Starting a couple of months ago, Steven Umbrello began work on an immense project. What you see before you, in the pictures on this page, is an illuminated manuscript of the first part of Professor Tolkien’s The Lay of the Children of Hurin from The Lays of Beleriand.
Having been in love with the tales of Middle-earth since he was a child, as well as being a collector of books, Steven was determined to complete this work. Over the past couple of months, he has been toiling away: writing by hand, illustrating, painting, binding – all while keeping readers of his blog The Leather Library updated on his progress.
What has resulted from his efforts is an incredible achievement. Steven is quick to point out that this is the first time he’s done something artistic of this nature, but you’d be hard pressed to believe him. Needless to say, his work here impressed us mightily – and it’s a testament to his passion and dedication. Continue reading “‘The Lay of the Children of Hurin’ Illuminated Manuscript: Q&A with artist Steven Umbrello”
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Welcome to this weeks episodes of the Oakentoons đ
Donât forget to check out the Oakenstills and Oakencrossovers while youâre there and to say hi to Peckish Owl.
As always just click the images to see the full size ones. Also donât forget to click on the images on Peckish Owls site to enlarge them there.
Continue reading “Oakentoon #28 – The Only One She Ever Loved, Oakentoon #29 – One He Could Trust, Oakentoon #30 – Weakest Link”
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Ringer Peter Kenny from Brisbane sent me this story from the Courier Mail earlier today over on Facebook. Â Have to say it made me think of a Lewis Carroll/JRR Tolkien cross-over, curiouser and curiouser! đ
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Welcome to your latest dose of the Oakentoons đ
Donât forget to check out the Oakenstills and Oakencrossovers while youâre there and to say hi to Peckish Owl.
As always just click the images to see the full size ones. Also donât forget to click on the images on Peckish Owls site to enlarge them there.
Continue reading “Oakentoon #25 – The Hard Awakening, Oakentoon #26 – Oakentoon Special, Oakentoon #27 – The Only One He Ever Loved”
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Welcome to The Great Hall of Poets, our regular monthly feature showcasing the talent of Middle-earth fans. Each month we will feature a small selection of the poems submitted, you can read all of the poems that we received here in our Great Hall of Poets.
So come and join us by the hearth and enjoy!
If you have a Tolkien/Middle-earth inspired poem youâd like to share, then send it to poetry@theonering.net
One poem per person may be submitted each month. Please make sure to proofread your work before sending it in. TheOneRing.net is not responsible for poems posting with spelling or grammatical errors.
Continue reading “The Great Hall of Poets”
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Kevin, who runs a music club at an elementary school in Arkansas, recently sent us this video of his 4th and 5th graders. He tells us, ‘In my recording studio, I arranged and recorded my music club singing âMisty Mountains Coldâ, and then the school district videographer came down and we made a music video! The kids dressed up as dwarves, and we spent an entire afternoon shooting the video just before Christmas! Iâm so proud of these kids.’
There are some adorable costumes in this video (check out Dwalin around the 50 second mark!), and the kids do a great job. You just can’t help but smile when you watch them; have a look at their performance here.
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Starting a couple of months ago, Steven Umbrello began work on an immense project. What you see before you, in the pictures on this page, is an illuminated manuscript of the first part of Professor Tolkien’s The Lay of the Children of Hurin from The Lays of Beleriand.
