Two weeks ago, I had the experience of travelling to my first by-way-of-airplane event. You see, I met a great fencer at Pennsic last year. We have similar styles of movement, and loved practicing with each other. Since the West Kingdom is so far from the official SCA 50-year, they decided they wanted to have…
Diptych of Illuminations from the Book of Hours of Daniel Rym, Kingdom A&S 2015
This project was a part of my winning Pentathlon entry for Kingdom A&S 2015. The goals of this project were to use pergamenta and gouache for the first time, to recreate an illumination in similar size, colours, and technique as the original, and to do whitework design. (Challenges that were suggested to me at QPT)…
Illuminations, QPT 2014
These (despite wording in my documentation), I believe were my fourth and fifth illuminations. The first three magically disappeared to another kingdom, mixed up in a donation pile before I ever got the chance to take pictures. I believe one had lots of leaves, one was a more plain bar and ivy with two dragon-creatures,…
First Embroidery
I attended a beginner embroidery class taught by Baroness Sybilla at FOOL 2014. She was an excellent teacher! I wanted to use all of the materials provided in the kit to design my pouch, so this was what I came up with. It’s wool on woven wool. Lines are wobbly because I was onsite and…
Fabric Burn Test Class, FOOL 2014
This was a class I tried to teach at FOOL 2014. Unfortunately, tent issues and low interest meant the class never ran, but the class notes are still helpful.
Second Tablet Weaving Project
After my first utter failure (in my mind) of my tablet weaving, at least as far as creating the pattern I wanted, I decided to do a simpler pattern. I found something in a book that was 48 cards wide, and then I reproduced it in new cotton colours, with no metallic threads and with…
My First Foray into Kingdom A&S
Way back when…okay, I think it was 2011, I entered Kingdom A&S for the first time. Everything I was trying was brand new to me, and I filled out my documentation on the pre-written documentation question sheets. I had three entries. I had begun making glass beads one year prior, and these were my most…