Our christmas tree AD 2010

W tym roku lekko nostalgicznie, zabawkowo i biało/srebrno - czerwono.

It's Christmas time...

I want to present my new, hand-made christmas tree ornaments...

Late medieval burgundian framed purse

Single ring harp-fremed purse.
I used gold wire and silk thread to attach a chamois leather bags to copper alloy purse frame. Fringes and tassels are based on decorations of purse dated ca. 1430 from Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

another pillow cover

I remade this pillow case because I found enough pictures to know I made a mistake last tame. So I removed a portion of fabric and left only classic criss-cross pattern.


Parzival, Hagenau, 1443 - 1446, Cod. Pal. germ. 339 fol.147r
(Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg)

Tod Mariens, 1495, Reichenbach, Deutschland

Hl. Urlich, 1480 90, Kaufbeuren, Schwabien
(IMAREAL'S Image Server)

Wurzach Altar-death of Mary, Hans Multscher, 1437, Berlin Staatlische Museum
(Web Gallery of Art)

Linen pillow covers

Pillow covers are made from hand woven, vintage linen fabric.

This is the earliest example of this kind od striped pattern I found. The illustration is from Toggenburg Bibel dated about 1411 (source: Bildindex).

My baroque earrings

I spend a lot of time looking for iconography of baroque earrings. When I ordered my earrings (it was 6 months ago) I had only one historical example of design which I want to have. I spend loooong hours discussing with my friend Kaya about types of pearls, gems, sets, fittings used in early 17th century. Thanks God we have beautiful set of jewellery found in Cheapside Hoard, London dated 1590-1620. There is an example of earrings and we also found another example from private collection (now in National Historic Museum in Moscov) and we started to design a new version of my jewelly.

A pair of earring from The National Historic Museum in Moscow


A sourse for my earrings fittings (www.bildindex.de)

Kaya made for me a pair of hanging earrings with a pearl and amethyst. They are similar in shape with the earrings of Margheritha Gonzaga, Princess of Mantua from a portrait painted by Pourbus (you can see it here).

Of course I'm not a princess so I can only dream about a teardrop pearls.

Sunday in Landhaus

The Landhaus in Graz is a beautiful example of North Italian Renaissance architecture in heart of Austria. Inside the building you can find arcaded courtyard which was designed in 1557 by italian architect Domenico dell' Allio. It's really amazing!

I also tested how my supportasse works with completed early 17th century flemish outfit.