[MR] Re: why the heraldic change

[Lord Gryffri Newmarch]

Over the past year or so, submissions sent to the Laurel College 
of Arms have had a number of ink jet originals that the colors have 
changed on.  It appears that non thermal ink jet colors tend to oxidize 
when coming into contact with the acids in the papers.  The most 
common results are faded Gules that appears to be "flamigo pink" 
faded or modified Azure that in some fashion resembles "royal Purpure" 
A Vert that becomes a nasty shade of "sea sick green" and an Or 
that becomes transparent Argent.

Since the original sunbmissions are used by the Laurel review heralds 
to compare for visual conflict, it is important to use a coloration 
medium that retains the true intent of the submitter.  It has been 
found that Crayon and Crayola Markers have this attribute.  While 
I have personally not reviewed any thermal color copies with this 
fading problem, others have and it is not possible to tell if the 
color "copy" was produced thermally or by ink jet.

The change is an effort to allow a lasting archive of heraldy that 
reflects the original intent of the submitter.  So, I guess we have 
found that the old fashioned illumination method of "colorization 
by hand" is the best.  It proves that the middle ages scholars were 
not technologically ignorant, only archivaly correct.  And so it 
might also have the result of simplifying the design of devices if 
they have to be hand colored as well, and in my opinion the simpler 
the heraldy, the more likely it is to be reproduced and used by the 
submitter in various forms.  Feast boxes, chair covers, banners, 
bed spreads, archery bracers, shield covers, belt tokens, table tops,
and any other number of creative heraldic identification uses.  
Look at your registered device as a crime prevention tool.  Everything 
you have marked with your device.



Lord Gryffri de Newmarch
http://newmarch.org

Badge: Azure, a cross moline Argent and a bordure embattled Aregnt.

Arms: Per fess embattled Argent and Azure, a griffon segreant sable 
and a cross moline argent.

Arms: Gules, on a plate a heraldic rose double proper. A bordure Or.