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Art for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang

Summary:

A repository for the art I have done for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang

Previous years are now included. The chapters are in slide order, by year.

Notes:

2019:
--Banner for #5 King Fingon's Menagerie
--Banner for #37 Threnody for a City Night [Urban Maglor]

2020:
--Art and banner for #20 Fire [Fireheart]
--Art and banner for #28 Gifts of the Heart [Works of their Hands]
--Art and banner for #31 Handprints and Painted Stories [Shelter]
--Art host and Banner for #32 Meeting of Heroes
--Crop of original art for #47 Sea-Glass [Bard on the Shore | Music Was My First Love]
--Banner for #49 Mountain Keep: The Miscellany Book of Hestocánë of Inforn Tir [Mountain Keep]

2021:
--Art and banner for #63 These Newborn Shores [Shores of Lindon]
--Banner for #84 A Second Music [Hula Exercise with Ori and Dwalin]
--Art and banner for #100 Threads of the Heart, Strings of the Harp [Sigil (of a Feanorian)]
--Art and banner for #109 Gone with the Harp's Echo [Rainbows and Sea-Wrack]
--Banner for #155 Waiting, Making, Crowned in Red [Untitled: Two Views of Nerdanel]

2022:
--Art and banner for #17 A New Perspective [At the Edge of Time]
--Art and banner for #71 The Chord of Wandering [Silver Plume Waltz]

2023:
--Art, banner, and chapter title cards for #24 Leaves of Gold and Silver [Song of Light]
--Art, Banner

(See the end of the work for other works inspired by this one.)

Chapter 1: King Fingon's Menagerie - TRSB 2019 #5

Summary:

Banner for King Fingon's Menagerie, art by Zhie, story by Lferion, TRSB 2019 #5

Chapter Text

King Fingon's Menagerie

Link to Art by Zhie

Banner for King Fingon's Menagerie

Banner for King Fingon's Menagerie TRSB 2019 #5

Link to Story

Chapter 2: Threnody for a City Night - TRSB 2019 Treat for #37

Summary:

Banner for Threnody for a City Night - treat for Maglor_Still_Lives art #37 Urban Maglor

Chapter Text

Threnody for a City Night

Link to Art by maglor_still_lives

Banner for Threnody for a City Night

Banner for Threnody for a City Night TRSB 2019 treat for #37

Link to Story

Chapter 3: Fireheart - TRSB 2020 #20

Summary:

Fireheart art, and banner for Fire, written by Tethys_Resort

Chapter Text

Fireheart

An abstract painting in fire-colors -- pink, red, orange, yellow -- with blue, green and white accents. There is a detail in the middle that might be coals or people. TRSB 2020 #20

Banner for Fire

Banner for Fire, story by Tethys_Resort, art by Lferion TRSB 2020 #20

Link to Story

Chapter 4: The Works of Their Hands - TRSB 2020 #26

Summary:

The Works of Their Hands art, including the original image, the banner for the story Gifts of the Heart, written by ForestWren, the final moodboard, and detail images used throughout.

A list of the items in the original image is at the end.

Chapter Text

The Works of Their Hands

Original Image

A photograph of many hand made objects - jewelry, pottery, metalwork, weaving etc. TRSB 2020 #26

Banner for Gifts of the Heart

Banner for Gifts of the Heart - TRSB 2020 #26. Carved oak headboard, detail of the copper, brass, and tiger-eye embellishment on the horn, detail of the elemental glass necklace, detail of small copper standing bowl holding the druzy crystal ring, detail of book with the badger fetish on the clasp.

Link to Story

Complete Moodboard

A moodboard with the story banner at the top, followed by three rows of images. The first row has a blue and silver badger fetish in the upper left, a fancy glass and semi-precious stone bead necklace in the upper center, a decorated drinking horn in the lower left, and a hand made-and-bound book with silver clasp on the right. The second row is of a necklace in pale greens, greys, and silver on a black background on the left, the same necklace draped over and in front of a small standing copper bowl in the center, and the copper bowl standing alone on the right. The third row has a large pale purple druzy crystal set in a silver ring lying on yellow wood on the left, a necklace of red and opal-glass beads on wire between round and square figured silver beads, with an eight-pointed opal-glass star/flower at the center, displayed on a piece of handwoven teal-and-blue diamond twill in the center, and a carving of zoomorphic interlace in oak on the right.

Detail Images

First Row: Ribbon of a blue and silver badger fetish in the upper left, glass and semi-precious stone element necklace in the upper center, a decorated drinking horn in the lower left, and a hand made-and-bound book of blue leather with a silver clasp and a hand-woven bookmark, with the badger. Everything is displayed on drawnwork linen and handwoven striped wool cloth.

First row

Second Row: Ribbon of sea-glass necklace in pale greens, greys, and silver on black on the left, the sea-glass necklace draped over and in front of the standing copper bowl on linen in the center, detail of the standing copper bowl on linen on the right.

Second row

Third Row: Ribbon of a large pale purple druzy crystal set in a silver ring lying on yellow wood on the left, a necklace of red and opal-glass beads on wire between round and square figured silver beads, with an eight-pointed opal-glass star/flower at the center, displayed on a piece of handwoven teal-and-blue diamond twill in the center, and a carving of zoomorphic interlace in oak on the right.

Third row

Individual Detail Images

Blue sodalite and silver badger fetish on drawnwork linen. The first gift.

Badger

Elemental glass necklace on drawnwork linen. There are four large handmade beads in blue, red, green and dark yellow, as well as a large disk-shaped glass pendant with concentric circles of color and pattern.

Elemental necklace

Drinking horn embellished with brass and copper.

Embellished drinking horn

Blue leather-bound book with silver clasp in a triskele motif, hand-woven bookmark in blue, silver and gold, and the sodalite and silver badger fetish on drawnwork linen on top of grey and blue striped hand-woven wool.

Book with bookmark and badger

Sea-glass necklace made of beads of various shapes and sized in shades of grey-green, grey, white, silver and crystal, arranged on and in front of a small standing copper bowl with ring-and-dot embellishment.

Sea-glass necklace and copper bowl

Feanorian wire-work necklace, made of red, silver, silver-black, and opaline beads with round and diamond shaped beads with a four-fold design that echoes the Feanorian crest. The centerpiece is an eight-pointed opaline star or flower. It is arranged on a hand-woven teal-and-blue diamond twill cloth.

Feanorian necklace

Pale iridescent purple druzy crystal cluster set in silver as a ring, on a strongly figured yellow wood.

Crystal and silver ring

List of Items in Original Image

The items are listed approximately left to right, for the most part. The beige background cloth and the dark blue cloth at the right hand edge are not listed, and were not handmade. They were used to have a reasonable background against which the other things would show up well.

1. Carved oak headboard for a bed, made for me by M. Kemp
2. Blue and grey striped hand woven wool, made by Wood-N-Woven (Far left)
3. Blue-green hand woven wool, made by Wood-N-Woven (Top center-left)
4. Silver-grey Gandalf scarf, hand woven by the artist who makes them for WETA. (Top center-right)
5. Blackwork embroidered cloth, embroidery by me. The motifs are oak leaves, rose, gillyflower (carnation), and poppy. Cotton and Aida-cloth.
6. Linen and cotton cloth with Hardanger embroidery by me.
7. Quilted hexagonal table-mat of assorted quilting cottons, made by me.
8. Blue wool trim with silver grey gillyflowers in cross-stitch, by me.
9. Horn drinking horn, banded (and tipped at the end, not visible in this picture) in hand-stamped copper, embellished in silver and brass with a tiger-eye stone. Beeswax coating inside. Made by an artist in the SCA kingdom of AnTir (at the time I got it, Oregon, Washington, parts of Canada).
10. Linen inkle-woven bookmark, made by White Wolf and Phoenix
11. Handmade book. Made for me, commissioned by a friend. Unfortunately I do not recall the bookbinder's name. The hinged clasp is by Patrick Conlin. Dyed blue leather over wooden boards, hand-printed endpapers, handmade paper, sewn in signatures.
12. Element meditation necklace, designed and knotted by me. The 4 element beads and the center pendant are hand-crafted glass. Each element bead is between pairs of 4 related beads, metallic, pearl, mostly-opaque semi-precious stone, mostly-transparent semi-precious stone. The six intermediate segments are silver, moonstone, amethyst, aquamarine, aventurine, amber and labradorite. Glass seed-beads. Cord is silk.
13. Hand-blown glass goblet. A gift. I no longer recall the artist.
14. Hand-raised bronze bowl with riveted handles. Made by Bill Dawson.
15. Hand-forged iron ladle, made by me.
16. Thrown pottery bowl, glazed in pale blue and white, made by Maggie King of Feed the Ravens.
17. Sodalite and silver badger fetish made by Lenny Chavez, a local native artist. (It made me think of Fingon :-))
18. Silver chain in the 4-on-2 byzantine pattern, made by me. This started out straight wire, not already made rings.
19. Necklace of silver wire and hand-cast lunulas and roundels. A gift, artist unknown.
20. Red and silver wirework "Feanorian" necklace, mostly glass and silvered metal. The eight-pointed center element is opal-glass. Made by me.
21. Pale blue larimar teardrop and copper necklace on knotted silk cord. I was thinking of the Teleri when I made it.
22. Copper standing bowl, with ring-and-dot stamps, made by me.
23. Silver and opaline druzy ring, made by Spring Schoenhuth.
24. Graduated quartz crystal necklace on knotted silk cord, silver hook and eye fastening, made by me.
25. Three-strand festoon, top strand strung kyanite and silver, other two iron wire, made by me.
26. Quartz, silver and blue goldstone necklace on knotted silk cord, strung by me.
27. Pearl, quartz and lapis on silver wire necklace, made by me
28. Cherry quartz, rose quartz, citrine, pink rhodonite, brown lava rock necklace on knotted silk cord, made by me.
29. Black pottery cup glazed in blue, by Reannag Teine pottery

30. Not shown in original image is the sea-glass necklace, which was made for the story.

Chapter 5: Shelter - TRSB 2020 #31

Summary:

Shelter art, and banner for Handprints and Painted Stories, story by Satirical Draperies, TRSB 2020 #31.

Chapter Text

Shelter

A digital manipulation of a watercolor and colored pencil piece of a landscape with two lights in the sky over a series of mountains with a small cave with a fire in it at the bottom. TRSB 2020 #31

Banner for Handprints and Painted Stories

Banner for Handprints and Painted Stories TRSB 2020 #31

Link to Story

Chapter 6: Meeting of Heroes - TRSB 2020 #32

Summary:

Art for Meeting of Heroes, by Isilloth, hosted with the banner made by Lferion, story by Lferion. TRSB 2020, #32.

Chapter Text

Meeting of Heroes - By Isilloth

A painting by Isilloth of Finrod and Bilbo meeting under some trees. TRSB 2020 #32

Banner for Meeting of Heroes

Banner for Meeting of Heroes TRSB 2020 #32

Link to Story

Chapter 7: Sea-Glass - TRSB 2020 Treat for #47

Summary:

Crop of original art by Rhapsody for Sea-Glass, a treat for TRSB 2020 #47 Bard on the Shore.

Chapter Text

Sea-Glass

Link to Rhapsody's final art piece Music Was My First Love TRSB 2020 #47

Crop of Rhapsody's Bard on the Shore

Image of a person (Maglor) sitting on a mound of rocks with the ocean in the background, playing a stringed instrument - crop of the original slide for TRSB 2020 #47

Link to Story

Chapter 8: Mountain Keep - TRSB 2020 #49

Summary:

Banner for Mountain Keep: The Miscellany Book of Hestocánë of Inforn Tir, story by Lferion, banner by Lferion, art by Anoriath.

Chapter Text

Mountain Keep

Night time version of the paper art by Anoriath

Day time version of the paper art by Anoriath

Banner for Mountain Keep: The Miscellany Book of Hestocánë of Inforn Tir

Banner for Mountain Keep: The Miscellany Book of Hestocánë of Inforn Tir TRSB 2020 #49 Banner by Lferion

Link to Story

Chapter 9: The Shores of Lindon - TRSB 2021 #63

Summary:

The Shores of Lindon art, and banner for These Newborn Shores, written by Kaz

Chapter Text

The Shores of Lindon

A moodboard of a somewhat abstract and asymmetrical quilt in carnation/salmon pink, grey, grey-brown, and white, with small images framing it on the bottom and at the right of brownish flowers against a pink wall, clouds, raindrops, banners in silhouette against a sunset with crescent moon, pink-red flowers on a grey stone, seaweed in sand, pink and grey clouds, footsteps in sand, a light brown leaf on a streaked pinkish background, grey-pink flowers against a white wall, a dot of red-gold fire on a hill with smoke, and moonglow behind grey-black clouds. TRSB 2021 #63

Banner for These Newborn Shores

Banner for These Newborn Shores TRSB 2021 #63. Text: These Newborn Shores, Author-Kaz, Artist-Lferion, A 2021 Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang Collaboration. Image has the grey-brown quilted background of the quilt with a square of pink and grey shells, a stripe on the left of white, grey, pink and brown from the quilt, on on the right three images - a bird on bare branches against a pink and grey sky, a silvery grey scarf with a reddish-pink and grey striped fabrick, and the dot of fire on a hillside with smoke image from the main art

Link to Story

Chapter 10: A Second Music - TRSB 2021 #84

Summary:

Banner for A Second Music, story by Lferion and Zhie, for TRSB 2021 art #84 Hula Exercise with Ori and Dwalin by Shrimps Things.

Chapter Text

Link to Hula Exercise with Ori and Dwalin by Shrimps Things

Banner for A Second Music

Banner for A Second Music TRSB 2021 #84

Link to Story

Chapter 11: Sigil (of a Feanorian) - TRSB 2021 #100

Summary:

Sigil (of a Feanorian) art and banner for Threads of the Heart, Strings of the Harp, by tirion_skies | werian-wintertid

Chapter Text

Sigil (of a Feanorian)

An eight-fold design in blues, pinkish-reds, purples and white with ogee shapes making the eight points on the outer edge and innermost shape. White crescents with their tips touching are centered below the blue outer points, pink and pale blue rays shadowed in purple fill the space between the deep blue outer edges and the innermost red shape. A mottled black background frames the sigil. TRSB 2021 #100

Banner for Threads of the Heart, Strings of the Harp

Banner for Threads of the Heart, Strings of the Harp TRSB 2021 #100

Link to Story

Chapter 12: Rainbows and Sea-Wrack - TRSB 2021 #109

Summary:

Rainbows and Sea-Wrack art, and banner for Gone with the Harp's Echo by Narya

Chapter Text

Rainbows and Sea-Wrack

An abstract acrylic painting with a pale blueish-pinkish-purplish background, deeper pink and blue swirls, and blue-green and yellow areas. The overall effect is of light and a sort of watery movement. TRSB 2021 #109

Banner for Gone with the Harp's Echo

Banner for Gone with the Harp's Echo TRSB 2021 #109

Link to Story

Chapter 13: Waiting, Making, Crowned in Red - TRSB 2021 #155

Summary:

Banner for Waiting, Making, Crowned in Red, story by Lferion, for TRSB art 155 Untitled: Two views of Nerdanel, by Mangacrack.

Chapter Text

Link to Art 1 by Mangacrack of Nerdanel walking away wearing a green dress with her hair in a single fancy ponytail

Link to Art 2 by Mangacrack of Nerdanel holding a shield. Waterdrops shine on the surface of the piece.

Banner for Waiting, Making, Crowned in Red

Banner for Waiting, Making, Crowned in Red - TRSB 2021 #155, based on art by Mangacrack of Nerdanel looking toward the words on the banner

Link to Story

Chapter 14: At the Edge of Time - TRSB 2022 #17

Summary:

At the Edge of Time art, and banner for A New Perspective, story written by Zhie

Chapter Text

At the Edge of Time

Abstract painting in blues and pinky-purples, with two vertical elements, one which could be a tower or a lighthouse, the other more a swirly sort of figure. TRSB 2022 Slide 17

Banner for A New Perspective

Crop of the center of an abstract painting in blues and pinky-purples, with two vertical elements, as a background to a banner with the words A New Perspective, Zhie-author, Lferion-artist, a Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2022 Collaboration #17

Link to Story

Chapter 15: Silver Plume Waltz - TRSB 2022 #71

Summary:

Silver Plume Waltz art and banner for The Chord of Wandering, written by Heath Row

Chapter Text

Silver Plume Waltz

A digital collage piece of a landscape with a river and a waterfall. The river appears to issue from the mouth of a sculpture of personified wind or water. TRSB 2022 #71

Banner for The Chord of Wandering

Banner for The Chord of Wandering TRSB 2022 #71

Link to Story

Chapter 16: Song of Light - TRSB 2023 #24

Summary:

Song of Light art, banner for the story Leaves of Gold and Silver by Caiti, and title cards for the six chapters.

Chapter Text

Song of Light

An abstract painting with a background of green and blue, lines and streaks of orange, purple and yellow, with figures of red, splotches of white, and accents of dark blue. TRSB 2023 #24

Banner for Leaves of Gold and Silver

Banner for the story Leaves of Gold and Silver by Caiti, written for 'Song of Light', art #24 by Lferion, in TRSB 2023

Link to Story

Chapter Title Cards

Title card for Of the Wind & Stars, chapter 1 of Leaves of Gold and Silver, TRSB 2023 #24. Story by Caiti, art by Lferion.

Title card for Hear the Ulumúri, chapter 2 of Leaves of Gold and Silver, TRSB 2023 #24. Story by Caiti, art by Lferion.

Title card for Spirit of the Earth, chapter 3 of Leaves of Gold and Silver, TRSB 2023 #24. Story by Caiti, art by Lferion.

Title card for The Masters of Spirits, chapter 4 of Leaves of Gold and Silver, TRSB 2023 #24. Story by Caiti, art by Lferion.

Title card for Strength & Beauty, chapter 5 of Leaves of Gold and Silver, TRSB 2023 #24. Story by Caiti, art by Lferion.

Title card for Where the Withywindle Runs, chapter 6 of Leaves of Gold and Silver, TRSB 2023 #24. Story by Caiti, art by Lferion.

Chapter 17: In Twisted Wire - TRSB 2023 #92

Summary:

In Twisted Wire art, banner for the story In Wire and Stone by Samking, and a detail image.

Chapter Text

In Twisted Wire

A necklace and earrings of marbled blue chalcedony (translucent pale blue in golden-brown in polished irregular shapes), small blue chalcedony disks, charoite (shades of purple, vaguely circular), labradorite (iridescent faceted spheres), and silver, done in wirework with a 'V' or triangle motif. TRSB 2023 #92

Banner for In Wire and Stone

Banner for In Wire and Stone, Story by Samking, Art by Lferion, TRSB 2023 #92

Single Earring

Single earring from the set. Overall a diamond shape with a charoite disk at the bottom, a faceted labradorite bead on a link crossing the middle, on one side of the upper triangle is a blue chalcedony disk, on the other is a small piece of marbled blue chalcedony. The ground is a faintly striped dark blue, the whole within a medium dark blue oval.

Single earring from the set. Overall a diamond shape with a charoite disk at the bottom, a facetted labradorite bead on a link crossing the middle, on one side of the upper triangle is a blue chalcedony disk, on the other is a small piece of marbled blue chalcedony. The ground is a faintly striped dark blue, the whole within a medium dark blue oval.

Link to Story

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