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I can blather more about it now that they are given. Countess Kiena made a request of us (me and Luke) for a metal rose for Avelina, on her becoming a Lady of the Rose, because she really liked the one that Luke had made for her at the last Metalsmiths Symposium. Luke didn't have the time, but I decided to take it on.
The most fun I've had in ages was a whole day spent in an enamel workshop with B'rose (Bronwen Rose of Greyling). Tristan, and Wyrm doing champleve, followed by a day spent in Haraldr Bassi's camp, doing cloisonne. I decided to make enameled brooches, more or less in a Saxon style. Saxon ladies wore flat brooches, and there are extant rosette shaped ones. I decided that this was SCA heraldry, though, and went for making the rose look like the standard heraldic Tudor type rose. I had to make 4 of them before I had a design I was happy with, and then I made 2 more. Luke generously contributed the Anglo-Saxon style beads that he had made, based on Buckland grave #59 so we could have a full Saxon style piece of jewelry. I only had a limited time in which to work, a brand new kiln that Luke and I had never used, and luckily a long weekend. I had a blast, and L and I had a blast working together (putting things in and taking them out of the kiln was definitely a 2 person job). I think the result didn't suck, although of course, there are many things I would like to improve...
and thanks to Catelina la Broderesse, here's the new Lady of the Rose wearing them.
( pic below cut )
The most fun I've had in ages was a whole day spent in an enamel workshop with B'rose (Bronwen Rose of Greyling). Tristan, and Wyrm doing champleve, followed by a day spent in Haraldr Bassi's camp, doing cloisonne. I decided to make enameled brooches, more or less in a Saxon style. Saxon ladies wore flat brooches, and there are extant rosette shaped ones. I decided that this was SCA heraldry, though, and went for making the rose look like the standard heraldic Tudor type rose. I had to make 4 of them before I had a design I was happy with, and then I made 2 more. Luke generously contributed the Anglo-Saxon style beads that he had made, based on Buckland grave #59 so we could have a full Saxon style piece of jewelry. I only had a limited time in which to work, a brand new kiln that Luke and I had never used, and luckily a long weekend. I had a blast, and L and I had a blast working together (putting things in and taking them out of the kiln was definitely a 2 person job). I think the result didn't suck, although of course, there are many things I would like to improve...
and thanks to Catelina la Broderesse, here's the new Lady of the Rose wearing them.
( pic below cut )
