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Overview of the Year
I’m sure this will surprise no one, but this has been a weird year, and not just for directly pandemic reasons. I paired full time graduate school with full time work, so hopefully can be forgiven for going a little light on the documentation this year in favor of providing an overview of this year’s projects. I started sewing with the Barony of Blatha an Oir sewing nights in 2019, and went to my first event, September Crown, that fall. In a lot of ways, I’m still trying out a lot of different things in the SCA space, and this exhibit documents my experiments and progress in skill building in my areas of interest.
This exhibit is not the deep dive into one of my many passions like I showcased last year. If you’d like to see last year’s much more documented hennin work, which I am still continuing this year, that can be found here. Instead, this is more of a year-in-review portfolio…of all the things I remembered to take pictures of, at least XD.
My mentor is the awesome Barwnes Angharat verch Reynulf, who is an inspiration to all who know her.
Millinery
Second Try at a French Hood 
Second Try at a French Hood 
Steeple hennin (vellum), worn with veil and Burgundian dress 
Steeple hennin (vellum and wire), worn with peaked velvet hood, veil and Burgundian dress 
Narrower Steeple hennin (vellum), worn with velvet hood (ala early English hoods) and veil 
Newest version of a hennin (vellum), with a new partlet and interior velvet band to improve fit. 
Photos from hood and hennin construction 
Photos from hood and hennin construction 
Photos from hood and hennin construction 
Photos from hood and hennin construction 
Components of being a fully dressed Burgundian 
Wearing the frontlet over braids 
Inside of a hennin 
Photos from hood and hennin construction 
Photos from hood and hennin construction 
Photos from hood and hennin construction
Scribal
Image from Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X of Castile, 13th century, part of the inspiration for my Bardic Scroll 
Illumination from 13th-14th c. illuminated French manuscript in the British Library, part of my inspiration for the Bardic scroll 
Part of my inspiration for the Bardic Scroll – was not attributed beyond 14th c. on Pinterest, and could not find the original source with a reverse image search. 
From Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, c. 1075-1125, Harley MS 4951, f. 298v; Part of inspiration for Bardic Scroll 
Folio 14v of Mary of Burgundy’s Book of Hours: The Virgin in a church with Mary of Burgundy at her devotions. Inspiration for part of my Arts and Sciences Scroll design 
Illumination from Roman de la Rose (British Library); Part of Inspiration of Archery Scroll Design 
Roman de la Rose f. 129v (Venus aims at the castle) from the National Library of Wales; Part of Archery Scroll Design Inspiration 
Illumination of Christine de Pizan from The Book of the City of Ladies, part of my inspiration for my A&S scroll design 
Miniature of an elephant and castle; from a bestiary, England, 2nd quarter of the 13th century, Harley MS 4751, f. 8r.; Part of Inspiration of Archery Scroll Design 
First painting assignment for Scribal 
Panther’s Torch Award I painted 
Panther’s Torch Award I painted 
Heavy Champion Design; template and style is inspired by the Garima Gospels, Ethiopia, 14th century 
Bardic Champion Scroll Design, inspired primary by the Roman de la Rose manuscripts cited above. Music is a score from Tale as Old as Time, for reasons of whimsy. 
Archery Champion Scroll Design 
Rapier Champion Design 
Arts and Sciences Championship Scroll Design
Costuming
Baby coif for a friend’s daughter, inspired by the St Brigitta cap 
Baby coif for a friend’s daughter 
Baby coif for a friend’s daughter 
First try at making norse garb, including making my own beads (except six that were gifted), and tin turtle brooches. The straps were too close together, which is a lesson for next time XD. 
Backside of first try at a coif 
First try at a coif 
First photo of Doublet creation, using a Tudor Tailor Boy’s Doublet pattern 
Start of Doublet assembly 
Doublet assembled except for the collar 
Boy’s Doublet I made for Alphonso di Contino. This was my first real try at embroidery, and my second doublet. 
My favorite mask I’ve made for SCA events
Classes taught
This was my first year (successfully, I hope) teaching classes! I also spent a lot of the year taking them and moderating virtual events. These are the powerpoints from both of my classes, though I haven’t managed to record either yet.
Culinary
Completed pocket pies 
Completed Shropshire Cakes
My current project is preparing for a (tentative) Harvest Feast for Blatha an Oir on November 6th with an Italian theme. I have a menu outline and a long list of recipes to try, and am studying up on how to be a good event steward.
Miscellaneous/In Progress
Custom daffodil blackwork digital embroidery pattern I made 
Machine embroidering band using my design to pleat into for my Venetian camicia 
Second baby coif, in progress; combination of hand embroidery and machine embroidery using the pattern from MadWoman Digital Embroidery on Etsy 
Cutting out Tudor overgown for Gwerydd Aurifaber 
Paying the toll for cutting out the Tudor overgown for Gwerydd Aurifaber 
Choosing trims for reversible Tudor overgown 
Choosing trims for reversible Tudor overgown 
Mockup of Tudor overgown 
Mockup of Tudor overgown worn by Gwerydd Aurifaber 
Tudor overgown, pre-sleeves and trim for Gwerydd Aurifaber. 
Chopine from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, inspiration for my current shoe-making project for a Venetian 12th night challenge. I’m currently working on shaping a wood block for this, before making it out of cork for the final version.
Tudor overgown: Done, except photos of the finished outfit (Gwerydd Aurifaber is currently expecting, so it will be a while until I get those)
Venetian 12th night challenge outfit: Working on the chopines and partlet for 1530s Venetian garb, and embroidery for the chemise.
Burgundian 12th night challenge outfit: Mockup done for kirtle and houppelande, need to have an in-person fitting to make the kirtle. Learning basketry for the hennin.
Wow! So much great work! I’ve struggled myself to create in the past year (internal motivations and deadlines do very little for me…) and I’m inspired by you, your work, and your dedication and perseverance. Well done!
Wow! You are a prolific creator – I’m inspired! I hope you teach your pottage class again because I’d love to take it. I’m going to study the slides further for sure. You do amazing work, thank you for sharing – especially as you balance school and life with the SCA.
Thank you! I definitely will – I’m still making potage pretty regularly, and I just got a new recipe book to try some new variations on it.
What an impressive body of work! Congratulations on both your productivity and your versatility.
Thank you š
Your hennins look great! I’m so excited to get our Burgundian Snazz on in person!
I’m super excited for that too! I have most excellent plans/schemes š
My Goodness Talk about making the best of a bad situation! you took the plague by storm and let your creativity run free! I for one am of course most excited for the scribal aspect of all of this ( gee wonder why) Keep up the amazing work you have done thus far! Excited to see what else you tackle this year!!
Thank you Nykera! Scribal, especially scroll design, is a lot of fun, and I’m still working on calligraphy some, too…hopefully next year I’ll have some good examples of that to show off, too.
I am amazed at how much you manage to do in combination with the challenges of work, school and everything else, including being an officer of the Barony, retinue, volunteering for event teams, and plunging full into the depths of so many intriguing things. It is a delight to see you stretch your boundaries and grow.
Thank you for your support in that too š