3D Heraldry Shield

My Heraldry Shield

So my latest project isn't the most historically accurate but I had a ton of fun doing it, basically it's my SCA device in 3D on a shield about the size of a real shield.

 I used a wooden shield blank I purchased at Winter War in 2016 from a vendor and painted it with acrylic paint for the field (i.e. the background of the device).

 I then used polymer clay, pigments, alcohol ink and a touch of acrylic paint to make both the Narwhal and three slightly different mushrooms. For some reason the Narwhal ended up with a horn that bends upwards slightly, I think this happened when I took it out of the oven, I wasn't careful enough to keep it flat. For the Heraldry the Narwhal is supposed to be 'sable' or in common tongue black. I didn't want the Narwhal completely black so I just gave it heavy flecking as is seen in younger Narwhal (they lose colouration as they get older).

My mushrooms are supposed to be 'argent' also known as silver or white. Therefore I gave them white stems and overtop the brown I painted a coat of semi-translucent silver paint.

Here are the mushrooms on the shield 

Here is a side view to see the 3D effect

Overall, I'm quite pleased with the end result. It makes a neat impression and I'm pleased with how the elements individually turned out when put all together.

Till next time!
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Garb Sewing Projects

I worked on two smaller sewing projects lately a smock as I desperately needed another one and an apron for doing Arts and Science projects in.

The smock above was made from the Elizabethan Smock generator online which works fairly well. I used a blend of silk and cotton for this smock and added linen lace to the neckline. It's lightweight and feels lovely against the skin. It's also pretty much see-through due to how light-weight the material is so there isn't a picture of me wearing it.

A close-up of the neckline to see the lovely linen lace

The lace I used here I purchased via etsy from Lithuania. It's gorgeous and I love the historic feel of it- perfect for the period with the beginning of lace.

My other project was a cotton apron, which I hand dyed with indigo. A little blotchy and cotton isn't period but it's perfect to protect my dress with during Arts and Science events. It started as two rectangular pieces of cloth and then was hemmed and gathered into the apron shown.

Overall not super exciting projects but satisfying anyways to get them finished.