Monday, April 29, 2013

Anglo-Saxon Woman's Necklace


Purpose:
To recreate an Anglo-Saxon Woman’s necklace found in a grave at a cemetery in Castledyke South, Barton-on-Humber. The primary source evidence for this project is a book which details the archaeological findings at the site. This was the first time I used an archeological report as a source.


Primary Source:
Drinkall, G. and M. Foreman. The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Castledyke South, Barton-on-Humber. Sheffield Academic Press. 1998.


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Note: inspiration for this project came from the following source article by Adelicia of Cumbria (Atlantia)

Monday, April 1, 2013

Traffic Light Beads

Purpose: To to recreate a style of early Anglo-Saxon bead labeled by scholar Birte Brugmann as  “Traffic Light Beads.” These beads are interesting because there are several different construction styles that were used in period to achive a similar effect. One of the construction techinques, applying twisted trails, I was also not able to do  before starting on this project, making this project a valuable learning opportunity for me.

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