I really should just publish what I have and build on it later. It’s hard though as I really want to do everything at once. But I don’t even have good photos of my early work! I’ve passed so much of it on but really have no decent photos of any of it. So I…
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more progress
Yesterday I got my skirt templates drawn on nice card stock. this makes it easier to hand, and I’m able to use a compass to do curves 🙂 Today I managed to scale up all my bodices currently made so I can see the over all picture of what I have done. I knew I…
duerer’s portrait of a girl from cologne
The portrait of Anne of Cleves is perhaps the most well known example of headwear worn in the region of the North Rhine. It is found in Gelderland, Jüllich-Cleve-Berg, as well as Cologne. There are dozens of portraits especially of women of Cologne wearing highly decorated as well as plain linen variations. Finding any direct…
looking into jewelry making
So I spent all of Saturday wiring small filigree pieces for my Amalia of Cleves ensemble. I was thinking of taking the velveteen off and putting brocade on, but then I may as well go whole hog and make the frock described by Hall for Anna. I have very big glass pearls to potentially work…
a walk and rest
It has been an amazing few hours! Since my last post I have had a windfall of luck in finding more keys to unlocking my Cleves project! A book arrived that includes information about Anna and Amalia and in there was a footnote about a triptych. The triptcyh I have been looking for without knowing…
Current projects
I took a day this week to make sure all my projects are easily found and while initially it was overwhelming, I think I am not just at the inspired stage 🙂 I have a lot of current projects, but having them nicely divided into clear containers mean I can actually see them 🙂 I…
cleves headgear
I still need to do some tidying, and I am definitely making a few more of these, so it’s not totally complete right now. I need to sit it slightly further forward too. (Wearing my Kimmy Schmidt cardigan because it’s so much part of my new me- allowing myself to wear several colours at…
my pink cleves gown and some inspiration behind it
From Facebook: Emily Gibbs‎ to Canterbury Faire 2018, 29 January at 19:58 · Kaikoura Suburban, New Zealand I am so inordinately happy with this! It has everything I love about the Cranach Saxon style with the weirdness of everything in the Nordrein (North Rhine.) But it is weird. I’ll break down all the weirdness as I…
saxon maybe
I was going through my folder of illustrations and I am not sure if this is an illustraition or wall painting. It certainly has the qualities of translucency seen in illustrations. But I would dearly love to see a group do this. I have a love of the black check border- some more examples in…