Middle-earth Journeys

Cheyenne Angel, thank you for posting this! My French is a bit rusty but I've managed to navigate his website and take a closer look. It's truly amazing!

Wow you could have purchased Minis Tirith on e-bay.

That's incredible . 2000 hours . What a labour of love!

I'm still planning to go to Saint-Ursanne and take a look at the John Howe exhibition, so I'm gathering info. I went to John Howe's website and found a mentioning of a video in his new chronicle. Here:
http://www.johnhowe2007.com/en/revue-presse.php
Under Multimedia: SF1 reportage (it's in German, sadly Howe's voice has been dubbed)
Very nice scenes from Saint Ursanne, really looking forward to seeing it myself.
Then on Howe's site there is actually an even newer chronicle posted with the date July 15th, you can find it here, hopefully
http://www.john-howe.com/news/comments. ... 93_0_1_0_C
or by clicking on next from the July 1st chronicle. This latest chronicle is called The View from Heorot, naturally about Beowulf . Written because in October there will be a new edition with pictures and introduction by John Howe. I think I could develop an addiction to John Howe's thoughts, as expressed in those chronicles.

Thanks Estel!

That's the Beowulf for me - I can't resist having it with the John Howe illustrations .

Hello to All -

I discovered these forums only recently but have been a fan of Tolkien for over 30 years. It seemed appropriate to post here as my passion is the many Tolkien calendars that have been created over the years. I have been able to catalog about 240 of them as of the most recent discovery. While I too love the work of John Howe, Ted Nasmith, and the other major illustrators, there are dozens of others "out there" who contribute their work to the various Tolkien societies (e.g. - Poland, Finland) for the love of the works of the Professor. You may view the calendars on my website "The Compleat Gyde to Tolkien Calendars". Hope you enjoy them and find the site useful. Would always be happy to hear from anyone that knows of any undiscovered calendars.

Away from The Green Hill Country,

Parmastahir

Hello Parmastahir . I know your site well! I've looked at it many times while writing here about artists that have done a Tolkien calendar to make sure I've got my dates straight. It's a very useful place !

Here's a direct link to your site so everyone can find it easily:

Complete Gyde to Tolkien Calendars

I started to talk about different artists on these threads because our view of Middle-earth is now so influenced by Lee and Howe (both wonderful of course) - especially after their involvement in the films - that I wanted to redress the balance and show that there are other visions of Tolkien's world out there. I hope to highlight many, many more as we go along .

It's wonderful to meet you here.

Hello Iolanthe -

Well met indeed!

I am MORE than pleased that you find my site of use! I have a small circle of fellow calendar collectors that use it. Indeed, my original intent was to catalog all of the ones that I could discover, provide a resource to fellow enthusiasts, create an on-line resource that I could use (without having to be home to look at my Excel spreadsheet!), receive contacts from new collectors (therefore the email link), and (finally) to learn a little about creating a website. (OK, the last one is semi-successful. I have the basics down but still have it hosted by Angelfire. I have had at least three offers to host it elsewhere and get rid of the popups. Eventually, I will choose one and do so.) As I user, I would love to know your comments, suggestions, etc (good or bad, but especially bad if I might improve some functionality in the way that you use the website or correct any errors, etc).

As that was my first post in these forums, I was not allowed to add a link. Thanks for doing so!

And I agree with you about the influence of the "big three" (Howe, Nasmith, and Lee). Please don't get me wrong. I love the work of Howe and Nasmith (both of whom I have communicated with along with Tim Kirk, Henning Janssen, Anke Eismann). But there are so many others out there illustrating for the many calendars from the various Tolkien societies (e.g. - Parmadili, Societa Tolkieniana Italiana, Seuran Tolkien Oy, Tolkien's Ring, etc etc) that do it because they like it. This is the reason that I have created a Calendar of the Month feature: to bring the illustrations of the lesser known (in many cases, truly rare - appropriate but often overused) calendars to the light of day. Many of these would not ever be seen (so few were created or so few have survived the years) if I did not. I feel that I'm a caretaker of these and not simply an owner.

I added three new calendars to my collection/catalog this week:

- A 1984 Arthedain (Norge Tolkien Forening) calendar with Gregorian, Shire, and Imladris reckonings.
- 2006 and 2007 Tolkiendil (French Tolkien society).

And I have a 2007 Hobbit-themed calendar from Australia coming, too. Hope you enjoy them! Enough for now.

Away from The Green Hill Country,

Parmastahir

p.s. - OK, just one more thing: Parmastahir is elvish parma=book, asta=month, hir=to find, literally "book of months finder" or "calendar collector". And if I use a last name, it's Took which goes with the Green Hill Country and fits my inquistive nature when it comes to collecting these calendars!

What a wonderfully appropriate name !

It's good that all the work done for the various calendars isn't being forgotten.

Wow when I think of the hours spent creating that site I think of Rome.

Hello Philipa -

Thank you for the compliment!

You are correct that it wasn't built in a day (nor was the actual collection). It has evolved over the last few years to one of better functionality. (And I am ALWAYS interested to know people's thoughts - good or bad, perhaps especially bad as those generally lead to improvements - on that.) However, it is a very simple website and rather easily maintained (Calendar of the Month feature, new additions, etc). I am a novice compared to others whom I correspond with (Beren of the Tolkien Library site, Jeremy at the Tolkien Collectors Guide, etc). However, it serves my purpose (getting that information 'out there' to my fellow collectors and enthusiasts), provides new contacts now and then, and is great fun (and completely non-fattening!)

In any case, I hope you find it interesting and/or useful. And if you should have any questions or suggestions, please contact me. Beware though that I am to the calendars as the Hobbits are to genealogy! You question me at your own peril!

Away from The Green Hill Country,

Parmastahir

Well there are worse vices my friend. At least this one is not fatting (as you mentioned) nor bad for your health.

Received and created a listing for a 2007 Hobbit calendar from Australia this week. It is an excellent calendar from Colin Williams. The illustrations are great, the production quality is top notch, and it's simply different from all of the others that I have collected. Prior to finding it on eBay, had not heard of this one or its illustrator. Could not find a website or email address for him, so have written to him to find out more about his work. Has anyone here any information on Colin Williams (Annandale, NSW, Australia)? Thanks!

Away from The Green Hill Country,

Parmastahir

Parmastahir you are aware that Baren has a write up of the Alan Lee 'Children of Hurin' calendar for 2008 here.?

Hi Philipa -

Thank you for the tip. I was not aware that the review was there on the Tolkien Library site. (The Tolkien Library is Beren's creation. I could only hope to have a calendar collection even a tenth as amazing as his of books!)

Away from The Green Hill Country,

Parmastahir