the start of the manuscript making process

writing out lines

I'll be teaching an introduction to the manuscript making skills in September scribalstyles.net/courses

making the John portait from the Book of Kells, the short version. scribalstyles.net

🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆 Research Assistantship in the Dept of Early Irish Maynooth University, working with the amazing Chantal Kobel for the SCRÍBHINN project on medieval Irish legal & medical manuscripts. Deadline 30 May 2025. More details here: ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/mind-material-…

Book of Kells folios 24/25 finished, calf skin vellum, lead, lampblack and lichen ink.

Scraping calf hides in the woods.

end of season leftovers.

the dog loves parchment making

Still a couple of places left on my course in September, making inks, quills and doing calligraphy on insular parchment, scribalstyles.net/courses

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gaelic calligraffiti on parchment, the satire of Breas

reproducing the Book of Kells for Tarbat Discovery Centre, more can be seen at tarbat-discovery.co.uk

Manus agus a' Mhuilgheartach. The story of Magnus and the sea hag, done in the style of the Book of Deer, traditional pigments on vellum, been holding onto it for a few years now, probably will sell it.

painting in red lead on Book of Kells John portrait

this is my lunellum made by heritageblades.co.uk beside the 8th century original found at Portmahomack, now at National Museum of Scotland. mine has lost its edge after a year of use, it started out as the same shape as the original. I use it to delaminate calf hides

The birth of Ossian, traditional pigments on parchment 2021

Teachd Fhinn Mhic Cumhaill, the coming of Finn McCool, traditional pigments on parchment, 2024. Prints now available at scribalstyles.net/shop

Made using the same techniques and materials as the Book of Kells this artwork depicts the miracles attributed to Saint Columba during his time on Iona and his journey up the Great Glen to meet the Pictish King. Prints now available at scribalstyles.net

colouring the woad in on Calumcille ann an Alba. Prints of the finished artwork available at scribalstyles.net/shop