Name: Arabella De Mere, OL Location: Shire of Old Stonebridges, Rockland County NY Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Arabella_De_Mere Website: https://www.arabellademere.com/ About the project: I am always flattered when I am asked to make something for an elevation, and will try my hardest to do what I can.  In this case, I was asked to make a tablet woven... Continue Reading →

Name: Hilde Perdue Location: Crown Lands – Southern Vermont Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Hilde_Perdue I made the enamel piece that would have been used in a Late Period Saxon brooch. The design is based on a Late Saxon brooch, circa 900 – 1100 AD. I only focused on the enameling techniques used. For my piece I used a... Continue Reading →

Name: Don Doroga Voronin Location: Barony of Carolingia Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Doroga_Voronin View Slideshow Here This slideshow is my preliminary analysis of how Luis Pacheco de Narvaez of the style of Spanish fencing called La Verdadera Destreza/Destreza/LVD wrote about how to fight a certain style of weapon, and examining the context in which it was written with... Continue Reading →

Name: Caitríona inghean Ui Shíodhachaín Location: Barony of Stonemarche Wiki: Caitríona inghean Ui Shíodhachaín This fall, I volunteered to help work on the Queen's gift from Athena's Thimble to Honig II at her coronation.  Her request turned out to be a needlepoint embroidery footstool with the Blue Tyger of the East and Roses.  In this... Continue Reading →

Name: Lady Guðrún SveinsdóttirLocation: Shire of Mountain Freehold (Northern Region)Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Guðrún_SveinsdóttirBlog: https://gudrunsmusings.wordpress.com This cap was my first foray into hand-sewing with a period bronze needle. I used linen fabric, sewn with linen thread (beeswaxed for added durability), and linen lucet cord ties (also made by me). I used period-style shears as thread-snips. Mine are steel... Continue Reading →