Secret Scroll
Initial letters for a super secret scroll commission due soon. I can’t show anything explicit, but I might show a glimpse now and then…
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As Far As The Eye Can See
Today’s job was making linen bias tape for a friend’s doublet. Miles and miles of bias tape.
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Parchment and Quill
One of my continuing goals is to be as authentic in my craft as I feel I can reasonably be. Sometimes that means that I machine sew my clothes except for visible stitches. Sometimes that means I order three ounces of white silk tram to dye with natural dyes for embroidery. This time, it means
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Maiolica Day
Remember that maiolica tile I painted? Yeah, I still haven’t taken it to get fired, but I painted a plate, too! A bunch of us got together and bought a few little pieces to work on together. Some of us had practice tiles. Some of us had plates. Amata threw that plate herself. On a
Natural Dying, uh, Dyeing Symposium
I finally processed all the pictures from the Natural Dying symposium I went to in September. Somehow, I thought I’d done it already. Better late than never, I suppose. Mordanted fabric strips and threads. We used strips of cotton and linen fabric, and wool and silk embroidery threads, so see how each material took the
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Letters of Intent
Letters of intent for Nick’s rapier teacher and fellow student. Illumination and calligraphy by me. I did one for Nick, too, but neglected to take a picture of it. I’ll see if I can fine one that someone else took… Edit: I found one I took to show Nick what it looked like (he was