{"id":47702,"date":"2011-08-28T09:45:18","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T14:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=47702"},"modified":"2011-08-29T17:20:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T22:20:20","slug":"art-student-benjamin-harff-creates-illustrated-silmarillion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/08\/28\/47702-art-student-benjamin-harff-creates-illustrated-silmarillion\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Student Benjamin Harff Creates Illustrated “Silmarillion”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tolkien fans are a creative bunch, to say the least, and Benjamin Harff<\/strong> is a testament to that.<\/p>\n

An art student from Germany, Benjamin was introduced to Middle-earth back in 1991 when he was but 11 years old. Out camping with friends in the woods, he recalls sharing readings from The Hobbit<\/em> and The Lord of the Rings<\/em> by the fireside, an experience that would leave a strong impression on him even into adulthood.<\/p>\n

For his final examination in Illustration and Graphic Design in 2009, he spent a year and a half creating a handmade version of The Silmarillion<\/em>. The result was an exquisite sub-creation of one of Tolkien’s greatest\u00a0posthumously-published works\u00a0replete with calligraphic text, illustrations, and illuminations, all meticulously hand-bound in goat leather.<\/p>\n

On the right can be seen the illumination of the opening page of the book, a page that Benjamin says took more than 70 hours to create.\u00a0The Tolkien Library<\/a>, a fansite dedicated to the works of Tolkien, has an in-depth interview with Benjamin concerning his work, where more pictures of the book can be found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tolkien fans are a creative bunch, to say the least, and Benjamin Harff is a testament to that….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[238,198,197,153,6,98,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christopher_tolkien","category-fans-creations","category-fans","category-tolkien-life","category-tolkbooks","category-silmarillion","category-tolkien"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t