Ant's project space

Last year I was on a secondment to a new team. They're all lovely people and continue to be very supportive of my learning curve. One o...

10th century,  Neyshabur, Iran,  Sancai refers to a glazing tradition from China's Tang dynesty (~600-900 CE) which utilises gre...

I've just finished upgrading this UFO. I made this dress from a tennis dress pattern in 2004/5 (specifics are faint). The fabric came fr...

  Fuzzy yellow caterpillar photographed around Leederville, Perth. Cleaning up images my phone and I found this critter - a Trichiocerc...

  I'm pretty confident this is a Solanum variety. Possibly Solanum lasiophyllum as it's leaves are more fuzzy than the orbiculat...

Every steampunk party requires appropriate decorations. My lovely hosts had everything covered which meant I could spend an hour or so modi...

I have no idea what species these flowers are, but they are a beautiful splash of colour in an otherwise red and dusty environment.

Remember my block printing haul from Joann's? I've started experimenting with them. The blocks are carved wood with the print surfa...

At Pennsic, I made a thing!! Under the expert direction of Master Simon I made a howl. I threw it using a foot powered wheel and then it w...

As you can tell from the recent flurry of posts, I attended Pennsic again this year. I also took the opportunity to goto Joann's. For t...

*NB: this post has been set to publish itself two weeks after writing as it relates to gifts for people. This week I've been teachin...

I've continued my experiments with printing with rubber stamps. In the original post I mentioned some learnings from the experiment. On...

As outlined in previously , Kashan, Iran seems to be the initial production site of Blue on White ceramics. This is due to Kashan's pro...

I'm playing with block printing again. I've acquired some sample bags from work. Typically the B sample bag for standards is throw...

I made a plate for my friend Phillipa. She's pretty awesome and loves her chickens so when I found the following image I couldn't h...

Testing the outfit the night before - who wore it better? I'm really happy with how my Pelican outfit turned out. It's...

The hat (and wings) on a Peri. The hat often has the same texture as the wings. The hat has been viewed in passing but was the best ...

I got so heavily involved in making the outfit, I never actually completed the outfit diary. The 1st anniversary of my Pelicaning is fast ap...

SCA reference names for the indian sub-continent. In the format of NAME, Occupation, sex, date, caste (where possible) Out of order and n...

 No.  Star Tile  Original tile  Time / Place  1 Kashan 1262  2 ...