This project is a recreation of the Folio page entitled “The Concourse of the Birds”, 1487. This page is thought to be the final page added to the Mantiq al-tair manuscript, originally created in the Timurid period, Persia. It is estimated that this page was completed around 1600. This minature has a slightly different painting... Continue Reading →

When it was announced that Andre L’Epervier had been give a writ to join the Order of Defense, I approached him about doing a new rapier hanger for the occasion. While he already had a hanger, which he had made for himself many years prior, I felt that having multiple hangers would be appropriate for... Continue Reading →

Documentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OMgUBi_N-GSOeBbmUV1JaOBD1QLHFTSQ/view?usp=sharing Ohaben’ is an open garment worn by men and women in late period Russia. Women’s examples have a different style of opening than the men’s. The women’s version of the garment is sometimes called “opashen’” as well. There are several extant examples surviving from royal collections. Ohaben’ was originally clothing of the nobility... Continue Reading →

EK Wiki page: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/index.php?title=Ysabel_da_Costa Ysabel's Notebook, my SCA blog:  https://ysabelsnotebook.wordpress.com Closeup photos of three colchas I examined at the Boston MFA:  https://ysabelsnotebook.wordpress.com/home-page/colchas-at-the-mfa-boston/ Documentation Links: Main documentation Appendices on the handspun silk thread for this project  Appendix comparing figures in this project with the historic model Appendix, period description of an embroidered sari blouse For many centuries, decorative... Continue Reading →

Materials: wool garment with linen loops and silk edging. Linen, silk, and cotton thread. Techniques: Hand-sewn throughout with period stitches. Pleating. Documentation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1elhdMzJ5R89Qf5G4w-XKOYhyPukk8ywKDtTv3_DAxCc/edit EK Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Guðrún_Sveinsdóttir I chose this project because I needed a warm winter smokkr. I was inspired largely by the pleated smokkr fragments found at Køstrup, with further construction techniques and materials inspired by... Continue Reading →