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2
Jul
2010
12th, 13th & 14th Scroll – AoA (blank)
Maybe some of you remember that I sent away my AoA scroll blanks some time ago to our Kingdom Signet Clerk (see the “AoA Scrolls” for more info) – now our Kingdom Signet Clerk – for the kingdom of Drachenwald (Europe, middle East & South Africa) – changed.
Lady Trinite, who did a great job, passed the office to Lady Aryanhwy and I am quite sure she will also do a great job too 
Recently Aryanhwy contacted me concerning my AoA blanks and I was very sad because I had to tell her that they were already sent out and possibly also already used… 
…and therefore I decided to start working at another bundle of blank AoA scrolls – since I finished the calligraphy for the Guild Charter – I admit I am still very proud of this piece of work – I try to practise my “Bastarda” hand with at least one (AoA blank) scroll every month or every two months… and this week I had a nice calligraphy ‘run’ 
*lol* and finished already three new blank AoA scrolls…
…and I started to make a small makers mark “R” and to include it in my pen work where possible…
The “L” initial is inspired by a lovely document which can be found in the catalogue of the ‘Karl der Kühne’/'Charles the Bold’ exhibition:
- Splendour of the Burgundian Court: Charles the Bold (1433-1477)
- Karl der Kühne (1433-1477): Kunst, Krieg und Hofkultur
…and the pen work is inspired by the artwork of the famous Albrecht Dürer – I have a rather old book with many pictures and I try to copy and reassemble some of his pictures to enrich my blank AoA scrolls…
…btw. Lady Aryanhwy is the nice lady who supported me and made the lovely calligraphy for my second AoA scroll
…interesting link: Dragon’s Scriptorium
If you have ever thought to try some calligraphy and/or illumination – please don’t hesitate and ask our Kingdom Signet Clerk, or the next scribe and/or illuminator you know…, like me, Mistress Bridget or Mistress Melisande for example – it’s really a lot of fun and if you like to paint or to write it’s also quite easy with some practise – there are also some nice handouts for beginners out there including scroll wordings… – I got my starting pack including beginner handout from Mistress Bridget and I still use and love it… – and there is also always a great need of scrolls…
26
Mai
2010
Anya’s cloak – border finished & last pearl embroidery
I just finished the very last pearl embroidery for Anya’s cloak – I hope she likes it. The very last pearl embroidery is inspired by a detail of the “Pearl-embroidered yoke of a phelonion, 15th century” (page 12 – book: Russian Embroidery and Lace
Here some photos of the progress concerning the front hem of the cloak:
…and here the progress concerning the last pearl embroidery at the back side – foundation and the first pearls:
…all pearls applied:
…including the “gold” thread:
5
Apr
2010
8th Scroll – AoA (blank)
Worst case for a blank scroll? …the blank scroll is finished and you recognize that you forgot the free space for the name of the recipient… that’s what happened here – I struggled with the English text and forgot the free space for the name – lucky me that I had enough space at the end for “For Our noble servant…” – I hope this saves the scroll from the paper basket and makes it useable again for an AoA scroll…
Here the detail of my “Dürer” inspired drawing:
…and here the pictures for my inspiration – first for the picture on the left and the clouds:
For the picture on the right (the mountains and the small village):
For the castle on top of the mountains on the right side and the birds:
3
Apr
2010
7th Scroll – AoA (blank)
After all embroidery for Anya’s cloak and because my right wrist hurts since I pealed 2kg Kiwis and cut it to small pieces for my caramelized Kiwi marmalade (I don’t like the word jam very much and marmalade looks like our word for jam here in Austria – “Marmelade” ) – therefore I decided to do something relaxing – practising my Bastarda hand and do another AoA scroll (blank) – I love to do scroll blanks because I don’t have to worry about the recipient (his/her persona, time,…) and also because I know that there is always a great need for scrolls…
…at the picture above you can see the Dürer picture of which I tried to redraw some parts – here are the parts that inspired me to try to redraw them:
For the picture on the left side:
For the picture on the right side:
For the lovely small insect on the right side of the bottom line:
For the small stone on the left side of the bottom line:
Why a bottom line? …because, when I finished the scroll, I had the feeling that it looked incomplete – I added the insect and the stone but it still didn’t look right … and than I knew what was missing … and the bottom line connected both drawing at the bottom and made the scroll look more ‘complete’ for me
Btw. here is the inspiration for the decoration above and underneath the field for the coat of arms – after I did the line for one side of the field for the coat of Arms I saw that it was too long and I shortened it by inserting a second, additional field for the coat of Arms and than, because the distance above and underneath was rather big, I looked out for a nice decoration inbetween this parts:
…and mistakes are period *lol* …if you take a look at the first line, you’ll find a rather big break in the word ‘kno_w’ – when I started to write the w, I saw that I was too much right to connect the letters to the word that it should be – therefore I inserted this small decorating line at the back of the w… *lol* good that mistakes are period I think my solution is rather easy and most people wont even recognize it if they don’t read my blog…
3
Apr
2010
Anya’s cloak – working at the border .3
…new progress concerning Anya’s cloak – the pattern at the front hem is finally finished! yeah!
I think the pattern would get lost at the bottom hem and furthermore I don’t have enough pearls for all the pearl roundels that I would need for this pattern – therefore I decided not to continue the pattern at the bottom hem.
I was a little bit concerned because this is a half circle cloak, but the embroidery adds some weight to the front and the cloak stays good at the shoulders without pulling back all the time. The embroidered roundels at the bottom hem also add some additional weight to the border and therefore add some extra movement to the bottom border – similar to the effect you can achieve if you put small lead balls into the bottom hem of a skirt…
Concerning the lining – silk would be great but at the moment I can’t afford the price for good silk and Anya has no problem with a linen lining for her cloak – I think I will take the cloak with me to a fabric store and try out some different colors – yellow, orange, green,…
I think that a linen lining also has another advantage – it’s less slippery than a silk lining and I think the cloak will be more comfortable to wear
31
Mrz
2010
Anya’s cloak – working at the border .2
…new progress concerning the border of Anya’s Laurel cloak – I think it really looks great
I am only a little concerned if I shall continue with this pattern on the bottom hem…
25
Mrz
2010
Anya’s cloak – working at the border .1
When I started with this project, I got some pictures and drawings of old russian patterns from Anya. I hope she likes the pattern that I developed for the front border.
It’s not easy to work Satin Stitch or Stem Stitch on this wool fabric, but I am doing my best.
I managed to fill in two sections of the front border during the last two days.
If you’re looking for a picture of the back side, just follow the pics to my Flickr account – you can find pics of the back side there.
21
Mrz
2010
Anya’s cloak – 5th & 6th pearl roundel :)
Again some progress concerning Anya’s Laurel cloak – I finished the 5th and 6th pearl roundel this weekend
I am happy because I managed to use up all of Stella’s big pearls for the 5th and 6th roundel – I was afraid that I maybe don’t have enough of this kind of pearls to finish this two roundels without using other pearls, but I made the roundels a little bit smaller and in the end I had enough pearls – not too much and not too little…
Now I have to decide what I will do next…
…hopefully I can get more of this lovely “gold” string or a good substitute…
20
Mrz
2010
Update Guild Project II – Drachenwald Coat of Arms :)
Today I finished my first patch for the “Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald” project – Shire Ad Flumen Caerulum – done in: Refilsaum, Satin Stitch, Stem Stitch
From time to time I practise my Refilsaum stitch and this project was a perfect opportunity to practise it again – I think the red outlines are very striking but they make the whole appearance of the coat of arms more interesting…
I have to admit that I don’t like the coat of arms of our shire very much and I wasn’t very happy with the shape of my horse but I think the result of the whole patch is better than I expected…
If you want to know if someone already volunteered to make a patch for your shire/canton/stronghold/… you can find a list of all participants here:
< list of project participants >
8
Mrz
2010
6th Scroll – AoA (blank)
I used Schreibtinte / Writing ink – Eisen-Gallus-Tinte “Scabiosa” (Rohrer & Klinger, Leipzig-Co.) for this scroll and again I tried to copy a small part from a Dürer picture
7
Mrz
2010
5th Scroll – AoA (blank)
Yesterday I finished another AoA scroll blank (size A5) – unfortunately there is not much place left for the year and the event name, but hopefully that won’t matter… I think my Bastarda hand is getting better with each scroll and I love the “A” letter initial that I tried for this scroll blank…
Instead of Nan-King Encre de Chine – intense indian ink (Lefrac & Bourgeois) or the Schreibtinte / Writing ink – Eisen-Gallus-Tinte “Salix” (Rohrer & Klinger, Leipzig-Co.), that I used for the 4th scroll, I used Schreibtinte / Writing ink – Eisen-Gallus-Tinte “Scabiosa” (Rohrer & Klinger, Leipzig-Co.) for this scroll and I am very pleased with the color
27
Feb
2010
4th Scroll – AoA (blank)
Today I finished another AoA scroll blank (size A5).
Normally I use black Nan-King Encre de Chine – intense indian ink (Lefrac & Bourgeois) but today I tried to work with Schreibtinte / Writing ink – Eisen-Gallus-Tinte “Salix” (Rohrer & Klinger, Leipzig-Co.)
…and again I tried to copy a small part from a Dürer picture for the bottom
27
Feb
2010
3rd Scroll – AoA (blank)
Recently I saw a gorgeous scroll done by my friend Melisende from Insulae Draconis (England) and decided that I really should practise my Bastarda hand – and how could I practise a hand better than doing another scroll… …and here is the result – my 3rd scroll – this time again an AoA (Award of Arms) scroll
…this here was my workplace for this project – normally this is our dining table – I used my embroidery basket to get an inclination of about 30° which makes writing for me much easier than if my drawing plate would lay flat on the table…
I love Melisendes scrolls and especially the scroll she made for Gyles catched my eye.
After the calligraphy was done I decided to add something at the bottom of my scroll – therefore I took a look in one of my books about the work of Dürer and found this nice book,… and decided to copy it as good as possible
…and this is the result – I hope you like it
I admit that I had to face some problems and that I made some mistakes while I was writing down the text, but with the help of a very sharp blade – I think I got it from Mistress Bridget when I started with calligraphy and illumination and it is one of the most useful gifts I ever got for calligraphy – I got rid of the mistakes and now I am quite pleased with the result
11
Jan
2010
Information SCA Project “Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald”
My dear gentle Lords and Ladies of Drachenwald,
dear skilled artisans of Drachenwald!
I request your attention for the following Kingdom Project – please take the time to read the project description.
I really hope some of you will consider to join this project – in this case please don’t hesitate to contact me directly.
…and again I would like to apologize for the mistake with the Guild newsletter because I wanted to send out the text for the project separately.
________________ ~*~ ________________
At the Guild meeting at University the Guild members decided to start the first (open) Guild Project – “Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald” – a project to provide one or more wallhangings, depending on the response and how many patches will be made, that stay with guild members who travel a lot to events and who will take them to events…
I am sure that the project sounds bigger than it is and therefore please read the project participation requirements before you decide not to join because the part for the single member is rather small and easy to manage.
I really hope that many of you want to see the coat of arms of your shire, stronghold, barony and principality as a part of this wallhanging and therefore decide to join this project
________________ ~*~ ________________
1st Guild Project – “Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald”
- Fabric: linen fabric
- Fabric size:
-> Shires, Cantons & Strongholds: 10,0 x 10,0 cm (3,94 x 3,94 inch) + ca. 1,5 cm (0,59 inch) Surplus for sewing
-> Kingdom, Principality, Barony coat of arms: 20,0 x 20,0 cm + ca. 1,5 cm (0,59 inch) Surplus for sewing
- Fabric color: every color allowed
- Embroidery: every technique allowed
- Important restrictions:
-> Only coat of arms of Drachenwald shires, strongholds,…
-> Every person can make several patches but every coat of arms only one time!
(…to avoid a wallhanging only consisting of the coat of arms of three or four shires… but you can also embroider the coat of arms of your neighbor shire or a shire where your friends live…)
- End date: October 2010 (please send in your patches till 1st of October)
This project is open to everyone – you don’t need to be a Guild member to join this project.
Every embroidery technique and skill is welcome – please don’t hesitate to contact me if you are interested!!
PS: There is also the possibility to add a ‘Totentanz’/”dead shires” row at the bottom of the wallhanging to remember some shires of the past that once were important for some of you.
________________ ~*~ ________________
I ask everyone who is interested to join this Project to contact me directly: ego@racaire.at
You really don’t need to be a good embroiderer, everyone with at least basic embroidery skills is able to make a patch – if you would like to get some help or advise, please don’t hesitate to contact me
Best regards
Lady Racaire
Dragon’s Needle Embroidery Guild Head
3
Nov
2009
…and the pouch goes to… ;) / “Thank you gift” project :)
…for everyone who wants to know it – this pouch was sent as a “Thank you” gift to Mistress Bridget
She helped me concerning my first steps of illumination and calligraphy, answering stupid questions, being always very helpful, providing me and other scribes with pergamenata,… , she is running the “Dragon’s Scriptorium” for a long time now and inspired me to start the “Dragon’s Embroidery Workshop” and she also did a great job during her time as Kingdom Head Scribe (couldn’t find the proper name for the job).
I know that scribes normally don’t get a “Thank you” for the great job they are doing for providing such beautiful AoA-, Panache-, Lindquistring-, Pelican-, Laurel-scrolls and all other SCA scrolls that come to one’s mind…
Hopefully this gift is an inspiration for other artisans in Drachenwald and any other kingdom to send someone a “Thank you” gift, who works hard and maybe don’t get a “Thank you” often enough… there are a lot of hard working people out there – please search your mind and make someone happy – sometimes such a small gift can make a great difference between frustration and happiness and I really think that we need more happy people around
…btw. please let me know if you like the idea and start your own small or big “Thank you gift” project…
