by Toni Watts | Jul 8, 2018 | Blog
Nobody is absolutely sure when Cennino Cennini wrote Il Libro dell’Arte, although a date in the early fifteenth century is thought to be a reasonable assumption for the creation of this important treatise. Neither are we sure quite why he wrote it. Lara Broecke,...
by Toni Watts | May 22, 2018 | Blog
I was recently asked to demonstrate at The Society of Scribes and Illuminators Lay Members Day in London – what an honour. Here are a few photos of the event, taken by Alma Swan, Honorary Secretary. …but it was an...
by Toni Watts | Jun 17, 2017 | Blog
Last March I was honoured to take part in the Home of St Patrick Festival in Northern Ireland. Events were held in three cities – Armagh, Downpatrick and Newry. During my time there I did gilding demonstrations in four beautiful cathedrals and began work on an...
by Toni Watts | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog
20th May 2017 was the 800th anniversary of the second Battle of Lincoln. Said to be one of the most decisive battles in English history it secured the future of the Plantagenet dynasty. It has been celebrated in the city by a host of events, not least of which is a...
by Toni Watts | Sep 24, 2016 | Blog
So many people have asked me about the framing of my ‘Illuminations’ exhibition at Lincoln Cathedral that I thought I would write a little about how it was done – and the person responsible. When I knew I was going to have an end of tenure exhibition...
by Toni Watts | Aug 20, 2016 | Blog
It was Heather Chapple, Cathedral guide, who told me about the ‘Trondheim’ pillars. Situated at the western crossing of Lincoln Cathedral, these pillars are stylistically unique in the British Isles and found only in one other Cathedral – Nidaros...
