Sæwulf

Model in armor, Zbiroh Castle (Bohemia), early 1920s

Photo by Alphonse Mucha

(Czech artist and decorator, widely celebrated as the founding father of Art Nouveau; jeweler, and photographer)

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Модель в доспехах, замок Збирог (Богемия), начало 1920-х

Simply compelled to try and crawl into the nearest body of water at all times in full costume. This was back in May at an embroidery event I went to with a friend, absolutely gorgeous location! 🌿

The fantastically etched and silvered Sallet of Philip the Handsome, attributed to Domenico Negroli,

Length: 16 in/40.7 cm

Width: 9.8 in/25 cm

Height: 8.3 in/21 cm

Weight: 5.9 lbs/2680 g

Close ups of my new sword.

New sword who dis

First photos from Whidbey Ren Faire are starting to come out. ^^

This one brought to you by the talented Chris Duppenthaler 📷

New leather pattens post!

I made a pair of leather pattens three years ago, but back then we were more experimenting, and after 3 years of service, my pattens are so worn that I doubt they would survive another event

So, last weekend I visited my shoemaker friend and we started to make new ones (because he also wanted a pair)

Last time when I made them with another friend, we made the pattern for it ourselves, but this time, we used the actual pattern of a real find to base the shape on

specifically this one!

This is from the book "Archaeological Footwear II: Sandals, Pattens and Mules, from the Roman, Mediaeval and Modern periods" by Marquita Volken, THE expert of medieval footwear in Europe, who I had the pleasure to meet a few years ago at an event. I can very much recommend her books, because not only are they historical analysis and finds, but also she remade a lot of the finds and explains how they were constructed. So 10/10!

so we took the pattern and increased it to match our foot size, and after a few smaller changes made our own patterns for it

and then we started cutting the leather. We used a very thick leather for the soles and then a slightly thinner layer for the strips

I also changed the front pattern to an even simpler one

we found one historical source for that crossed pattern that I ended up using. We then did some cheating and glued the soles together for stability (i want them to last a bit longer than 3 years)

and we drilled holes. Then I stitched the soles together

And then to the straps

first I made these kind of holes that go from.the top to the side, to sew on the straps

and tested them with medieval shoes, and they fit