Bardic Bedlam is here, in the Barony of the Lonely Tower. It’s a bardic sharing event named after the book series with a similar name. This year I had a different job for it. My friend Lady Zafara Baabur asked me to be the crash-space coordinator, a new-to-me task. So I did my usual and winged…
I’ve been searching all over the web for a metal pen picture I know is out there. It seems to have gone the way of some other historic metal pen pictures. If you’re like me you’re another scribe wanting to know metal pens and nibs are pre-17th Century. While metal pens and nibs have roots…
Have you ever had this happen, your favorite illumination brush is eaten by your dog? That’s what Pippa did recently. All Fixed Well, she didn’t eat the whole brush. She chomped the handle into two pieces, just above the ferrule. That left me an unusable stubby brush. But, I was able to rescue it. Using my electric…
Recently at our scribal meeting, I was asked about how I use my gouache palette. Do I put out new paints for each painting session? Do I reconstitute the dried paint in its well? What do I do if the paint breaks into small bits? All great questions. This is what I do. You may…
When I had two peerage scrolls on my calendar I surveyed my C & I supplies for missing necessities. I ordered them on John Neal Bookseller’s website. I’m a sucker for books so I also looked for their’s on clearance. I found Enrich Your Calligraphy by Diana Hardy Wilson and decided to take a chance on it….
Demos are a common activity you find in the SCA. They educate the public about life in the Middle Ages, show off our crafts and skills, and help us find new member.
Today the Barony of the Lonely Tower put on a demonstration at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. The university’s Medieval and Renaissance Studies Department promoted it, calling it “Encountering the Past: Costumes, Crafts & Combats”.
You couldn’t ask for a more beneficial three hours.
Mini Scrolls Prior To Illumination Have you ever had calligraphy practice come out of nowhere and fall into your lap? That’s what happened to me recently. With the new Baron and Baroness, Augustin and Aleit, came renewed inspiration for calligraphy and illumination. Their wish was to have a small 5″ x 7″ hand done scroll…
Archive Photo Of Jantige’s Fiber Arts As a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism you live to learn about and make things used prior to 1600. Being creative is a big part of what you do. It’s is even in our name. You have SCA friends at all creativity levels. Some are even geniuses. Each creative level is…