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 →

I first made this medicinal restorative in early Autumn. At Summer’s End, while local apples are just becoming available for cider-making, hot and humid September days call for a cool and refreshing drink that will quench one’s thirst yet preserve one’s wits from strong drink. It seems that all my compatriots rely on sekanjabin as... Continue Reading →

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 →