Articles, Class Hand-outs

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Scribal & Book Arts
 

• So you want to be a kingdom scribe (article)

• Hachure – 15th century shading technique (article)

• Making Shell Gold

• Easy Gilding with Miracle Goo (article)

• Titivillus and You: Mistakes are Period

• Layout and Design

• Illumination 101: You Can Draw Too! (article)

• Illumination 103: (Not) Bigger, Brighter, Bolder

• A Witch's Kitchen: Period Materials for the Adventurous Scribe (article)

• Making Knotwork work (article)

• Paint and Pigments

• Medieval Drawing Techniques (article)

• The Care and Feeding of 15th century Grotesques (article)

• Diaperwork (article)

• Pens and Brushes: Celtic Art 

• Pens and Brushes: The Age of Charlemagne

• An Easy Initial – step by step

• Medieval Ink

• Crafting Medieval Brushes

• Panel Painting with egg tempera paint

• 16th century Elizabethan Miniature Portraits (article)

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• From Feather to Pen – Cutting quills for writing (article)

• Calligraphy 101: The Basics (article)

• The Gothic Script - Step by Step

• The Celtic Script – Step by Step

• Script Analysis
   

• 15th century Sealing Wax

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SCA Lore

• Writing Letters of Recommendation (article)

• Me, myself, and I – Persona in the SCA

• Back into the Past – Your first SCA kit (article)

• Teaching a Class

• Demystifying the Art-Sci Competition (article)

• Largesse in the SCA (article)

• Heraldry in the SCA

• The Trimarian Award System

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In Tents

• The Journey Home - Your Medieval Encampment and Presence (article)

• Crafting a simple dayshade (website)

• A simple medieval dayshade (article)

• Let there be light! - Building a King Renee chandelier (article)

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Miscellaneous

 

• How to make a 16th century hand lotion

• Introduction to Norse glass beads and lampworking

• Bezants – Bedazzling for the historical reenactor

• A Beekeeper's Hood (article)

• Medieval hoodlums - A Brief Look at Hoods (article)

• Button Up - thread-woven buttons

• Prim and Proper in the Holy Roman Empire: Wulsthaube and Steuchlein

• Norse Fashion Show: Basics (article)

• Norse Fashion Show: head coverings (article)