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Now available for commentary:
Æthelmearc
Internal Letter of
Intent AE146
Letter is dated May 6, 2012
Commentary
is
due on June 1, 2012.
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NEW SUBMISSIONS ADDRESS - Effective
immediately, all submission forms should be sent to:
Garnet Herald
c/o Kathy Van
Stone, 1194 Firwood Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15243
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CHANGE OF GARNET
- From Silver Buccle Herald:
Attention unto the Populace of Aethelmearc,
I bring news from
the College of Heralds of Aethelmearc. I thank Master Fridrikr Tomasson for his service
to the College as Garnet Herald
for the Submissions of Names and Armory, and announce that Dame Elsbeth Anne Roth will step into the
position of Garnet Herald at Spring
Crown Tournament in May. Please stay tuned for further announcements regarding your heraldic
submissions.
Cheers,
Brandubh, Silver
Buccle
The change in office will be effective May 5. In addition, a new
Cornelian Herald will be named as Dame Elsbeth's assistance. I will
continue to serve as web ministress. Please join me in welcoming Dame
Elsbeth and her staff and in wishing them a wonderful tenure. Joing me
also in thanking Master Fridrikr for his dedicated service to the
college and wishing him a well-deserved rest! ~Remaining ever in
service, Alheydis.
E-CONSULTATIONS
Would you
like to be
an e-Herald? If you are interested in helping with electronic
consults, please contact Dame Elsbeth at jewelherald [at] aeheralds
[dot] net. As requests for e-consults increase, we will need more
people willing and able to consult via e-mail.
How does an
e-consult happen? An e-consult is exactly the same as a
face-to-face consult, with ideas and research notes being sent to the
submitter by the herald via e-mail. For device ideas, a graphic file
mock-up or a scan of a sketch can be sent as an attachment. Once the
submitter has made their decisions, the herald should fill out the
paperwork and send it via snail mail to the submitter for signature.
The submitter may then return it (with payment, if required) to the
consulting herald who will then forward it to Garnet, or the submitter
may simply forward the forms and payment to Garnet directly. (I find
that including a SASE with the paperwork helps to keep things moving
quickly.)
A note on color
emblazons: Color emblazon hard copies should be prepared by the
herald, so as to ensure that correct tinctures and appropriate inks are
used. Please do not send color files for the submitter to print and
sign, since the submitter's printer may not use appropriate inks or
reproduce the tinctures accurately.
NOTES ON
SUBMISSIONS
REMINDER - The
fee for all heraldic submissions to
the AEthelmearc College of Heralds is 7.00 per item.
Markers -
Please use markers, rather than colored pencils or crayons to color
your submissions forms. Both colored pencils and crayons have wax,
which can present problems for the scanners and photocopiers. Also, the
color is not deep enough to scan well. Laurel has returned such items
in the past. The crayola brand markers are preferred by the College
of Arms.
Computer Images:
Firstly, the inks you use in your printer MUST be
archival quality and lightfast. Most archival inks are pigment-based
media, rather than true inks. Unfortunately, most computer printers
that are affordable do not use such inks. (I use a Canon Pixma MP-500,
which is not super expensive and does
use pigment-based "inks" which are waterproof,
lightfast, and are rated for archival quality up to 75 years.)
If you
are considering using computer generated forms, please test your
printer's inks first. We recommend printing out swatches of the
heraldic
colors and hanging them outside in direct sunlight. If there is any
fading or color shift, do NOT use those inks on submission forms!
The second condition that computer-generated forms
must meet is to match, as closely as possible, the hues of the Crayola
marker set. It may take an hour or so of experipenting to see what
on-screen colors will yield the right hue when printed on a particuar
printer, but it is time well-spent. For example, I need to use a rather
icky pink on screen to get a good printed match for the Crayola red. It
doesn't matter what it looks like on screen. What matters is the
print-out.
Color Photocopies
- Color photocopies are
notorious for color shifting over time. Some color-copied submission
have had their purples shift so much between the time that they were
printed and the time that they were reviewed by the College that they
have been returned. If you want to use color photocopies, please do a
lightfastness test. Make a page of color samples using Caryola markers
and have it color photocopied. Hang the copy in direct sunlight (NOT
through
UV filtering glass!) and check for fading or color shifting. If all
looks good after a few weeks, then you know that that particular
color copier in okay to use. Another model of color copier might not
use the same toners, so if your copy center changes color copiers, do
another test.
The Award, Guild
& Officers' Badges of Æthelmearc - WORK IN
PROGRESS
I am putting together a webpage showing all of the
currently registered
award, guild and officer's badges as used in our glorious Sylvan
Kingdom. You can view the current version at www.aeheralds.net/badges.html
Please send any corrections, suggestions and
comments to Alheydis
CONSULTATION
TABLES
Consult
tables are a great way to hone your
consult skills and enjoy
the company of fellow heralds. Be sure to volunteer!
If
your group event is planning a consult table, let me know and I
will post it here. If your group would like to have a consult table at
an upcoming event,
contact your regional deputy herald to
make arrangements.
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