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Clay Pendants as Cabochons and Main Pieces

This post concerns an ongoing experiment I started about a year ago when I decided to make a pendant for my apprentice sister’s ceremony representing our household name, “House Golden Thistle.” I have never worked with clay; the closest I got to clay-making was in elementary school when I worked with play dough. But isn’tContinue reading “Clay Pendants as Cabochons and Main Pieces”

Persona Pentathlon – Belt

This is the second post in the series about the townswoman clothes accessories. To read about the first post, please, click here. Belt. In the rich burials of pre-Mongolian Rus, the belts were repeatedly found. V.V. Hvoyko reports findings in the graves of the Middle Near-Dnieper (in Sharqi, in Belgorod) silk belts with Byzantine andContinue reading “Persona Pentathlon – Belt”

Viking Hood

This is my adapted variation of the Norwegian Skjoldehamn hood found in 1936. A pattern is a simplified form of Løvlid, D. H.’s research. Production Before cutting them from the fabric, I sketched the progress and how the pieces shall align. I have used black 100% linen in both cases. After cutting the pieces out, I aligned them asContinue reading “Viking Hood”

Persona Pentathlon – Tunic

This blog post is a documentation adaptation of my entries for the Kingdom Arts and Science Festival 2023 persona pentathlon. The series will have 5 blog posts for each item separately. Tunic The tunic is the main clothes of eastern Slavs that men and women wore. The difficulty in researching the pattern is that manyContinue reading “Persona Pentathlon – Tunic”

Beadwork and reenactment

Beadwork “Beads are not period.” “Beads are not the best way to replicate the accessories; you should use metal.” I heard it a lot. And I am afraid I have to disagree. I hope my display will change your mind too. Or will inspire you. Or will you enjoy it? The items selected for thisContinue reading “Beadwork and reenactment”

Early Rus Garb

Lecture I gave on the Early Rus Garb for members of Ponte alto and its guests.

Evolution of the Slavic persona – the beginning

This post begins my ample research and travels through the thicket of previous works and findings that often contradict each other. I will try to understand where Slavs came from, why the government formation was so different for all of them, who they were influenced by, and many other questions I would like to uncoverContinue reading “Evolution of the Slavic persona – the beginning”

Art routine and Neurodevergency

Hello, my name is Elza, aka Helga. I am a mother, IT professional, Suma cum Laude, and quite a decent artist (or I would like to think that). And let me tell you how and why you need to build the art routine.Sounds like a post from the online couch on how to live yourContinue reading “Art routine and Neurodevergency”

Maslenitca

Maslenitca is probably the second time I have been excited as a child in the year. The First one is New Year. From a historical perspective, those two celebrations are similar. This year I will be able to share this experience with others at the Kingdom of Atlantia festival Ymir, which will take place inContinue reading “Maslenitca”

Rus Noble Woman Headwear and accessories

Rus Noble Woman Outfit and accessories – X-XII century The following research represents the archeological findings, including examples of visual representation of the period and different archeological resources for Noble Rus female headwear. Even though Rus was not mainly Orthodoxies Christian until 988 (and let’s be honest, even after that), Byzantine significantly influenced the clothes,Continue reading “Rus Noble Woman Headwear and accessories”