HeyJaredCaravanserai
An artist lighting her way through dark times by relearning forgotten art practices and natural ways.
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Bookbinding Tips & Tricks (opens the original)
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Looking through medieval manuscripts while researching a given topic, it’s very hard not to be distracted by aspects of the books themselves. Artful capitals and decorative doodles are an obvious example, and they may be the subject of another post, but today I’m thinking of the book-object as opposed to its content. The following volumes, all from the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries, feature structural and binding elements that caught my eye. (As artist books are a part of my art prac
Video tutorial: Making shell gold (opens the original)
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I’ve recently had to make some instruction videos related to materials in my book Inks & Paints of the Islamic Golden Age. They were a special reward for a Kickstarter tier, so they’re not for the public, but they’re a perfect extra to thank paying subscribers for their support. There are 8 in total (or maybe 7½ as one is made up of photo stills) and so… Read more
Embroidery Traditions of Afghanistan (opens the original)
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Earthly Time (opens the original)
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I recommend opening this article in a browser so you can click on the images to better see the details.While de-cluttering my computer I rediscovered hundreds of details from medieval manuscripts which I documented for my research a couple of years ago. Among them are the delightful miniatures of activities associated with each month of the year, typically found in the calendar section of psalters. I shared a mere glimpse of them in the description of my artist book Circles of Time, but they’re
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