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Beaumaris, Bryn Celli Dhu Burial Chamber, Snowdonia, Harlech
We covered a lot of ground today! ( Read more... ) -
Just like Jonah...
We're in Wales!( Wales....somewhere in the Midwest, I hear. ) -
My Visard Mask
Saturday I debuted my new Visard Mask. This is a mask worn by 16th and 17th century ladies to protect their face when traveling and outdoors to prevent a tan which would imply that they worked in the field. The masks were generally of black velvet on the outside, silk or sweet leather on the inside, and stiffened by a "pressed-paper" inner layer. ( Read more... ) -
Tinted Ruffs Class Materials
Here are the class materials I created for my class on tinted ruffs in the 16th Century. Not sure how long these will be hosted where they are now (thanks to trystbat for posting!) so feel free to download if you want them, however please play nice and attribute my materials to me or else.
Class lecture handout: A Rainbow of Ruffs
Slideshow: Tinted Ruffs ( Read more... ) -
Story Time!
So BART is on strike. Is Oct 18th just the day for calamity and difficulty in the Bay Area? Remember the big Oakland Hills Fire? OK, that started on Oct 19th, but that's pretty close ( Read more... ) -
Smalt-tinting my starch
I recently acquired some smalt, which is a documentably period method of tinting starch for ruffs. Having already done some tinting with cochineal, which is an extrapolated use and method based on knowing that they had purple/pink, I wanted to try out one that was definitely used for sure and true. ( Image heavy post! ) -
Lumieres Picnic
My sweetie-pops and I traveled today to 18th Century France to attend the Lumieres Picnic at the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. We'd been invited to Lumieres events before but had never managed to attend one, so when I awoke this morning with a monster migraine I wasn't willing to let it derail our plans. I popped an imitrex, laced up the ( Read more... ) -
St. Petersburg, 18th Century Splendor!
(Note: Part of a series of entries from my handwritten travel journal.)
Friday, 2 August 2013
We got an early start this morning for the Hermitage, we had an arranged early entrance to the museum so that we could enjoy the art and treasures an hour before the rest of the hoards arrived. (Russia has a shorter tourist season than many other ( Read more... ) -
St. Petersburg, Day 1
(Note: Part of a series of entries from my handwritten travel journal.)
Thursday, 1 August 2013
St. Petersburg - finally! I have been so looking forward to the day we arrived in St. Petersburg! ( Read more... )