illuminator's charter

<body> <center> Illuminator's charter <p>1. Works sold as 'illuminations' shall be exclusively unique items,<br> produced entirely by hand using traditional methods.<br> <br> 2. Works copied from other existing works, historical or modern, shall<br> be sold as "copies", even if they otherwise comply with Article 1.<br> <br> 3. No duplication technique shall be used for a work sold as an<br> 'illumination'. Photocopies, stencil-work, pre-traced designs, silk screens, etc.<br> shall be exclusively sold as 'reproductions' and not as 'illuminations',<br> even if the copies are limited, numbered, and signed.<br> This article applies even if only a part of the work is made with such<br> duplication methods.<br> <br> 4. The illuminator pledges that by preference, parchment (made from<br> animal skin) shall be used for works sold under the name 'illumination'.</p> <p>In exceptional cases where another medium is used, this fact shall be made clear to the client<br> <br> 5. In the same spirit, works sold as 'calligraphy' shall be exclusively<br> handwritten. Calligraphy may be done on a wide variety of media.<br> <br> 6. The term "gilding" applies solely to gilding with pure gold leaf.<br> - Powdered gold will carry the term 'shell-gold' or 'painting with<br> pure gold powder'<br> - Powdered bronze or other metals, bronze leaf or other metal leaf<br> shall not be used for works sold as 'illuminations', due to the problems<br> with preservation of works made with these products.<br> <br> 7. The word 'tempera' shall be used only for pure pigments ground from<br> egg or organic adhesive.<br> The illuminator pledges not to use acrylic paint on parchment due to<br> problems of adhesion with these colors.<br> If, in an exceptional case, gouache or other commercially-formulated paint<br> is used, this fact shall be made clear to the client.<br> <br> 8. An illuminator who signs this charter, whether artist or artisan,<br> declares himself or herself to be a professional in accordance with the laws<br> of the nation in which he or she resides.<br> </p> <p>Florence Bremond</p> <p><a href="http://www.terebenthine.com">art et enluminure<br> </a></p> <p><a href="http://www.enluminure.info">www.enluminure.info</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.scriptorium.fr.st">www.scriptorium.fr.st</a></center> </body>