Nibelungenlied

At last, I'm done with the "first adventure" of the Nibelungenlied. In addition to the calligraphy in gothic fraktur script, I wrote the title into runes, partly engraved on zinc and partly embossed.

As I was saying in my previous message, I'm quite satisfied with it :-)

To see the whole thing, click here.

And as the picture is a bit small, you can get à look at two closeups here and there.

Almost

Amost done with my latest work.

Just have to clean some parts and to wait for good natural light to be able to show you the whole tihng.

I can already tell I'm quite happy with it :-)

Runes

To decorate a text, I started to engrave the title using a runic script.

It's only a fragment, I will mix engraved bits with embossed ones, I hope the result will be worth it.

Next steps coming soon ...

Wedding

This week-end, among other things, I got married.
I didn't have much time to make the most of my calligraphy skills but I nevertheless did some little things.

My tie clip

The wedding box 

The borders of the table clothes

It has been a magical moment and I thank everyone who was there (even just by thought) to celebrate this turning point in our life.

Embossing

After the cut-out comes the embossing.

I'm not satisfied, runes are not legible enough due to the strips between lignes.
I have two possibilities : 
- rework the cut-out to narrow these strips but, fragile as it is, I may destroy the matrix
- restart from the beginning

I'm going to think about it for a while in case a third possibility arise.

VAE SOLI

A coming event will require that I wear a tie. I already did a few times and there are plenty of how-to on the web explaining the making of the knot so I'm not too stressed.

Being aware of the existence of the tie clip, I decided to make my own one to avoid potential issues while eating, here is the result.

I chose a short quotation from the Ecclesiastes, written in runic alphabet and engraved on a plate of zinc.

Cut-out

After quite a long work, I've finished to cut the matrix that I'll use for the embossing in my forthcoming work.

The text uses the runic alphabet, each line is 1.5cm high, more information on it when the next step will be over...

A star shines on the hour of our meeting

Engraving of this sentence from the Lord of the rings by Tolkien.

I made a bracelet from it, using the original sentence in elvish and the runic alphabet (even if I'm not sure to have totally respected the links between the roman and runic alphabets).