Some personal pieces

Some pieces produced not as Award Scrolls, but to mark personal events.  Most, though not all, of the recipients were SCA members.


Cartoon version of myself and Mary based on "The Marriage of Arnolfini" and used as the logo for our wedding (on invitations, table settings, etc)




Presented to Mary on our wedding day.  Probably my most important scroll, but also my worst!  (I had not yet done any other scrolls except the rather poor Dragon's Steel for Duarte, and had only a couple of days before the wedding to do it in, so I have an excuse!)


Birthday card for Mary.


Wedding anniversary card for Mary


Christmas present commissioned for Robert of Canterbury by Delia d'Ely, adapting "Hunters in the Snow" to their home in Nunton.

Engagement card for Nick and Shannon


Labels for Christmas presents for some friends




Birthday card for Mary based on the Sforza Hours

Based on "the Chronicles of Brabant"



 

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