One of the birthday presents I received recently was a very small piece of Lapus Lazuli.
In 1990 I had been inspired by Tudor miniatures whilst making a painting called 'Limners' - about the 37 days of our Christmas. You can see pictures of this on my latest Instagram post.
The colour in the background of many Tudor miniatures is Lapus Lazuli and I tried a similar blue in my picture. I also used Ivorene as the surface for my tiny paintings, as it has the same quality as ivory (which the miniaturist's used) but is plastic.
When discussing the painting as part of my guided tour, I will now be able to also display the mineral which influenced my ideas.
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