Martelle's Current Projects
updated 12/11/08
Two Elizabethan bookcovers after one in the Folgers Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC
A linen Laurel hood for myself.
Pearland beadwork on a Byzantine Tunic
Bone Carving various useful items, pre-1000
I have now made:
4 bone needles,
an antler awl,
a belt end,
My new Order of the Pearl Medallion (I presented this to Owen Sherard Trahern when he was made a Pearl on 2/9/08)
2 Dress Pins
Work progresses on:
A set of 5 dice, (so I can play stealth Yatzee at events...)
A sieve made from a deer scapula
Rozashi
A Japanese embroidery technique.
It
is done entirely with vertical stitches on an even weave silk scrim
call "Ro". Though the scrim is counted to make and place each stitch,
it is not a counted technique per se. It requires compensation at the
edges of color areas. The design is drawn on the scrim and the areas
where a full stitch will not fit you compensate with smaller stitches
to fill in. This technique reportedly date back to 9th century Japan.
*Animals of the Bayeux Tapestry
(a
hands-on class for children & adults)
*Getting
Blood From a Rock,
How
to Document Your First Project and
Survive "
*Blackwork
Isn't Just Black
(a hands-on embroidery class for children & adults)
*Ruffs,
A
Quick and Dirty History,
How to Make Them! How To Wear Them!"
*A
Fine Feast,
Tablesetting in the Middle Ages and How to Achieve
The Look Yourself"
*Running With Scissors,
taking
the mystery out of embroidery supplies and equipment.
Misc.
Documentation projects-
*A Short but Sweet History of the Strawberry
Feb,
2003 Bright Hills Baronial Birthday
*Elizabethan Embroidered
Book Cover
featured on the Atlantia Embroidery Guild website.
*An Embroidered Viking Cap, maybe yes, maybe no.
*Turkish Embroidery stitches
A&S
Competitions I've
Sponsored -
*Best embroidered Napkin Aprox 12"x12" Oct. 2003
This competition was used to chose the Baronial A&S Champion that year
*Best Use of the Bayeux Tapestry Stitch, October 2004
Any item, period or not, that uses laid and couched work embroidery.
*How Low Can YOU Go?
A Knitting
Competition, Bright Hills Baronial Birthday Feb. 2004
This was offered again at Atlantian Crown Tournament, May 2005 and was
graciously sponsored by Baroness Rowen Berran McDowell.
*Best Item Decorated in Black and
White, any medium
Barony of Bright Hills Baronial Birthday,
Feb. 2005.
*Best Carved Item in Bone, Antler or
Horn
Atlantian Crown Tournament, May 2005
*Best New Garb Made for Under $25.00
Bright
Hills Baronial Birthday, February 2006
*Tempore Atlantia: Most Unusual Item
or Documentation of an Unusual Item
discontinued when tenure at Tempore Atlantia Deputy ended. 3/07
My
Diary and
general day to day thoughts-
http://martelvonc.livejournal.com/
Competitions I have won:
Shire of FLintheath, Drachenwald, 1988
"Best Garb Made of Brown Wrapping Paper in 1 Hour"
My team and I made a full Tudor gown.
Barony of Bright Hills, Garb Wars 1992
Our 5 lady team made a full Viking Womans Outfit.
The highlight was the woven on-site apron fabric and tablet woven trim.
Barony of Dun Carraig: Challenge of the Heart 2004
Open Competition, entry of various embroidery items.
Barony of Bright Hills: Garb Wars, 24 hour embroidery competition. 2004
Being an entry which won at Garb Wars 2004, tied for first with Lady Alina Silverthorne
Named a Kingdom Arts Champion, Kingdom Arts & Sciences Festival: 2005
(For my display of 16th century style, embroidered notebook covers)
Defending the Gate, Canton of Sudentor: 2005
Best Cover for a Mundane Item
(One of my embroidered notebook covers.)
A Thousand and Two Nights, Barony of Bright Hills: 2006
"Gilding the Lily, Best use of Turkish Embroidery"
(My sampler of 16th century Turkish Embroidery Stitches)
A Night in the Middle East, Barony of Ponte Alto: 2007
"Best item made with silk"
(My sampler of 16th century Turkish Embroidery Stitches)
