It is New Year's Eve 1852 and Henry HYDENWELL sits at his desk by candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to write his New Year's resolutions ( Read more... )

I know I haven't been posting much lately, and I know a lot of folks are having tough times, so I present a dose of weapons-grade cuteness courtesy of the Weaselking:


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I just found my camera cord after several weeks of it being AWOL, so pardon the sudden explosion of photo posts.

( Not safe for work if your work frowns on artistic glass nudity. )

So I posted about the Viking-era swastika bead a few days ago. albreda said she'd wear it if I made it, so I turned on my torch tonight and gave it a shot.*

Original:
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My personal challenge as part of the A&S 50 project has been to identify and recreate 50 different period glass bead designs. So far, I'm more than halfway there, but this is the first documentation I've posted online.


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I spent most of my afternoon in the online collections of the Swedish National Historical Museum, looking at the glass beads in their collections. If there's one thing historical lampworking has taught me, it's how to say "glass bead" in half a dozen different languages I don't actually speak ( Read more... )

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Baker's Mark Stamp

English, 16th century.

Lady Elinor Strangewayes, OM.

Categories: 25. Heraldic Display; 22. Sculpture and Carving.


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