I accept commissions for one-of-a-kind pieces. Since these kinds of works are labour intensive, please contact me well in advance of when the finished piece is needed.
To give you an idea of just some of the contemporary uses of manuscript illumination, here are examples of commissions that I've done in the past.
Private commission (decorated name), 2001
23K gold leaf, semi-opaque
watercolour paint, and black ink on paper
Private commission, 2001
23K gold leaf, semi-opaque watercolour paint, and black ink on goat skin parchment
Private commission, 1998
23K gold leaf, semi-opaque watercolour paint, and black ink on goat skin parchment
Private commission, 2003
23K gold leaf, semi-opaque watercolour paint, and black ink on watercolour paper
Private commission, 1998
23K gold leaf, semi-opaque watercolour paint, and black ink on watercolour paper
Bede, Private commission, 1999
23K gold leaf, semi-opaque watercolour paint, and black ink on paper
Cover of Art of the Metaobject Protocol, 1991
23K gold leaf, semi-opaque watercolour paint, and black ink on goat skin parchment and paper
Cover of Object-Oriented Programming: The CLOS Perspective, 1993
semi-opaque watercolour paint and black ink on paper