Background In October, my friend’s peer contacted me and informed me that my friend, Mistress Adair, would receive her Pelican, first peerage, on Twelfth Night, a January event in Atlantia, which is like a prom.I could not be more honored to complete that task, but I needed some guidance. Where do I start? It wasContinue reading “Tudor’s Pelican Necklace”
Category Archives: accessories
Gerdan
Gerdan is one of the most fun items I worked with involving seed beads. It’s like you beading but with the LOOM! However, loom weaving is an adaption of the ancient technique beading technique that was actually used to make the necklaces-amulets. Gerdan is a Turk word from a nation living in the southern regionContinue reading “Gerdan”
Persona Pentathlon – Spindle
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. Spindle. A spindle is a tool to spin the wool to speed up the highly manual process. Usually, the unspun wool would be placedContinue reading “Persona Pentathlon – Spindle”
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”
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”
Phoenix Safe Place 