MAG 23 - Schwartzwald
From J.J. Hunter, jjhunter.dreamwidth.org/
I am haunted by the ‘Für die Stille’ coin and the grisly fate of the 2nd coin thief. Did the eyeless figure also come again for Albrecht von Closen, who stole the coin from the tomb of Johann von Württemberg in the first place? Was that coin of the Dark or the End, stilling the murmuring of the books on their shelves as long as it itself laid undisturbed? The marble bookshelf eyes became prominently creepy in the statement as soon as the apparent ‘lid’ of the coin is lifted. As the statement was a historical one from Jonah’s era, and the coin in question even older (1279 per side not shown), I had fun mimicking a historical illustration technique (aged engraving print using walnut ink) with brown sharpie and strokes instead of fills.