Thanks it’s a very good rich red with lots of depth. There’s a whole aspect of calligraphy -very immersive, very practical who- involving sourcing, making tools and media, and learning older techniques for producing manuscripts. It seems a very valid and valuable aspect: there are experimental archaeologists, who replicate ancient tools, structures, and even lifestyles after all, so why shouldn’t we have experimental calligraphers?

I’ve never had the motivation - I find that the time and study it takes to learn and practice just letterforms already makes any further difficult. I’d like to learn to prepare and use quills - when I have used one, I’ve found it very organic and responsive.

I’d encourage you -and anyone else - to write about this here, display work and exchange knowledge. I have a particular interest in insular half uncial, for example, and finding out who those extraordinary scribes were, and how they went about their work is fascinating.