Bring the words
Discover a work on the shelf or bring your own public-domain source. Choose a passage, selected pages, or the whole work.
PUBLIC-DOMAIN WORKS, MADE PERSONAL
Discover a work you’d love to have a physical art piece of. Commission a physical copy in pencil, tracing, illustration, drafting—.
The studio is just me for now, but hopefully it will grow!
A FIRST STUDIO PROTOTYPE Requests are not sent and no payments are taken.
SOURCE ART & VISUAL RESEARCH
Look closely. Then make something new.
These are the kinds of pages an artist might study before interpreting a work: an Old Irish poem, a scientific plate, a working manuscript. Each reference links to its source and reuse information.
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Messe ocus Pangur Bán,
cechtar nathar fria saindán
bíth a menma-sam fri seilgg,
mu menma céin im saincheirdd.
The poem and the original works shown here are identified as public domain on their source pages. They are reference material; each new commission would be a separate artist’s handmade interpretation.
THE COMMISSION SHELF
Old works. Unexpected possibilities.
A page of Pangur Bán, Dirac’s equations, or a whole handmade Frankenstein. Find a work to love, choose a scope that suits you, and make the approach your own.
The linked Project Gutenberg editions are listed as public domain in the USA. Dirac’s original 1928 paper falls within the US publication cutoff described by Duke’s public-domain guide. Other countries and newer editions or translations may differ. These commission ideas are suggestions, not existing products.
ONE ARTIST TO BEGIN
A small studio with room to grow.
Limner begins as a direct conversation between you and one artist: choose a public-domain work, decide how much of it to make, and let the physical object take shape.
As the studio grows, other artists can join with their own materials, processes, and ways of seeing. Each artist will set their own price, with room for a conversation and negotiation.
FROM TEXT TO TREASURE
A small collaboration.
A lasting object.
Find the approach
Set a creative direction, invite the artist’s interpretation, or leave the materials and process open.
Agree, then create
The artist proposes their price. Discuss and negotiate, then agree on the work, materials, and delivery before making begins.