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14th century tents

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Because I’ve been sucked into A Large Gulf Wars Project involving the 14th century, and everything I’m planning for GW is somehow related, I started researching tent and pavilion construction in the 1300’s.  Here’s what I found. The Tents of History, Stephen Francis Wyley, ed.This is a list of links to a summarizing table, with references to published sources and sometimes linked pictures.  If I can figure out a more user-friendly way to compile this with embedded links and pictures I will.  Perhaps it can be a PowerPoint.  I should ask Wyley’s permission.  Many of his links have died – … Continue reading 14th century tents

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UWF Festival on the Green, with pictures

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Me showing Mary (Melbrigda’s daughter) how carding paddles align fibers. My basic setup.  See, if I pinned visuals around the backflap and across that open left side, that would provide more definition and color.  Also a pennant at the top of the front pole. More of the scene.  That’s Lavena and Saxa on my left, with the glass bead demo.  You can see Ming in his armor mid-picture. I do a lot of laughing, apparently. Here’s Melbrigda in Viking Apron, chatting with a greyhound owner, while apparently I laugh some more in the background. It was a good day. Continue reading UWF Festival on the Green, with pictures

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Sunshade!

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Remember how I was copying a sunshade from Gulf Wars? Here it is! This was the test run in my driveway on Friday afternoon. Despite the breeze, I still got it up All By Myself.I did this by laying out the corner poles in an X, then laying the canvas on top, which told me where the stakes should go.  So I pounded in all the stakes, which are the cheap modern type that have a prong and an upper nub.  (That part is important later.) Then I pulled up each post halfway, and tied it off using a sailors’ … Continue reading Sunshade!

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GW: Walking Around

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One of the most flabbergasting things about Gulf Wars is the scale of the thing.  About 3800 people attended this year, and all of them wandering about, and the merchants, and the tents, and the melees…well, it’s bigger than any Rennaissance faire I’ve been to yet.  I took some pictures, trying to catch the scale, but as usual, I was not where most of the people were.  Click to enlarge. This is the main road that goes through the activities area.  Those buildings are permanent, and they house some important people, or they’re bathhouses. Same road, looking back towards Artisan’s … Continue reading GW: Walking Around

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GW: Types of tents

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Of course, being a residential architect in mundane life, I’m Very Interested in how tents work.  And  small cabins.  And yurts.  And sunshades. I took pictures of an arming tent that someday I’d like to copy. And drew a sunshade that I’m making. The owner described her process, and it’s very easy, and inexpensive.  It’s a painter’s canvas dropcloth, (4) 6′ pressure-treated 2x2s, (2) 8′ pressure-treated 2x2s, 6 spikes for the tops of the poles, 8 stakes, 8 tie-offs thingys and some rope.  I’ve bought the materials for $60. Here’s an interesting site about period tent building.  It says those … Continue reading GW: Types of tents