Red Wizard Hats

Three girls from across the vast Eurasian steppe, and their really, really tall headdresses!

From left to right: the Russian kokoshnik, the Kazakh saukele, and the Mongol boqtaq.

The Thud connection is a good observation, but this is the game that Thud is based upon, Hnefatafl, the game from viking era Scandinavia which is one of a family of games that were popular particularly in northern Europe before Chess arrived and everyone got obsessed with it.

I spent the last month or so designing the pieces and working out how to make everything, I bought the materials for the pieces for laser cutting, I bought the drawstring bags and designed the board so that I could screenprint onto them, and I printed out a set of rules to go with it!

The Thud connection is a good observation, but this is the game that Thud is based upon, Hnefatafl, the game from viking era Scandinavia which is one of a family of games that were popular particularly in northern Europe before Chess arrived and everyone got obsessed with it.

I spent the last month or so designing the pieces and working out how to make everything, I bought the materials for the pieces for laser cutting, I bought the drawstring bags and designed the board so that I could screenprint onto them, and I printed out a set of rules to go with it!

The Thud connection is a good observation, but this is the game that Thud is based upon, Hnefatafl, the game from viking era Scandinavia which is one of a family of games that were popular particularly in northern Europe before Chess arrived and everyone got obsessed with it.

I spent the last month or so designing the pieces and working out how to make everything, I bought the materials for the pieces for laser cutting, I bought the drawstring bags and designed the board so that I could screenprint onto them, and I printed out a set of rules to go with it!

Endangered Species Highlight: The Water Cone Wizard

Four cornered hat, Huari culture, Peru, 600-900 AD

Looped Hats Wari, 650-1000 CE

Camelid fiber and cotton

PC.B.513, PC.B.514, PC.B.565

These stylish hats were worn by high-status men during the Wari Empire. They were constructed using a single-element looping technique. The intricate patterns were created in colored pile by inserting a supplementary yarn into each knot as it was tied, and then cutting the yarn loop's top edge to create a "furry" or napped surface.

And a special low quality recording!

I got several questions about why I wore a beard.

Sun

Rain

Snow

Swan venom

Butterflies with ill intent

Airplane venom

Surprise beets

I had such a happy day contributing to the extraordinary grass root creative explosion that is Kyndelsmarknad i Lykttändargränd.

It is amazing what ordinary people willing to freely play their way to a common goal, ticking off all the hundred little musts and ought tos along the way can accomplish. I have made so many friends here over the years, and developed my own art as well.