As an art historian one of my big interests and passions has always been for the material culture of different eras and areas. Recently I have spent a lot (possibly too much?) of time looking into material culture of the Viking age, the little day to day objects that tell […]
Author: vandy
Runestone Update!
We have finally gone public with some images of the cast and characters for Runestone, so now I can share some pictures with everyone! Our cast is really looking great! We’ve put together great period-appropriate, yet epic looks using the wide color pallet available to the Vikings. Contrary to what many people think, […]
Runestone, Needlework, T’s
I realized last week that I’ve been crazy busy and haven’t updated my blog in far too long, so here is a quick peek into what I’ve been up to. While at RadCon I once again found myself wishing that I had the opportunity to do some more film props […]
RadCon 6b
Now that I’ve been home for a few days, decompressed, unpacked my car, and rolled my new dice a few times, I can talk about RadCon 6b. My artist peers are right, it is quite the experiance! This was my first RadCon and my impressions of this con were really […]
What an incredible couple of weeks!
I have had an absolutely amazing couple of weeks. Weeks that have once again made me realize how amazing my friends are. I went scuba diving for the first time because of my friend Craig. And then we stopped by a reconstructed grist mill, where I got a bag of […]
Wisconsin: Arts, Crafts, Shooting, & Beer!
My time in Wisconsin has continued to be entertaining, and also fairly uneventful, a relief after some of the “interesting” times I’ve been through lately. I’ve been taking this week as a good chance to re-group after Pennsic, rest, work on some projects, and I’ve also been doing some “real […]
A Week in Wisconsin
Guess where I am? Ok, I gave it away with the title, but I’m fairly sure that most of you wouldn’t think of Wisconsin as a likely spot for Adventure Girl Vandy to visit. So why am I in Wisconsin? A very good reason actually; after Pennsic I drove back […]
Pennsic War!
Hey everyone, I just got back from Pennsic War, the largest Society for Creative Anachronism event in the world. Pennsic consists of two weeks of camping, in what is usually a pretty hot and muggy environment, but also can be a very rainy at times. This was a good year. […]
Mammoth Ivory Ear Spoons and Sewing Needles
Well, I’m back from my latest trip – to Arizona. I’m down one boyfriend, but up one hobby. With the chaos of my breakup I’ve once again been bad about posting, but here are some images of what I’ve been spending my nervous energy on: A couple of years ago […]
New Art! And Cats…
Ok, here they are, what I know you all must have been waiting for, new original artwork!!! There will be both the originals and prints available at Orycon on the weekend of Nov 2-4, in Portland, Oregon. After that I’ll have prints up for sale in my etsy store, vandycraft. […]