Greetings! Today I am presenting for your consideration a Northern European seax knife from approximately the 9th century. The blade is primarily made of wrought iron, while the cutting edge is high carbon steel, forge welded to the wrought iron. This was a common practice throughout much of medieval history due to the significantly higher... Continue Reading →

When most people start in the SCA they go out and get a tunic or maybe a periodish shirt and a pair of tights…and invariably sneakers or a pair of plain brown leather shoes. After this they may find some outfits closer to period, a hat and some accessories, but still the modern shoes remain. This... Continue Reading →

East Kingdom Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Tiffan_Fairamay Full documentation: https://thornandthread.wordpress.com/2022/01/07/steatite-lamp-from-viking-age-shetland/ Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SHP7SzIRh9OeWvk4Sl8F5tW55UPgWAGS/view?usp=sharing This project explores the historical context of the hanging steatite lamps found in the Viking age farming settlement of Jarlshof, in Shetland, as well as my own experiments with their manufacture and use. I relied mostly on a carving knife and small chisel to shape pieces of steatite... Continue Reading →

Abridged Guide to Ancient European Tattooing This research will explore the tattoos found on Ötzi the Iceman and the Pazyryk culture mummies and how their ancient markings inspired me to research and then recreate ancient methods of tattooing from Europe. Who were these tattooed people? The tattooed and mummified remains of several individuals of different... Continue Reading →

Here is my writeup about the making of my pewter tokens for the Online Youth A & S display. I hope you enjoy learning about the process! I began by drawing and refining my design, which for this particular project was a raspberry leaf with some roman numerals underneath. Using a smooth piece of soapstone,... Continue Reading →