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Books object
The illustrations give birth to the story or conversely, the story nourishes the drawing.
The whole then becomes an illustrated book that can be read and looked at.
The book is a precious object, printed on watercolor paper and whose format is designed according to the whole.
The sources of inspiration are multiple, suggested by a context, a text or a commission, the technique used remains that of illumination.
All original creations are made on parchment with historical pigments, the catalog of which you will find in the Pigments tab .
Coqs d'or
Enluminure qui s’inspire de l’enluminure arménienne du XII siècle notamment des manuscrits de Toros Roslin, un des enlumineurs les plus éminent de son époque.
Le parchemin de chevreau a été teint à la cochenille.
Feuille d’or 23 carats posée au jus d’ail.
Pigments : lapis lazuli, azurite, terres, orpiment, cinabre, garance, indigo, céruse, minium.
The legend of the Grand Duke, 2021
Creation on kid parchment. Size 60 x 80 cm
The story tells of the transformation of a young boy into this rapacious eagle-owl. It is taken from a longer story that relates the life of the Ouarpa people, people living in the mountains.
book in progress
Title: The walking trees, Tale for all, 2017
Text and illustrations: Céline Payan Granier
Calligraphic tale on antique goat parchment whose brown trace of the animal's spine inspired the drawing of the tree. The illustration is painted with organic pigments used in the traditional 15th century illumination technique.
Printed on watercolor paper, 200 grams, it comes in the form of two Leporrello, one vertical, the other horizontal in which the story unfolds.
Dimensions of the closed book 16x 11 cm
This tale tells of how trees, tired of chasing birds, have grown all around the earth.
Unit price: 14.70 euros
Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies
ISBN 978-2-9575342-0-3
The four seasons 2008
Creation on goat parchment, , 30 x 45 cm
The four seasons unfold around a central tree, the face of which constitutes the trunk. This illumination is inspired by a tree encountered on a path, the base of which has the head of a trogne.
The illustration is in a gilt frame with copper and silver leaf.
Title: Playing cat and mouse
Text and illustrations: Céline Payan Granier
The day of six Afghan children between leaving school and leaving school.
Find the cats and mice in the illustration and the sounds "cha" and "sou" in the text.
Printing
ISBN 978-2-9575342-1-0
Copies of illuminations
Initiale B du psaume 1 David jouant de la harpe et musiciens
Enluminure réalisée d’après le manuscrit « Enarationes in Psalmos »
Datation : Milieu du XII siècle
Origine géographique : Marchiennes, abbaye Sainte-Rictude
Ce manuscrit est conservé à la bibliothèque municipale
de Douai sous le numéro ms. 0250
Parchemin de chèvre
Pigments : carmin de cochenille, terres, indigo, noir de fumée, céruse
Feuille d’or 23 carats posée au jus d’ail
La dimension de l’enluminure a été respectée
Peint au pinceau
Temps de réalisation de la peinture : 10 heures
Based on illuminations from the cannon tables of the famous Toros Roslin XII century.
Goat parchment, pigments, gold leaf placed on a fish glue plate.
Size 18 x 24cm
King David playing the harp, from a 15th century Bible.
Calf parchment, pigments, gold leaf placed on a fish glue plate.
Dimensions 10 x 14 cm cm
Initial B according to Moralia in Job XII century
Cochineal Dyed Goat Parchment
Calf parchment, pigments, gold leaf placed on a fish glue plate.
Dimensions 10 x 14cm
Initiale D du livre de la sagesse
Enluminure réalisée d’après le manuscrit « Bible de Manerius» Datation 1185-1195
Origine géographique : Troyes, abbaye de Saint-Loup. Ce manuscrit est conservé à la bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève à Paris sous le numéro ms. 8 et 10.
Parchemin de chèvre Pigments : Lapis lazuli, terres, indigo, noir de fumée, céruse Feuille d’or 23 carats posée au jus d’ail
La cétoine d'or Ancienne Poudrerie, Rue Auguste Fabre 13250 Saint-Chamas
