readers this may be experiencing some deja vu here. “Didn’t you do and article on this once?” They may be asking. Why yes, I did. It is […]
Nib Widths and X Heights
You want to callig something getting the right letter height is important. Typically calligraphy letter height is done by ratios of the pen width. The smaller the pen the smaller […]
Back in the Scriptorium Again?
Well, yes. Am I reactivating this blog? We’ll see how that goes. I spent the last two years working on getting a Masters of Science in a field that has […]
Ink Comparison – Impromptu
It has been a very long time since I posted new content to the blog. For those that don’t know I am engaged in post-graduate studies. These are a big […]
Defining Your Win
This is an updated version of a post I made in 2013. How do you define your win? This is a question that catches some people off guard. The answer […]
