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Dress like the Testard illumination you wish to see in the world

I did not fight on Saturday.  INSTEAD, I ACHIEVED A STEP CLOSER TO MY GOALS.  Well, a goal anyway.  I want to look like Robinet Testard painted me and I walked into an event. It’s a weird goal, but it is mine. Relatedly:  a few months ago, I decided to spend more time on details… Continue reading Dress like the Testard illumination you wish to see in the world

Projects · research

OH NO, EVERYTHING’S MOSTLY OK: Challenges in Studying a Stable Period

Humans are storytellers.  We thrive on stories of conflict and change.  All stories have that in common.  There’s a cast, a problem, a conflict over the problem, then a solution.  History lovers (and I include myself in this group) are drawn to periods where things are happening.  It’s half the reason we have so many… Continue reading OH NO, EVERYTHING’S MOSTLY OK: Challenges in Studying a Stable Period

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How to be the expert: Late medieval, Early Renaissance Avignon/Provence

Subtitle:  NOT EVERYTHING IN THIS PERIOD WITH A FULL SKIRT AND A V NECK IS A BURGUNDIAN. I am currently working on a full Avignon/provençal 1480s-1510s kit and persona.  I don’t know of anyone in the SCA who does my location and period and what I have to go off of is various “this looks… Continue reading How to be the expert: Late medieval, Early Renaissance Avignon/Provence