The Craftings of Icka The Goth

Quartz with inclusions, lava rock, and brass beads on brass wire

Machineel (little apple of death) panel on the hood of my patchwork coat done.

It’s on the hood rather than the body of the coat because just brushing the machineel tree can leave blisters on your skin.

Ammonite fossil pendant, agate and glass beads.

Finished making a Roman jewellery set for Angie. She requested black, blue, and gold. Sapphire and pearls on brass wire, with an amethyst pendant.

Necklace inspired by this one at the Met:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/251019

Gift for Po, freshwater pearl and two different kinds of aventurine on brass, with space for a medallion.

Turquoise and silver beads on square wire for @elinordear.

Agate, Pearl, and Ammonite fossil necklace for Zoe.

I made the dark agate sections first, then gave Zoe her choice between pearl, amber, sapphire, and amethyst to go inbetween the agate.

Dick necklace.

Last minute gift, Roman style necklace using beads from the stash. Glass, pearls, turquoise, and one smokey quartz bead.

There’s a local recycled craft store called ‘Who Gives a Scrap’, and at the front they have large bins full of scrap fabric and other miscellaneous items you can take for free.

The tassled bag, I saw the fabric and immediately started cackling at how hideous it was and immediately knew it was perfect for an SCA bag. The inside is a dark plum linen I had laying around that was the exact same height as this fabric. Perfect!

Wanted to make it as big of an eyesore as possible, and instead it came out lovely. Ah, well.

There’s two draw strings on it. The orange is mean to attach to the waist, and then it can be closed with the blue ribbons.

The smaller bag is actually made from a sock. Someone had sliced a sock up the back, and I thought the pattern was cool. Got two little bags out of the material, figuring they’d be good dice bags. In this case, it’s a jewellery bag.

Lapis lazuli and pearl necklace and earrings for Viscountess Lori. She doesn’t do a set period, so went for something vaguely medieval-ish and mimics her heraldry. She’ll get it tomorrow and if she doesn’t have a medallion for the middle, I’ll add another pearl.

Never done beads hanging off the main strand like this before, ended up restringing it a couple of times to get it right.

Green, Gold, and Purple are her heraldic colours. Was originally going to do gold beads instead of pearls, but it didn’t look right.

Meant for this to be a chain for her Laurel pendants, so added a temporary pendant of carved amethyst.

So when I moved to Outlands, I immediately started attending Scribal nights. Because shocker, unlike some East Kingdom baronies who shall remain nameless, they actually listed the time and location of said Arts nights. 😱

It took two Scribals and a fighter practise to discover that the person who was hosting is the Baroness. 😅 She and the Baron are stepping down soon, so I wanted to make her something to thank her for the work she’s done and for being so welcoming.

Her persona is Tudor, and I loved the double strand pearl necklace worn by several of Henry VIII’s wives. And I tried, but I don’t have the correct double hole beads in my stash to do them, nor do I have the cash to get replica ones.

So instead, it’s a single strand choker, which is also common in Tudor fashion, with a jump ring in the centre for a pendant. Pearls are both white and ivory ‘potato’ pearls, aventurine (also seen on the green Roman Necklace) and amethysts carved into melons from a previous project. There’s also some small gold spacer and cap beads to give the gemstones room to breathe.

Purple and green are pretty much the Barony’s colours, so it’s heraldic!

Prolly could have used glass pearls, but I don’t like how uniform they are for historical jewellery, they’re too perfect. It’s the flaws that make the jewellery interesting.

Gave away 90% of my garb when I moved cross country from East Kingdom to Outlands, and thankfully, got a tunic from Gold Key and was gifted this wool apron dress from a new friend who no longer wears it.

Been embroidering it for the past month while at various petsitting jobs. The pets helped.

The top and sides were done with a double herringbone stitch in green and purple, then went back and backstitched in gold to make it look like a triple herringbone, since I wasn’t going to go through all four layers of wool. The straps have both the double and the triple pattern, to give it some variation, and the bottom hems are just a single herringbone in green.

Both the apron dress and the embroidery threads are wool, so they’ll felt together with time and use.

Roman necklace, made with brass wire, pearls, aventurine, raw emeralds, and the large glass looking beads are aquamarine.

First time trying to do a double strand, which was a little tricker than I anticipated. Strands were also dictated by how many aquamarine I had, was using stones from when had access to the Tucson Gem and Mineral show.

Pearl and garnet Roman necklace in gold for someone I met recently and they just elevated to Laurel. They’ve been kind, and stressed, so I made them this.

Designed this so the black pearl can be replaced by a medallion.