#museum of eregion

[spring-into-arda]

Eregion Art-a-thon

Strange news have reached us tonight!

A portal has popped up in Edhellond, and it appears to link to the Museum of Eregion as it was in the second age! Artists will be able to use this portal to send art to be featured in the museum.

Be quick about it though! It will only be open from March 17 to March 25!

The elderberry cat has suggested that it may be possible to use this opportunity to avert the fate of one of the greatest artisans of the second age, the Lord Celebrimbor himself.

We are calling all artists to make use of the portal and submit their art to the Museum of Eregion, and if perhaps… there are some subtle hints hidden in those arts that could alert Celebrimbor to his future fate, then who could possibly object? (Do make sure they are subtle, though. We wouldn't wish Annatar to catch on!)

How to play:

This event will primarily happen on Discord, though there might be a tumblr museum as well once the portal has closed again.

If you are not playing Spies in the Shadows, but want to join the server for the week, dm zhie#3383 for an invite or hit us up on tumblr @spring-into-arda.

You will be given access to bingo prompt cards that you can use to create for the event.

Spies, new channels for this event will soon be revealed, so keep an eye out!

We will have some live creating events throughout the week, and a bingo night!

Detailed rules are under the cut.

Rules:

Art pieces must be previously unpublished.

What counts as art? Sketches, paintings, needlework, statues, moodboards. If you think it’s art, it’s art. Please submit only your own work and use public domain images or your own photos if you need them for a moodboard, for example.

You can post your art on your preferred posting platform! Drop a link into the Museum of Eregion channel to have it displayed in the Museum, and let us know whether you would like for it to be included in the tumblr museum.

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[matrose]

Hello! I hope you're having a lovely day. I really enjoy all the gorgeous art you create especially for lotr. You have some wonderful visions of those characters and your art style is filled with so much warmth. -- Do you have any thoughts on dwarves as archaeologists, particularly in the fourth age? I’m picturing the return to Khazad-dûm triggering a wave of new found passion for archaeology as they uncover long forgotten heirlooms, artwork and signs of the lives of their people. 1/2

The first grand construction in Khazad-dûm is a museum and there are debates about whether some ruins should be preserved as they are or restored. Eventually their interests expand beyond dwarven archaeology and expeditions begin starting in Eregion and then expanding into Arnor, Eriador and beyond. 2/2

Hi!!!!!!! Hello!!!!! thank you so so much for your kind words and your wonderful thoughts!!! ill be honest — the first thought i had about archaeology in middle-earth involved underwater archaeology. the sunken cultures of beleriand and numenor are just begging for that! sadly this does not go well with the general opinion most dwarves seem to have on water, though im sure a few very dedicated fourth age dwarven archaeologists would not let themselves be stopped by that!

eregion is so great for archaeology too im sure — in general there are so many ruins in all of middle earth, i can imagine there is atleast one dwarf whos passion is recreating all those grand buildings into mini models for a private collection or even an exhibition… legolas says the elves of eregion left not many traces but the stones sing of them still, and who better to examine those stones and listen to their stories than a dwarf !!!!

and i loooove the idea of dwarven museums. they already have so much appreciation and admiration for the past and their ancestors (which they are so often out of touch with due to the almost constant displacement they seem to keep experiencing), it would make so much sense for them to get to establish a museum in peaceful days ❤️ a bit of inspiration perhaps taken by the hobbits who do have museums but generally regard them as useless if i remember correctly (😭)… and speaking of hobbits and your idea of the dwarves expending their archaeology into different regions, i could see them excavating the village smeagol came from — they seemed to have had a very waterbased lifestyle

and i could picture them maybe living in stilt houses/pile dwellings (pictured here are reconstructions of stilt houses from the bronzeage, in the bodensee, germany) which they dwarves could unearth and then perhaps ALSO reconstruct as a fun project. sorry to the poor dwarves, its so waterbased again!!

also! helms deep and the glittering caves have a particularly rich history with the rohirrim! im not sure if gimli himself would be an archaeologist (he definitely has the passion for the past, but maybe he would be too busy 😔) but dwarves of aglarond could definitely work with the rohirrim to uncover more tracks of their ancestors. who knows what other caves lie in the mountains, where humans may have lived once!: ancient burial sites, part time dwellings, hiding places during conflicts, etc. though this would have to have been a long long time before , since the rohirrim have a long line of barrow-burials. but im sure theres lots to be found in the caves!!!

speaking of BARROWS ! those barrows in arnor maybe be haunted but listen. there are things to uncover and learn about the past. maybe they barrow-wights wont be as mad if they just dont commit grave-robbery and they can catalogue the findings and illustrate them… maybe…?🥺 it would certainly make great business for bree to have all these archaeologist dwarves come through trying to keep literal ghosts at bay long enough to properly sketch a funnelbeaker. ❤️ theres sooo many possibilities here !! thank you for sending these asks and i love u and feel free to dm me anytime ❤️❤️❤️ i hope you have a wonderful day as well!

#wow sorry just projecting all of the archaeological fields im most interested in into this post !!!! but!!! thank you again!! #adding archaeologist dwarves to my list of things i want to draw #this turned out a bit more incoherent that i wouldve liked it to!! very sorry!! but im sooo excited!!!!!! #dwarrows

[toastedbuckwheat]

Hi!! Your art work is great! For your Tolkien Art, I was wondering how you come up with the fashion? What fashions inspire you?

Hey!! Thank you so much for your lovely message omg!

Hehe there's a lot going on it terms of influences. Mainly historical stuff, clothing I'd see in paintings, museum artefacts.. I guess so far I've included a lot of elements of baroque fashion of Polish nobility, Tudor jewellery, ancient Etruscan jewellery... @mimimarilynart always has some amazing ancient Chinese clothing references for me and helps me get things right, and there's a Tang Dynasty influence in Eregion fashion. I'm very into traditional regional clothing from Poland where I'm originally from!

#ask the buckwheat