{"id":226,"date":"2009-04-27T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T00:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artisansofthevalley.com\/blog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2009-09-07T02:48:11","modified_gmt":"2009-09-07T06:48:11","slug":"rosemary-buczek-gettysburg-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artisansofthevalley.com\/blog\/rosemary-buczek-gettysburg-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosemary’s Gettysburg Address Presented to President Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artisans of the Valley has in our private collection a hand illuminated parchment by Master Penman Rosemary Buczek, who resides in Milford, NJ operating The Gilded Quill with her husband Steve Buczek. Eric discovered Rosemary through her website last year when on a quest to find the right artist to scribe my Master\u2019s Papers. We now have a family treasure to mark the transition of the title of \u201cMaster Craftsman\u201d from Master Craftsman Stanley D. Saperstein to his son Eric M. Saperstein. <\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re working on a solid oak frame to display and protect this heirloom now, and there is a rumor the piece may be making a public debut soon. In any case \u2013 this blog is not about us it\u2019s about Rosemary\u2019s achievements so we\u2019ll move on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once\u00a0an artist discovers another\u00a0artist whose talent not only impresses them but inspirations their own creativity,\u00a0it is common to become a follower. Eric checks Rosemary\u2019s website regularly, just to see what\u2019s new. At\u00a0his last visit to her website,\u00a0he discovered one of Rosemary’s latest creations – The Gettysburg Address.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve just started our Blog \u2013 so perhaps we\u2019re not offering you breaking news, but it’s going to be an ongoing practice to\u00a0present the achievements of artists like Rosemary, and offering our congratulations! This discovery warrant’s such a blog …<\/span><\/p>\n

Below is an extract from <\/span>http:\/\/www.gildedquill.com\/<\/span><\/a> telling the story behind a spectacular work of art.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAbout 18 months ago I took a few weeks to letter, illustrate and illuminate in a small book form “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement C Moore. I worked on 2 full sheets of calf vellum and painted in gouache, watercolor and used 23K gold. I sent my finished pages to John Greenawalt of The Book Arts Conservatory in Washington DC where he and his partner, Stephen Vanilio (http:\/\/www.bookarts.us\/<\/a>) create the most amazing handcrafted book bindings and presentation boxes. \u00a0\u00a0To our amazement they sold the small book within 15 minutes of it being offered for sale. The gentleman who purchased the book is a key figure in the preservation of the Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC and that led to the creation of Lincoln’s \u00a0Gettysburg Address to be presented to President and Mrs. Obama on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 for the gala celebration of the rededication of Ford’s Theatre in honor of the 200th anniversary \u00a0of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The artwork was created on a piece of calf vellum 16 by 22 inches in size. It was then slipped into a tooled leather folder which was then placed in a tooled leather clam shell box made by Book Arts.\u201d \u2013 Rosemary Buczek<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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