Month: August 2009

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Music update – Modes

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 I'm wading through the stacks of papers, and notes, and pictures, and pamphlets, and business cards…all acquired at Pennsic. Kind of depressing having no money and not being able to drop $500 on the books I want now.  ILL is not quite useful enough.  Oh well, it's not like I've exhausted the books I have or finished all the projects I've got materials for. Had lovely music geekage last night at ensemble. I got there a bit early, and dumped a pile of questions on Master Octavio, which he seemed to enjoy.  Our practice then revolved around one of the topics of my … Continue reading Music update – Modes

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Tent building – thinking about getelds

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I have been researching various kinds of wedge tents. I'm very fond of the basic shape – I like the cool simplicity of a light-colored prism, and contrast it in my mind with a riot of woolly and painted-wood color on the ground plane with bedcoverings, rugs, cushions and trunks. I'd found this Regia Anglorum site on getelds – an intriguing design, and one found in drawings of the pre-Norman period.  They show it with one side lifted here, but you can also stake that side down, and open either end of that opening, by using half the bell as … Continue reading Tent building – thinking about getelds

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More pictures from Pennsic

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Here's some topics of pictures from Pennsic: Early Russian Costuming (in sidebar).  These are images from the class taught at Pennsic.  In discussion with Maudey, we were complaining about the lack of original artifacts shown typically in these classes (we're such snobs) and I have since seen a whole bunch of wonderful stuff, including from Kiev, in a museum catalog about the Vikings.  So that's where to look. Tentmaking.  Again, images from a class.  I'll be blogging detailed notes about this class, since I have fabric for a tent of my own, and will be working on that soon. Wadmal … Continue reading More pictures from Pennsic

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Back from Pennsic-land.

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(Greet and Julia in Kass McGann's shop – Reconstructing History) I had a wonderful time – I met wonderful people, learned things on purpose and not, tried things, and generally got more perspective.  Some of the things I learned: I can stop feeling nervous about my kit – I'm starting to feel more secure in my presentation.  Need a proper chair for evening hangouts, and a tent.  I want fancy boxes (27" wide at base) and some other camp niceties, but bins hidden from view will do for now.  I brought three times as many clothes as I used, but I managed … Continue reading Back from Pennsic-land.