Major fields:
C16 Venetian women's dress and accessories, research and teaching of textiles and related areas.
Elevation:
Elevated to the Order of the Laurel AS XXXVIII 11 April 2004 Rowany Festival by their Majesties Aedward and Yolande , King and Queen of Lochac
Current apprentices:
Lady Agneta Loredan de Rovigo (Having a Life)
Current interests:
While I am formally recognised for my research and recreation of patrician women's dress and accessories of mid to late C16 Venice, I have extended myself to earlier dress also. Roman, Norse, Baltic, and Rus cultures especially are my current focuses. I am looking at researching and recreating other earlier dress soon.
I am enjoying recreating as much of the women's work of the Viking age as is possible for me. That said I am relearning, spinning and teaching myself tablet weaving, nålbinding, felting, snodgafffel, and just about anything with fibre really.
Wire, that's a fibre, right? Some metalwork and that other fibre, wood. Yes, wood is a fibre, and I have been playing with wood also.
Glass. Ok, not a fibre. Well, you can string beads. So still fibre related.
Currently, I am enjoying the freedom of not being attached to any group. I still research and teach what I have learned to those interested, whoever they may be.
Motto:
If it's not fun, don't do it.
If it's not fun, don't do it.
Current level of activity: