by Jenevra | Aug 19, 2016 | Handouts, SCA
In August of 2016 I was fortunate to spend a day with my SCAdian friends at the Rare Book Library at UPenn. The event was Thélème at Penn and I of course participated in the Book track, giving this presentation on some of my research into bookmarks and the development...
by Jenevra | Jun 6, 2016 | SCA
[25Sep17 From an album dated Jun 4-5, 2017.] I taught three classes at the second Artisan’s Village hosted by the Shire of Hartshorndale. The third was completely impromptu! First we started off with papermaking, where we got messy and made paper. It was a bit...
by Jenevra | Jun 2, 2016 | Handouts, SCA
As you have seen I have tried my hand at paper-making. It tends to go better in the summer when I can be outside to make such a big mess and it’s easier to dry off. Doing it inside is messy. That said, I have taught it a few times indoors for my Shire, and then...
by Jenevra | May 30, 2016 | SCA
[27Sep17 From photos dated 5/25-28/16.] I was asked to help out with Heather Rose de Gourdon’s elevation to the Order of the Laurel. Heather is also a bookbinder with whom I’ve traded many wonderful ideas over the years, and so this one was special....
by Jenevra | May 30, 2016 | SCA
[27Sep17 From an album dated 5/30/16.] This is a girdle book. Burgundy suede with bone beads and ribbon. The girdle covers an oak board-bound text-block bound with the Ethiopian coptic stitch with linen cord. Text block removable and replaceable. See the full album on...
by Jenevra | Apr 25, 2016 | SCA
Sigh. One day I will get good at this. I know – more practice! 🙂 This is I think the second time our MoAS Aurddeilen has taught this. The first being my very first A&S night in Buckland Cross, now hanging as a favor from my husband’s belt. Clockwise...
by Jenevra | Aug 16, 2015 | SCA
[7Sep17 From an album dated 8/16/15.] This is one of the earliest forms of record keeping. The Mesopotamians made rectangular clay squares and used a stylus to indicate how much work was done each day – how much grain was planted or harvested, how many animals...
by Jenevra | Jun 12, 2015 | SCA
[27Sep17 From an album dated 6/12/15.] I made this very simple girdle book for someone who prefers to fly under the radar. It was for her elevation, but did not end up being used as her vigil book, for reasons that made me think long and hard about PLQs and the...
by Jenevra | May 25, 2015 | SCA
[28Sep17 From a photo dated 5/25/2015.] This was an attempt at something slightly different. Red suede over boards, then bound in exposed coptic and decorated with small brass findings.
by Jenevra | Mar 29, 2015 | SCA
This book. This book is made with much love. Ivan is a very dear friend, and has been, in my heart, a Knight for a very long time.He and I once talked about the value of books in the medieval period, and of how some libraries chained their treasured possessions to the...
