3rd day and last of #Skin2Script workshop, focus on script part i.e. writing on the parchment and sharing thoughts of the whole process

And seeing some amazing mss to observe substrates, and to visit the conservation @theul.bsky.social

Half an hour in with my freshly prepared parchment sample and already there's water damage

Ladies and gents, this is why there's strictly no drink in the library

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Day 2 done, and parchment completed, cut and a memento received

Tomorrow follows the script part at @theul.bsky.social
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Back inside and last hour of finishing, sanding with modern tools to speed up the process. Historically e.g. cuttlefish bone would have been used
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I started with very much feeling and seeing the 'dead animal' aspect, but once the ears and tail were cut off and the skin spread on the frame, it became something else. A disassociation type of thing happened, now it feels more like parchment in making
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Post lunch, weather cooperates and we move outside to improve drying. More scudding with lunarium, now in sunshine and light breeze
Wettest skin can still take tightening
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The parchment is singing! B prevalent, A and Fsharpe too!

Metal tool scuffing layers off the flesh side

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2nd day of #Skin2Script workshop with @crasshlive.bsky.social about to start

Checking how drying has progressed - various results. Next pushing on with sanding, scraping & finishing touches

And that's day one wrapped. 5 pumiced skins left drying and waiting for tomorrow's work

Such a fun day, loads of new insights and new questions with which to look at #medievalMss
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Approaching end of day one. Scraping and some more, and chalking and pumicing

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And stitching holes, trimming hide to fit the frame

Surprisingly time consuming stage, gotta get that tension right

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Next? Pebbles, string and stretching the hide on a frame

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Three different knives for fleshing i.e. defleshing. Hard hard work.
Some holes did appear so more suturing in sight
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Trying the dull two-handed blade for dehairing. This takes off follicles too!

Suturing some pre-existing holes, skin is thick and not easy tp pierce

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Started with dehairing skin that had been soaked in lime.

Surprised hoe easily the hair came off, just by pushing fingers against skin. For professionals this would take no time
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Next 3 days will be on From Skin to Script workshop with @crasshlive.bsky.social

Starting with dehairing soaked skins

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Let the dehairing begin!

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