Interests:
material culture of the viking age (dark ages)
open fire / primitive cooking
fiber arts, mostly plain weave & nalbinding
pottery
medieval soap & materia medica
brewing
Links to documentation and research:
The Wardrobe Project – a set of Norse Viking Clothing for Their Majesties
To Make Black Sope, or making medieval soft soap from scratch
Women’s Set of Viking Winter Clothes based on Haithabu and Birka textile finds
A Viking Belt based on the Skjoldehamn Find
To Make Black Sope (a manual for making soft soap from scratch)
Of Hony – A collection of Mediaeval brewing recipes
The Klappenrock: A Viking warrior’s Coat From 10th C Haithabu
The recreation of two 14th C earthenware Zoomorphic Aquamanilia
Six Diverse Medieval Soap Recipes based on A Compendium of Sope
Viking Apron Panel with tablet woven Oseberg trim, and homespun yarn embroidery