Book Illumination
Book illumination is a genre of art that deals with the pictorial decoration of books. The term "illumination" comes from Latin and means roughly "lighting". The painting was intended to bring "light into the pages", especially through the use of gilding.
I have always been fascinated by the almost meditative work of the medieval illuminators and their imaginative tendril works with which they framed the written text. Since 2013, I have been working as a book illuminator, primarily for the Gutenberg Shop in Mainz, and I still enjoy it as much as I did when I started.
In addition, I also do freelance work and offer, among other things, individually and personally designed initials – perfect as a gift or as an eye-catcher on your own four walls. Feel free to have a look around my store or send me a message if you have a special wish.
Aktuelles / News
Aktuelles Projekt: Exalted Funeral hat mich "entführt und in ihrem wunderbar eingerichteten Künstlerverlies gefesselt", um an ihrem Kickstarter-Projekt zu einem "äußerst offiziell lizenzierten Monty Python Tabletop-Rollenspiel" mitzuarbeiten. Ich freue mich sehr darüber! Hier könnt ihr das Projekt mitverfolgen: Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme by Exalted Funeral — Kickstarter
Current project: Exalted Funeral has "kidnapped me and fitted me with shackles in their wonderfully appointed artist's dungeon" to collaborate on their Kickstarter project for an "extremely officially licensed Monty Python tabletop role-playing game". I'm very excited about this! You can follow along with the project here: Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme by Exalted Funeral — Kickstarter
In der Folge "Wie man einen weihnachtlichen Druck macht" der Serie "SWR Handwerkskunst" könnt ihr sehen, wie ein weihnachtliches Blatt erst durch Christoph Sünder aus dem Druckladen des Mainzer Gutenberg-Museum gesetzt und gedruckt und anschließend von mir illuminiert wird.
In the episode "How to make a Christmas print" of the series "SWR Handwerkskunst" you can see how a sheet ist first set and printed by Christoph Sünder from the print shop of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz and then illuminated by me:
Das Portal Mittelalter Digital hat ein Interview mit mir geführt. Darin erfährst du einiges über die Hintergründe meiner Arbeit als Illuminatorin: https://mittelalter.digital/artikel/farbenpracht-auf-pergament-im-interview-mit-dr-julia-bangert/1
Mehr Bilder und Zeichnungen sowie Einblicke in den Fortschritt meiner aktuellen Arbeit findest du auf meinem Instagram-Profil bookillumination.
The portal Mittelalter Digital has conducted an interview with me. In it you can learn a lot about the background of my work as a book illuminator: https://mittelalter.digital/artikel/farbenpracht-auf-pergament-im-interview-mit-dr-julia-bangert/1
You can find more pictures and drawings as well as insights into the progress of my current work on my instagram profile bookillumination.