A truly stupid action on my part brought me back to tablet weaving. A friend always gave me her tablet weaving braids for selling on my markets. And the last time I got them, I left the bag with the tablet weaving braids and needlebound hats in the train. Unfortunately no one came forward to [...]
I am still trying my hand at different medieval crafts. So I came across Nålebinding or needle binding. Needle binding is the precursor of knitting & crocheting. With knitting & crocheting you are using loops to form a fabric. With needle binding on the other hand you are using more or less complicated knots. For [...]
I recently tried my hand at another old craft. This time it was tablet weaving. Tablet weaving is a technique to weave more or less narrow bands with the help of punched small tablets. These bands have been made since 800 BC. The bands are often used as edge trimming for clothes, belts or dog [...]
For my market tent I built a simple clothing rack from wood and fabric. The model is probably not historically correct (except for earky 21st century), but the techniques I used are. ;) Like my Viking market tent it is made from two triangles made from wooden boards, connected by round wooden poles. They are [...]
This year I will be attending some renaissance faires with Larva again. Last year I was travelling through all of Germany. That was very interesting, but unfortunately it didn't really pay off. Only the gas expenses and the market fees used up most of the earnings. So this year I am concentrating on medieval markets [...]
This and last week I took some time off to tackle some of my bigger projects. First on the list was the renovation of my medieval market tent. Last year I used it twice, so it is basically functioning. But there is always something you can improve. First I gave the viking tent's canopy a [...]
My last market before the summer is pending. It's the renaissance fair in Ravensburg-Oberzell in the context of their 1200 year celebrations. The fair is from June 4th to 5th 2016. And it is the first market I will use my new old viking tent. And since that would be too easy I also tried myself [...]
Another beautiful project with Silver Wolfie aka Joanna. Joanna wanted to do a Loki cosplay. I guess she actually though of the male movie version, but I had just recently read the Marvel comics where Loki was out and about as a woman. And Joanna didn't have anything against that costume either. It was also [...]
Last summer I got an introduction to (more or less) authentic medieval tailoring. And during the christmas holidays I had some time to start the first project: A simple late medieval (late 14th century) dress and undergarment. I have been mostly ill the last weeks (two colds in a row...) so it all took quite some [...]
Well, well, well, it really takes a long time for me to upload new pictures. I finished the Khaleesi cosplay (inspired by Game of Thrones) last year in October and I got back the pictures January this year. And it took only until December of the same year until you can see them on my [...]
Two weeks ago on Saturday I attended a course for spinning yarn by hand. This means spinning and twisting threads from animal or plant fibers. The course instructor does not only know how to spin yarn, but she also knows a lot of other traditional handicraft. There's working with cloth and leather as well as [...]
Artemisia in 300: Rise of an Empire Additionally to the Loki & Leah cosplay I'm also working on Artemisia's armour. This lovely lady was portrayed by Eva Green in the movie 300: Rise of an Empire. And everything about her was just so delightfully evil. ;) Actually I wanted this to be a [...]
Loki and Leah (Earth-616) Lady Loki (Earth-616) Joanna persuaded me to to another cosplay outfit. This time Marvel Comic's Loki and Leah. But since I like Lady Loki a lot better, there will be a Loki in a classical gothic look and Leah with a medieval look. Right now I'm working [...]
And another very fine project with Silver Wolfie. Actually Silver Wolfie is specialized on cosplay as a model and for thus we were looking for characters together, whose clothes would also fit my portfolio. On Yennefer of Vengerberg from the excellent The Witcher books and computer games we agreed almost immediately.
