Making the Haversacks for Gulf Wars was especially fun as TRMs asked us to use Scythian zoomorphic designs as our basis. Researching Scythian is always a blast, and this was no different.
I poured olive oil to sit in two small ceramic jugs. One earthenware with only glaze on the interior & neck and the other in a higher fired and glazed overall jug. I wanted to see how much the olive oil would seep through the pottery.
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I've been following this blog for a while now. I really love seeing all the stuff that people are making! Mistress Morgaina has convinced me to post pictures of my work, so here it is. This is one of three viking style (sort of) wooden boxes I made over my winter break. The top of the boxes are about 1.5" narrower than the base and stand about 2"
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Her Majesty requested largess bags with images of Sythian animals. The image I used was a recumbent stag with bird antlers. It was originally a gold plaque that looks like it had been sewn or attached to something else. There are several examples of the bird shape in antlers of other animals, I really like those crazy birds.