Posted by: Alysten on: December 14, 2011
It started as an innocent question. How available gum tragacanth was to the average medieval cook? All the recipes call for it, but how easily could someone like Robert May, a cook, get his hands on this chemical. This would help answer what the difference in subtleties between a cook, a confectioner and choices of [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: December 14, 2011
I think I have finally decided what to do about my A&S entry for this year. We have to enter 3 different categories to show that we are well rounded artisans. I am going to do one project, in three categories. I have amassed quite a bit of information about the origins of sugar paste [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: December 9, 2011
It was a spectacularly bad week for poured sugar. The chess board that I poured, allowed to dry and packaged up, went very south. When I noticed some of the lollipops had gone form clear to cloudy I went to check on the chess board. This is what I was greeted with. It started like [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: December 6, 2011
Here is the final pictures of the Swabian dress, complete with head wear and belt. Seamstresses: Barry the White, Ysmay de Lynn and Alesone Gray Weaving and brocade: Lianor de Matos Belt buckle: Muin maqq Minain Photos by Cateline la Broderesse.
Posted by: Alysten on: December 1, 2011
Every once in a while I get to work on something neat for someone else. I am part of a team working on a Swabian dress for HRM Kiena of the East. My job is to assemble the pieces into a finished garment and create the undergarments and hat. All of the sleeve beading and [...]
