In the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) making award scrolls for other members is a whole hobby-within-a-hobby. So are armor making, woodworking, costuming, culinary arts, period music... it’s a long list.  I received expert translations for the Celtic and Countess scrolls shown here. But while top scribes in and beyond the SCA use real parchment and even grind their own pigments, I merely used gouache and, except for the Arms scroll, fine art paper. I was fortunate to attend a Heraldic Painting workshop in England taught by the late  Anthony Wood, former Queen’s Painter and international heraldic authority. Five more of my scrolls are shown in the Illustration Gallery.

Other artifacts: My Gorget, which I still use, is based on one in the Chicago Institute of Arts, but is not etched as that would have placed it outside my “persona” period. The Breast-and-Back was a bit more challenging. The thrones and the speaker cabinet roughly follow forms from period sources. The Cynnabar Regalia and my own personal fighting shield reflect my desire to show heraldry in action.