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carving
carving
I carved this La Tène meander with hand tools into a thrift-store bowl.
The original bowl is known as "The Glastonbury Tub" and was excavated in the late 1800s, documented as follows:
"…a portion of a tub 6 inches high by 1 foot in diameter, cut out of a solid piece of ash, and having its exterior surface decorated with flowing lines of extreme beauty, resembling scrolls of foliage converted into geometrical ornament by successive copying.Where the flowing lines diverge, the trumpet-shaped expansions are shaded with diagonal cross-hatchings and dots.There is a good model of this tub in the british museum.The designs on the woodwork from Glastonbury are produced by incising the surface with some fine sharp-pointed tool, and afterwards burnt in by passing a piece of heated metal along the incisions." (text from p. 126-127, image from p. 147)
Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly). (1904). Celtic art in pagan and Christian times. Philadelphia: Jacobs. Retrieved from Hathi trust December 3, 2022
metal chain belt
metal chain belt
Made under the instruction of Vortigern of the Crafty Celts when I lived in South Carolina in the mid-1990s. Vortigern made the snake hooks, I did everything else. It is based on Dalj type Bronze Age belts, mostly found in the Carpathian Basin and dating from La Tène C. One was also found in the cemetary at Dürrnberg. See Drnić and Dizdar, 2021 https://www.academia.edu/67753148/Iron_belts_of_the_Dalj_type_A_study_of_regionalization_of_the_Middle_La_T%C3%A8ne_female_costume
leather tooling
leather tooling
I enjoyed trying my hand at this but, after stippling my egg symbol, decided to move on. ADHD means I have more breadth than depth in crafts...but the thing I often say to new people or those unfamiliar with reenactment is that, if you want to try a new craft or enter a new interest area, you can always find a dozen people willing to geek out with you and help you learn!
Pewter Casting
Pewter Casting
Done as part of a baronial class taught by Noble Shirin Shamsi, this involved transfering a design using carbon paper, carving with exacto-knife, pouring hot metal and filing off the edges. Try all the things!
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