The video was taken by Kajira Camber of Wiesenfeuer, Ansteorra at Calontir‘s Kris Kinder event December 2012 and published on Youtube, Feb 9, 2013
Hey all! Some of you have asked why I write so many detailed posts about the SCA and all things artsy. The answer is pretty simple! As I see it, a Laurel in the SCA, has four key responsibilities that guide my involvement: Championing the Arts and Sciences – I love being a proponent of…
I am not a politician. bragging about my accomplishments. I don’t want to be that obnoxious person needling your nerves with bluster and boast. Even so, we all need ways to spotlight our own talents, scribal and other. As a scribe, our works commonly are grandly shown at court, taken home and hung on a wall. While…
Vellum or parchment is made from animal skins processed until they are smooth and thin enough for light to pass through. It’s been used for book-pages longer than has paper. You can find one of the oldest surviving books in the British Library, the Codex Sinaiticus. It was written on parchment in the fourth century and is over 1600 years old….
In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang describe how complementary, connected, separate influences compel and connect. I know many such twosomes that exist. Fire and water, expansion and contraction to name two. The SCA has its own. Current creation methods and historic recreation efforts. As a scribal production Laurel, I am drawn to Medieval illuminated manuscript techniques and…
M. Giraude’s laurel scroll showing interlinear and filigree lines. For years I’ve fussed over painting straight lines on a scroll. I keep coming back to starting with a ruler and light pencil lines then painting over those lines. The problem is when you use light intensity paints like pink, white, or yellow you see the pencil line through…
Dear Readers, As I’ve been diving deeper into Jehanne Bening’s story and life in 15th-century Bruges, I’ve realized that I might have repeated myself in a few of my recent blog posts. My enthusiasm for sharing this world and these characters with you sometimes leads me to revisit the same ideas, perhaps more often than…
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