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Spent this morning bottling 'Another way to make Meath' with Lady Elana (the Lady Brewer). She's been popping over (10 hour driv...

I'm having trouble not thinking about the Cranach gowns. I did a breastcover (actually brustflect aparently) analysis today. I examined ...

Found the perfect fabric for the snood lining (apparently called a goldhaube) in my fabric stash today! I think it looks great under the pe...

A number of the Spanish plates I have investigated appear to have some sort of relief. Figure 1 shows two different styles, the image on the...

As I am working on a 16 th c Cranach gown (saxon), I need to create the appropriate accessories. I have started with headwear as I already...

So Atlantia November Crown (2011) has come and gone. Since I'd managed to kill all of my good dresses while teaching medieval history or...

I have finally finished one of my UFO's that has been sitting around for years. (since early 2005). It's needed the brim finished fo...

My GNW household tasks: Improve Fighting  My left hand is getting stronger and my defense is a little better. I think this one is in the b...

Started plate 5 over the weekend. That is to say, started the front of plate 5. Originally this plate was to be the prize of the A&S ...

Constanzia’s plate is the third one I’ve ever completed. The most important constraint upon the design was it had to be appropriate for her ...

Their majesties were visiting for Winterfeast 2011 for which I was the steward and head cook. I decided to base the event on 1560 because I ...

I found this while researching my next plate! http://diccionario.ceramicsbensu.es/en/ An illustrated ceramic dictionary with a focus on ...

Some questions have been bugging me: How do you make Sun yellow glaze? Why does it appear that the Spanish don't utilise it for plate...

 Isn’t it pretty? Motifs and decoration: I created this plate partly for the Winterfeast event. The theory was that I’d make one for...