St. Luke's Artisan's Fair

[mmcnealy]

Yesterday was St. Luke's Artisan's Fair. I had some amazing help from friends in the 24 hours before the event, without which I would not have made it to the event.

So much thanks goes to:
- stitchwhich for calling me up multiple times to make sure I was doing OK and not panicking.
- shilo_o for lending me her dress form and stand
- baronessadriana, apprentice sister and a quick hand with the duct tape!
- Lauren (sans LJ), for showing up at my house and making sure I made it out the door in a reasonable time frame with everything I might need.
- B, the fabulous neighbor girl, who was able to babysit Henry for the whole day!
-catalina_riquel and her awesome husband who got us directions to the event when the Acorn directions were wrong.
- And all the friends who stopped by to say hello.


I am profoundly grateful to Mistress Belphoebe who took these pictures of my display as I did my usual "bring the camera and not use it" routine.

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My booklet of recipes redacted out of Sabina Welserin's cookbook and a few dishes for sampling out of the cookbook. Dishes on display were (from left front and proceeding clockwise), #7 Sauce for Venison and a roast cooked in the manner of a head of pig, #132 Cinnamon Tart, #186 Herb Tart, #163 and #164 Lebkuchen,.
"Recipes from Sabina Welserin's 1553 Cookbook" booklet formatted for double-sided booklet printing (PDF)



A bookbinding sewing frame, made in the German style, based on a woodcut from Jost Amman's Book of Trades, 1568. Documentation (PDF)


An ensemble based on a woodcut out of Jost Amman's Frauen-trachtbuch from 1586.
Documentation (PDF)
The article I also had out on display, Deciphering Juan de Alcega's Tailor's Pattern book of 1589, gives a brief explanation into how I take Alcega's diagrams and create patterns from them, as well as measurements and fabric estimates in modern widths for all the patterns in the book.



Other articles I had out on display
Good Ale, Food, Friends..... And a chance to get out of Purgatory, Religious Guilds in Medieval England

Knitted Man’s Hat from the Ship "Gagiana" Lost at Sea, October 14th, 1583

Recreating the Gagiana Barett - Knitting Pattern For a Barrett or Flat Cap

Comments

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Nice work on the cap...just one question. The portrait you cite as being by Hans Memling - didn't he die before that? I thought he was 15th century, not early 16th....

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Ooops, that should be Hans Mielich, I'll have to go fix that.

[katanubis.livejournal.com]

Impressive, as usual!

[rectangularcat]

Nice display!

[broider-barones.livejournal.com]

Fabulous Display!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Love the work you are doing. Wish more people would do indepth work (sigh).
You rock!

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the write-up on Alcega. I've been wondering about that. :-D

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Thank you for all the work you are putting into your research M: You are certainly one of the 'beacons' in this field and have done a lot to inspire and inform my own work.

[peacockdress.livejournal.com]

Fantastic stuff! Detail-oriented doesn't begin to cover it. And your costume suits you so well! It really succeeds in that aim of going beyond costume to simply become clothing. Looks like you had fun!