Reconstruction of a 14th Century Leather Hood Full Documentation Link Alexander has an SCA A&S projects blog at www.unexpectedmaunche.wordpress.com and an ongoing research project at: www.chaucercompangie.wordpress.com In the mid 1980's two scraps of leather with intricate hole patterns were unearthed during an archeological dig in Kalisz, Poland.  It was determined that these pieces were part of the cowl of a mid... Continue Reading →

Full Documentation Link EK Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Sefa_Hrafnsdóttir This research will explore the Lady of Tuna, a pendant discovered in a grave site dig in modern day Sweden and how the depiction of her clothes inspired me to re-create a wearable outfit in the here and now.  Who is she? The Lady of Tuna was discovered in... Continue Reading →

https://youtu.be/oXd-wpAT27c Last fall, a friend gifted me a rommelpot (literally, rumble-pot), also called a friction drum. Rommelpots can be dated back to at least the 16th century (citation). I was excited to have this unusual musical instrument, and was determined to learn a song to play with it. This naturally (for me) led to the... Continue Reading →

This piece is a recreation of an extant Spanish Farthingale, dated to the 1580's. The Spanish farthingale was a cone shaped hoop shirt worn under the full skirts of the Elizabethan era. Geometry was used to approximate the shape and dimensions of the backside of the missing skirt, and then recreated using period methods and... Continue Reading →

For this paper, I revisited a text written about three years ago using a method I developed for modifying period documents. Starting with the same sources, I rewrote the scroll, and used the two texts to make some determinations about myself as an artist and the method. The questions I tried to answer were:What did... Continue Reading →