This is my recreation of a very interesting necklace seen in the painting “Portrait of a Woman” credited to Sebastiano Mainardi; an Italian painter (1460-1513) born in San Gimignano. This the only reference I have found featuring a necklace of this particular style and of course I HAD to find a way to recreate it. Since the painting is a profile,… Read more »
I had made a deal with myself late last year that I would make a conscious effort to try new things and put more of my work out there. Truthfully I spend a lot of time worrying so much about failing in something that I will end up not even trying to begin with and I realized how much of… Read more »
Leading up to the start of this project I read through a site where a gentlemen chronicled his own experiences with cuir bouilli. Instead of the traditional materials used, the author suggested store-bought powdered gelatin, which is what we used for our experimentation. The original author’s work is found here. http://astelier-medieval-du-cuir.over-blog.com/article-21921258.html Naturally, I wanted to make sure I purchased enough of… Read more »
My very first class I taught at Crossroads 2015 was a Make & Take pouch geared towards newbies and veterans alike. I was extremely nervous to teach but I wanted to challenge myself to do something that could be helpful and fun. I’ve taught the class three more times since then, and have made adjustments and tweaks to the handout… Read more »
Hello & welcome to my little corner of the blogosphere, Thyri’s Blogthing! I’m a bit new to the idea of blogging, but I wanted to give it a chance and chronicle the start of a new journey within the Known World of the SCA. Why do I call it my blogthing you may ask? Well, as I portray a 10th… Read more »