Last year, I took upon myself a task, a challenge, you may say, to make three necklaces from the pre-Tudor and Tudor time period. All three had different skills, materials, and techniques I planned to use. I discussed the ideas with the customer and got to work. It took about 6 months from the beginningContinue reading “Tudor’s necklaces adventure in 2024”
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Tudor’s Pelican Necklace
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”
Most common beading techniques I use for my works
Seed bead embroidery with cabochon There are two main techniques I use for embroidery with cabochon. “Stem” stitch. Fasten the thread, string the bead, put the needle on the fabric, pull the needle behind the beaded string, and go through the sewn bead again. String the second bead, put the needle into the material behindContinue reading “Most common beading techniques I use for my works”
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”
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”
East Slavs Towels
Introduction Quite some time ago, I was challenged with a task – create towels for a knight’s vigil that a historically accurate for the future knight persona – Rus Woman, XII century. This request came from a good person for a good person, and I certainly did not want to disappoint them. However, I hadContinue reading “East Slavs Towels”
Rus Noble Warrior Banner
“Let God lead my Heart, and my King lead my Sword.” This is the banner that was prepared for the competition in 2019 – “On the Kings’ Road.” Please, note that the banner presented is not a replica of the research findings due to material accessibility and tools unavailability. My goal was to make asContinue reading “Rus Noble Warrior Banner”
Phoenix Safe Place 