Category Archives: illumination

So You Want To Start Scribal: building your scribal box

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Rachel

A lot of people in the past few weeks in the SCA scribal-verse have been asking about how to get started as a scribe in the SCA. I can really only speak as a scribe in Calontir, but the basics … Continue reading →

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The Great Gold Paint Review

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Rachel

As a scribe, I’m often asked what I use for my gold paint, and that’s where I kind of hem and haw a bit. You see, like any other art nerd, I have collected a few different supplies here and … Continue reading →

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Creative Anachronism in the Time of Corona(virus)

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Rachel

Hi all. I know, it’s been a bit since I last blogged. With the global shutdown, and with my modern job heavily tied to taking care of contingencies just like this, I didn’t have much time to devote to the … Continue reading →

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Stretching Scribal Boundaries

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Rachel

So, over the Christmas holiday, I had the opportunity to go to an event in Meridies (hi Thor’s Mountain!), and I seized the opportunity to sit and do some art while I was there. I wasn’t sure what kind of … Continue reading →

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Andrixos’ Herald Extraordinary

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Rachel

When Brigida, Gold Falcon Principal Herald, asked me if I wanted a crack at a scroll, I asked who it was for and I jumped at the the chance. You see, Andrixos (or Drx, more familiarly) wrote both my Calon … Continue reading →

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Experimental Archaeology and Social Media

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Rachel

So, it’s been another week of a post being shared on That Social Media Site of purported 14th century Byzantine garments as they make the rounds. . . again. They’re beautiful, well-crafted, and the photos look like they’ve been taken … Continue reading →

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Logan’s Silver Hammer

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Rachel

Being able to work on this was truly a joy.  The work that Count Logan has done in researching banners and then teaching others, well . . . he gets it.  And his work truly is amazing. When I started … Continue reading →

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Applying a Medieval Aesthetic to Modern Art

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Rachel

As modern people playing a medieval game, we sometimes bring references to our modern loves within our time in the Society, whether it be through subtle cosplay or what goes into a particular piece of art that we create for … Continue reading →

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Achieve!, or the Diary of making an Achievement of Arms

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Rachel

Achievement of Arms are a period way to show off one’s accomplishments in the SCA, as combined with one’s heraldic device.  I had the great fortune to create a conjugal coat of arms for my Byzanbestie Anna and her husband Gieffrei, … Continue reading →

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I live. . .

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Rachel

I know, I know.  I haven’t posted in a while.  I promise I still live.  I’ve been eaten alive by my modern work life and haven’t really posted a lot of the projects I’ve been working on.  I did finish … Continue reading →

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