Project Dragon Clothing
Good book with Medieval crafting projects?
I’m not talking about a children’s craft book (making paper shields or dragon puppets and what-not), but more of a book with serious clothing and handicraft projects for adults. There seem to be plenty of colonial, pioneer, and American Indian books like this, but I haven’t found anything like them for the Middle Ages or Renaissance. Anyone know of any?
If you’re interested in making Renaissance *jewelry* of all kinds, this is a good site to browse for ideas:
http://www.parrishrelics.com/catalog.html
(…there was a better *large* site for this kind of thing but it seems to be gone now)
Most of those pieces are made with polymer clay plus real or faux stones or other materials.
There’s loads more info on how to do that in general on these pages of my site though, and links to other examples:
more links for Renaissance/Medieval jewelry, and also on making jewelry in general:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/jewelry.htm
(…click on Renaissance… and also on other categories)
Then for info on the techniques and materials used in making these kinds of pieces, check out these pages too if you’re interested (from inside the alphabetical navigation bar):
Onlays
Powders > Mica
Pendants
Fauxs–Many
Wire
As for books, you might be interested in this one:
Creating Your Own Antique Jewelry:Taking Inspiration from Great Museums Around the World, by Cris Dupouy
http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Your-Own-Antique-Jewelry/dp/0810990512/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210884876&sr=1-1
…(click on several of the pages to see examples)
HTH,
Diane B.
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