Arts & Sciences
A Tale of Two Shoes – Part 1
The weekend preceding the most recent Birka had me searching for my nearly new shoes, purchased at Pennsic from Boots by Bohemond and worn exactly once. Naturally, I couldn’t find them as the brownies have decided that they were appropriate items to take and sit on for a while. Not finding them, I decided that three … Continue reading
Mamluk Scroll or Going Out of the Comfort Zone
A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by the Signet of the East with a potential scroll assignment. Pandemic had me scale back a lot of my scribing and participation because of home life etcetera, so I was eager to get back into it. The added benefit was that this particular award was for … Continue reading
My Heraldic Dress – Part 1
Apparently, now that the studio space is clean, I seem to have found my motivation. Unfortunately for me, this is when I tend to get the big, shiny, ambitious ideas…like this one. I’ve wanted to make my very own heraldic dress for a while but I’ve never actually sat down to sketch it out or … Continue reading
Isabel’s Sable Bear
**Now that this has been finally given I can post this article! I only started writing this article 6 months ago! Stupid COVID…* This particular scroll was one that I assigned myself. We didn’t have anything in the inventory of blanks on hand that I thought would fit for Isabelle and her Sable Bear. I … Continue reading
Art is Good for Me
As we ended week 7 of quarantine I was really feeling down. I had to take a long hard look at what I could do to get myself out of the funk. My solution is that I needed art. Art is good for getting me to relax. For the last several weeks of school, like … Continue reading
Food Dyes and Cookie Sculpting
It’s Yule time again and for the local Barony’s Yule I was asked if I would take on making the subtlety for the head table. I wasn’t otherwise involved inthe event and said yes. (Helium hand sticks again.) The head chef had a rough idea involving a cookie chess board as a nod to the … Continue reading
Newest Scroll & Issues with Perg
One of the many hobbies I do within the SCA is illumination. I love painting a scroll. I get to pain pretty things and be creative. Like most artists, I’m never truly happy with my finished product and I grumble a great deal through the process. This particular piece was more difficult than average and … Continue reading
Bergental Baronial Championship – A&S Edition
Maybe I Will… This past weekend was the Barony of Bergental‘s Baronial Championship, an event which I generally look forward to because it’s a lot like “Old Home” week. It’s mostly a laid back event and I get to see several of my friends and have a really nice day. This year I helped put … Continue reading
First Scroll Assignment & Annual Pennsic Prep
Back at the end of April I was asked if I thought I’d be up for taking my first scroll assignment. I was more than a little nervous since these tend to me more geared toward the recipient and it’s held up in court for everyone to see. It did not help that my previous … Continue reading
A Study of Whipcords
In my last post and the one before, some time ago, I talked about how I made the Whipcord Bobbins. Since then I’ve made up a number of braid lengths and have learned a few things. Thickness I typically make up my braids with the size 10 cotton crochet supply that you find at your average … Continue reading