{"id":423,"date":"2017-02-22T19:06:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T00:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/?p=423"},"modified":"2017-02-22T19:06:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T00:06:11","slug":"scriptorium-workshop-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/scriptorium-workshop-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Scriptorium Workshop Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I missed the first illuminated manuscript workshop, I was particularly daunted by the project ahead of me when I arrived on Monday. I had to condense the process of producing \u00a0an illuminated letter into one class time. It is safe to say that I would not have been accepted as a miniaturist in any sixteenth century scriptorium. I particularly enjoyed working with the gold leaf. Merely by adding small bits of it, the letter transformed completely. These luminescent patches scattered across the letter draw the eye in immediately. Still, the gold leaf was difficult to apply, and never stuck to the page in exactly the way I had intended. I have a deeper respect for the work of miniaturists having now gone through this process, only to produce\u00a0<em>one<\/em> letter. This craft requires a level of patience and diligence that is nearly inconceivable to me. Catching a glimpse into the laborious process also made me think about the extent to which miniaturists devoted their whole lives to the craft. The scrupulous nature of the process demands vast spans of time and attention. How long would it have taken just to finish a single page?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-424\" src=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/FullSizeRender-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(I didn&#8217;t get to use paints and had to finish outside of class, so I used markers and colored pencil only)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I missed the first illuminated manuscript workshop, I was particularly daunted by the project ahead of me when I arrived on Monday. I had to condense the process of producing \u00a0an illuminated letter into one class time. It is safe to say that I would not have been accepted as a miniaturist in any &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/scriptorium-workshop-struggles\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scriptorium Workshop Struggles&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}