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From Manuscript to Skirt

From Manuscript to Skirt

In the pursuit of being accurate, a member of the SCA may eventually come across a problem: the fabric they use is not accurate enough. Whether this is jumping from using polyester fabric to a more appropriate fabric or limiting your fabric purchases to fabrics with accurate motifs, everyone has a form of this problem pop up in their SCA career. I had switched from 100% cotton to 100% silk a few years ago as I was leaning more towards…

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Making a Scroll based on a Korean Manuscript

Making a Scroll based on a Korean Manuscript

Over the last few months, I have been working on my illumination skills. For a long time, I have greatly enjoyed drawing and painting as it is very zen for me, so it was natural to jump to illumination as a new SCA hobby! Since I love Korean, my first big project involved creating a scroll based on the Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa lianhua jing), Volume 2 ca. 1340 (where you can find here). For this project, I…

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