Black Hours with Tiarna Zupan
Wed, Apr 09
|via Zoom
Black Hours--15th century personal prayer books written on parchment dyed black--became a passion for Tiarna Zupan due to the Society for Creative Anachronism. Tiarna will share the history of Black Hours, techniques used, her own luminous Black Hours and demonstrate.
Time & Location
Apr 09, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
via Zoom
Guests
About the event
As a gift from the Washington Calligraphers Guild, this program is FREE, but non-Guild members must RSVP here to receive the Zoom link (WCG members will receive the Zoom link to view Tiarna's program in an email).
Rare, delicate and beautiful, Black Hours--15th century personal prayer Books of Hours written on parchment dyed black--became a passion for Tiarna Zupan due to a Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) mentor. In this program, Tiarna will discuss the history of Black Hours and some ways they were created. After sharing her own luminous certificates on black, Tiarna will demonstrate techniques she has learned through trial and error as well as from other scribes who have used the Black Hours as exemplars for their works.
About Tiarna Zupan: Primarily a self-taught artist, Tiarna Zupan holds the Order of the Laurel, one of the highest awards in the Society for Creative Anachronism for excellence i…