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Class Handout – Cadel 101

gwen — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:55:59 +0000

This is a PDF of the handout I use for the my cadel 101 class. I taught this class at Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium and I will be teaching it again at WW and Pennsic. If you have any questions about this handout please feel free to comment here or to send me an email at gwenhwyvar.owen @ gmail dot com.

Download PDF: Cadel 101 handout

Cadel research part 2!

gwen — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:20:44 +0000

This is the updated version of my previous research project where in I tried out a new material for experimentation. The first time I worked on this manuscript reproduction, I used leaf gold because I had surmised that it would probably be done that way. After I dug deeper into things, I realized that shell gold was a good option and that there were hints in the details of the piece to point in that direction. I made a new sample area of both gold and grisaille work to see.
PDF copy of my documentation: Cadel – part 2 – shell gold

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Step by Step – shell gold cadel piece

gwen — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:46:39 +0000

Here is a gallery of some of the steps I took in building my shell gold cadel example for my documentation.

The Cadel Project (version 1)

gwen — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 16:23:06 +0000

Finally the documentation is complete for my cadel project! I was able to present this work at Gulf Wars 24 and now I am ready to share it here.

Finished Scribal Piece

cadel_final

PDF of Documentation: Scribal study based on a sixteenth century Portugese armorial.