June 29- Vitória To really drive the point that there are more examples of specialized vocabulary for pre-colonial and colonial era queer folk and that we have always been here, Luiz Mott, a Brazilian queer historian, “popularized” the story of a woman from Benin from the arrest records of the Portuguese Inquisition in Lisbon in... Continue Reading →
Mairi Crawford — Roman Jewelry
Name: Lady Mairi Crawford Project: Roman Jewelry Location: Iron Bog EK Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Mairi_Crawford Blog: http://mairicrawfordsart.wordpress.com/ I found this necklace in the Worcester Art Museum and needed to make it. I practice the skills I would need to create this piece. It is Roman from the Byzantine Empire Cyprus. Additional Documentation is available on my blog:... Continue Reading →
Edward MacGyver dos Scorpus — Pelican Scroll
Name: Sir Edward MacGyver Dos Scorpus, Master of the Laurel Project: Order of the Pelican Scroll Location: Malagentia Ek Wiki: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Edward_MacGyver_dos_Scorpus Category: Scribal Arts, Calligraphy This a project of love, creation of Cadels and flourishings, using a Cadel and pen process, painting with a pen, to create the Pelican symbol. Recently award at The Black... Continue Reading →
Ciaran ua Meic Thire — Ise Katagami Tiger
Name: Ciaran ua Meic Thire Project: Ise Katagami Tiger Location: Barony of Carillion EK Wiki link: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Ciaran_Ua_Meic_Thire Blog Link: https://darkwolfdesigns.wordpress.com/?_gl=1*4tsp33*_gcl_au*MTQzMjI3ODYyMi4xNzQyNjc5NTEw Category: Scribal, Paper Arts As the invention of paper spread across the world, so too did many cultures discover that paint or pen are not the only way to make art with paper. Within a few hundred... Continue Reading →
Adelisa Salernitana — Arabic-Sicilian Scaf Dance
Name: THL Adelisa Salernitana Project: Arabic-Sicilian Scarf Dance Location: Barony of Buckland Cross East Kingdom Wiki Link: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Adelisa_Salernitana Website/Blog Link: https://siquillya.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/arab-sicilian-scarf-dance/ Category: Performance In the First Bardic War, an online event in May 2021, I entered the Non-European dance category with my recreation of a scarf dance as depicted on the muqarnas ceiling of the Cappella Palatina in... Continue Reading →