From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V4 #50 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Monday, November 6 2000 Volume 04 : Number 050 ======================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with unsubscribe scribes-digets in the body of the message. Leave the subject line blank. Do not include any additional text. [scribes]: Whitework problems [scribes]: Call for scribal teachers - Atlantian University [scribes]: Tech Book online Re: [scribes]: Whitework problems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:45:01 -0600 (CST) From: sburnell@raex.com Subject: [scribes]: Whitework problems Lately I've been having real problems with doing whitework. It seems my paint just isn't cooperating. I'm using Windsor and Newton Permanent White, which I've always used, but lately I just cannot seem to get it to be the right consistency. It's either too wet or too dry and I for some reason just can't seem to get it to be the consistency that I know is right for doing whitework. I'm not sure what's going wrong or how to solve it, but the last two scrolls I did were a supreme struggle. I found myself wondering if it had to do with the fact that the weather has grown colder and the windows are now shut and the furnace is on, making the indoor air in my apartment far dryer than usual. If this is the case (and I have good reason to suspect it is), how do I get around this? Add oxgall to my water? If so, how much? I've been using distilled water as well for some time now because I found that it renders far superior results compared to tap water, which has too many chemicals in it. Can anyone help me before the next scroll commission ends up on my doorstep? I'd really like to not struggle so much next time around when putting those final detailing touches on a scroll. I have enough grey hair, thank you!! Thanks! Saradwen Midrealm =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:06:21 -0800 (PST) From: Hrefna in heppna Subject: [scribes]: Call for scribal teachers - Atlantian University Greetings and Salutations! Atlantia is holding it's winter University on February 3rd in the Barony of Stovik. There will be six hours of scribal classes. Teachers are needed. If you have an interest in passing on your knowledge of scribal arts, please contact me by November 13th. Both calligraphy and illumination classes are needed. As a reminder, this University is just two weeks before Scriptoria Atlantia. These are two great opportunities to learn a new skill or teach something you have done for years. In service, Hrefna in heppna Thorgrimsdottir __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 18:14:03 +0000 From: Randy Asplund Subject: [scribes]: Tech Book online Yhe following was posted onto one of the SCA list servs I am on. I thought it might end up being interesting to some of you. Randy/RanthulfR The Conservation and Art Materials Dictionary (CAMD) is now available online for use and review at www.mfa.org/conservation Which is a very useful resource for those of us who use materials. They say it is an "electronic database that provides technical information about historic and contemporary materials used in all aspects of the conservation, preservation, and production of artistic, architectural, and archaeological materials. Quite a mouthful, but it does have a rundown on some 10,000 substances. A quick search on "cinnabar" got me a lot of synonyms and the location of the most prominent mines of antiquity. A search on "litharge" told me that it was also known as "massicot". We get to be beta-testers, as it were; they are asking for comment. It looks like a place where we can use their information, and they very well might use ours. - -- Randy Asplund (734) 663-0954 Science Fiction and Fantasy Illustration 2101 S. Circle Dr., Ann Arbor, MI. 48103 See a Universe of art ranging from Medieval Manuscripts to Star Trek and Magic: The Gathering at: http://www.provide.net/~randyaf =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 16:32:04 -0600 From: "Corinna Taylor/Al Frank" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Whitework problems Saradwen, I use PhMarten's Bleed-Proof White for whitework. It comes in a 1 oz. jar that lasts forever, and is very opaque, and very thick - it needs to be diluted with distilled water. Some people mix this with equal amounts of permanent white gouache, buit I don't bother. I don't do SCA scrolls, but I'm a professional engrosser doing 250+ awards per year with whitework on the caps. Corinna TreeGirtSea - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 12:45 PM Subject: [scribes]: Whitework problems > Lately I've been having real problems with doing whitework. It seems > my paint just isn't cooperating. I'm using Windsor and Newton > Permanent White, which I've always used, but lately I just cannot seem > to get it to be the right consistency. It's either too wet or too dry > and I for some reason just can't seem to get it to be the consistency > that I know is right for doing whitework. I'm not sure what's going > wrong or how to solve it, but the last two scrolls I did were a > supreme struggle. > > I found myself wondering if it had to do with the fact that the > weather has grown colder and the windows are now shut and the furnace > is on, making the indoor air in my apartment far dryer than usual. If > this is the case (and I have good reason to suspect it is), how do I > get around this? Add oxgall to my water? If so, how much? I've been > using distilled water as well for some time now because I found that > it renders far superior results compared to tap water, which has too > many chemicals in it. > > Can anyone help me before the next scroll commission ends up on my > doorstep? I'd really like to not struggle so much next time around > when putting those final detailing touches on a scroll. I have enough > grey hair, thank you!! > > Thanks! > > Saradwen > Midrealm > > =================================================================== > To unsubscribe from this list, send email to > with a blank Subject: line and > unsubscribe scribes > in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in > the body. > =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. 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