Tengwar Stave
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Tengwar Stave, 2008
Maple
1 inch diameter x 15½ inches length
Pyrography, Tengwar Script
This stave is engraved with Tengwar script. Tengwar was created by J. R. R. Tolkien to illustrate his stories (e.g. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings). This phrase is the inscription on the Gate of Moria, and translates into English as “The doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak friend, and enter.”
The lettering is burned into the maple wood.
As with each piece in my Script series, I’m more interested in the abstract patterns created by the script than the meanings created by the source language.
