Tag: pen and ink

esperanza’s mark

I was overjoyed to create this scroll on the occasion of Mestra Esperanza Susanna Flecha’s elevation to the Order of the Mark. Design and scroll by me, based on a compilation of a few late-16th century Italian engravings. Text by Ollam Lanea inghean Uí Chiaragáin, in the style of Torquato Tasso’s Amyntas. Fuller writeup still

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Posted: September 13, 2025 by mydwynter

esa’s laurel promissory

Laurel promissory scroll for Esa inghean Donnchaidh. Words by Lanea inghean Uí Chiaragáin; design, art, and calligraphy by me. There is a particular episode of the show Leverage where the “hacker” turns to “forger”. I thought of that episode a lot when I was working on this scroll. In the show, the character uses a

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Posted: May 15, 2022 by mydwynter