Excited!

[aliskye]

Getty class monkey in progress, originally uploaded by alizkye.

Here's the work in progress from the Getty. (It's not a good pic.....I couldn't get a good closeup)

So! I was looking for a crow quill pen to use to finish the scroll I"m working on and I found a bunch of pigments that I'd forgotten that I'd purchased *and* some gum arabic (real stuff, not bottled). I'm all excited. After I finish the current scroll I'm going to get some bottles (spice bottles maybe, anyone know a good source?) and decant the pigments (some of which are in plastic baggies!) into jars and add distilled water which is (apparently) a better way to store them. Then I'm going to make up my own gum water and play. I found a really nice yellow in the batch. I can't wait!

I'm thinking my next scroll (Selene's Pel) will be with period (or close) pigments.

Comments

[mistresshuette.livejournal.com]

Although the pic is a tad unfocused, I can tell that your work is, as usual, spectacular.

As for a good source for spice bottles, try Cost Plus. They have a large assortment of glass jars and bottles of various sizes. Or at least the ones in Pasadena and Glendale do.

The Container Store

[the-celestia.livejournal.com]

is my preferred source for spice decant containers (betcha none of you knew I was a cooking fiend!). I find the ones at Cost Plus to be too irregular and to not seal well. Another plus of Container Store is that they'll have more when you go back, they tend not to discontinue their basics.

t_C

[fitzjames.livejournal.com]

Since I got most of my pigments from Sinopia, I use their jars http://www.sinopia.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=121 Otherwise, I would look at Cost Plus or some such. I am pretty paranoid when it comes to period pigments on containment. On that note is your yellow labeled? If it is orpiment try not to breathe it in :) Sounds like fun though look forward to pictures of the project.

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Monkeys! Everything is better with Monkeys!

I think I have some goose wing feathers somewhere in my collection of Stuph... they are yours once I find them.

My favorite spice store, Penzey's, sells their very nice bottles empty. Here: http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeysjars.html

There is exactly ONE Penzeys's store in California, and it's practically right around the corner from Calle Mayor Middle School, which explains why I keep disappearing during the day at Lyondemere events. You might give them a jingle and see if they have empty bottles in stock right there.

[jkrissw.livejournal.com]

Do you take commissions? Not for my AoA scroll from 1987, which is still In Progress by a Person We Both Know :-), but my Harp Argent from 1990.

[aliskye.livejournal.com]

I'm not really taking on commissions until I finish up my personal backlog (which is about 5-6 scrolls). But I can try and get your Harp scroll put on the Kingdom backlog list and in the works.

[jkrissw.livejournal.com]

I'd appreciate that. I think it was at one time but got removed(?).