Do You Need A Dotee Doll?
Dotee Dolls are the current quirky fabric-artist swapping fad that takes few materials and little skill. There is no single right way to make a Dotee Doll. That's one reason they're so much fun. And addicting.
One SCA Rule I’m Not Following, Maybe
Recently I got hooked on crochet. So far I've made only flat items but I'm learning. Did you know it has links to SCA period? Or that it has health benefits? Find out all about it.
Haiku From A Broken Ankle
It’s not easy to keep yourself entertained when you're not able to walk or easily go up and down stairs. Trying to stay entertained I wrote a few tanka. This is my best so far.
The Four Biggest Queens Prize Blunders
Queens Prize is a fun competition. The best way to get used to competing in SCA arts and sciences. Blunders may happen, but with care and consideration most can be overcome.
Inktober Regrets
Oops. I couldn't keep up with my Inktober project challenge. Here's what I did accomplish.
Painting Project Completed
Presenting my painted set of Calontir's entry level awards and a bit on how they're created.
Teaching Your Inner Censor To Be Helpful
You know the words. The ones telling you "You made a mistake." That's your Censor. We all have one inside our heads judging every stroke. But to learn scribal arts - or any craft - you have to find a way around your Censor.
Repeating Yourself, Again
What do you do when you have a short-notice scroll assignment? If it's a made on site "combat" scroll the recipient gets what you have in your head, or what you can pull from a brief satellite hook up. So ideas for what you can do if you're not able to do lengthy research.
The Skinny On SCA Arts And Sciences
Arts and Sciences in the Society for Creative Anachronism explained.
When Do You Stop Fixing Things?
Scribal skill improvement comes with experience over time. There are ways to gain experience without a deadline.
The Old Calligrapher
Old calligrapherreminiscing on her pastbeautiful letters.Arthritis crippled fingerswarming in the summer sun. Tanka I composed March 7, 2019. Just getting around to posting it for you.
Making A Hebrew-English Scroll
Making A Hebrew-English Scroll and what it took for me to create the Hebrew calligraphy.
A "New Craft" Learning Experience
I’ve told you before that I think each scroll is an experiment because from beginning to end it’s a string of options. A learning experience all the way. Well, my “new craft” entry into last week’s Baronial Arts and Science’s Championship was one also. My New Craft Entry I wanted to make a clove-infused skin-care product from Gervase Markham’s 1615 book English Housewife, […]
Why? Counted Thread German Brick Stitch Embroidery
As I mentioned before my new passion is developing my persona. While I will never be a Duke Cariadoc of the Bow I’m doing more things Jehanne would have done. I, as Jehanne, lived in 15th century Burgundy in Ghent and Bruges. A prosperous time, well-developed in trade crafts. It eventually came under Maximillian I and Mary of Burgundy‘s control. The Holy Roman […]
Largess: The Art Of Regifting
Largess Display “Back In The Day” Calontir’s summer Coronation is just around the corner. it’s being hosted by the Barony of the Lonely Tower. I hope you’ll come. The event will include a largess display. “What’s that?” you say. In short “largess” are gifts given generously. In the SCA largess is given by Monarchs or the Baronage to show their graciousness and hospitality. A peerage […]
Issabell St. Charles’ Duchy Scroll
Enlarged upper right miniature Project Title: Duchy Scroll for Issabell St. Charles Project Date: January 13, 2018/Coronation Text by: D. Magdalena vander Meere Inspiration for Text: Translation by: Calligrapher: Jehanne Bening Illuminator: Jehanne Bening Measurements: Support: Pergamenata, C and I area 12″ x 16″ Notable Techniques: Flat gilding using Tresser’s gilding size adhesive. Love it. Script: Early Gothic Pens: Mitchell 5 dip pen […]
Heralding: Lonely Tower’s Roll of Arms Project
Barony of the Lonely Tower’s Roll of Arms You’ve seen these before in earlier posts, often in the background. It’s Lonely Tower’s Roll of Arms. Anyone in the Barony who has an SCA heraldic device has a painted picture of it here with your name on the back. The oldest existing armorial is from the 13th century. They continued to be […]
Size Matters: Giraude Benet’s Laurel Scroll
Project Title: Giraude Benet’s Laurel Scroll Project Date: December 9, 2017 Text by: Malachi von Uri Inspiration for Text: Translation by: Calligrapher: Jehanne Bening Illuminator: Jehanne Bening Measurements: 16 x 20 inches Support: Pergamenata heavyweight natural Notable Techniques: Gilding and interlinear lining. Script: Early/Proto- Gothic Pens: Mitchell 1 mm dip nib and Hunt 512 pointed dip nib Inks: Zig Cartoonist Sumi […]
Framed, HL Zaneta’s Calon Cross Scroll
This is unique and special. Amy Dreyer, known as Lady Beatrix in Calontir, posted a picture of HL Zaneta Baseggio‘s Calon Cross scroll after she framed it. I never get to see a scroll’s end result. This is fabulous. HL Zaneta Baseggio’s Callon Cross Scroll Framed When I create a scroll, if possible, I want it to fit a standard size frame so the recipient can save money to display it. Amy went extra miles to custom frame Zaneta’s award. The frame itself appears to be a Renaissance-era repeating pattern of gold acanthus leaves. It echoes the border I emulated on the award. She also included a double mat. Amy described her selections to me on our Facebook‘s group SCA Scribes and Illumination: The uppermost mat is a shiny black that looks pitch black under glass, I used it since you had such an intense black on the border … Inside that is a fillet, chosen because the pattern matches the inner lip of the frame. Under that is a green mat board I chose because it blended the best with the color of the foliage… The frame itself was actually the last bit of a discontinued moulding that we had made into a ready made frame … Amy’s thoughtful choices made Zaneta’s scroll into a truly prized work. Thank you. Related Prior Post: HL Zaneta’s Calon Cross Scroll External Related Source The Frame Shop, Ames, Iowa
HL Zaneta’s Calon Cross Scroll
Project Title: Calon Cross Scroll for Zaneta Baseggio Project Date: October 14, 2017/Crown Tournament Text by: HL Saito Takauji Inspiration for Text: ‘The Prince’ by Machiavelli, James 3:13, and the structures of the Venetian government. La Serenissima Regina means ‘most serene Queen’. The mazor consegio was a self-nominating legislative body, and that works as an analogue for the self nominating […]
An Itinerant Scribe 