I finished two new leather medallions just before Pennsic 50. One is another Order of Thorbjorn's Hammer (Kingdom of Ealdormere) for Sir Richard Larmer, the second is an Order of the Gage (Armored Martial Prowess Kingdom of Æthelmearc) for His Excellency Christian Goldenlok. Both medallions are tooled and painted leather. I have included a couple work in progress shots as well. Enjoy! 

Leather Pelican Medallion

This was done before Pennsic, but just handed off to the new owner in August. Sorry for a bit of dust on the finished project I was in a hurry to take the photo before leaving the deliver it. Thank you to Vanessa Hayes (Thalia Papillon) for making the cord for this project. It really brought it together. Medallion is tooled and painted leather. The black portion is leather dye and increase durability.

Millrind medallion for my Lady

I made this Millrind award medallion for my Lady's (Thalia Papillon) induction into the order of the Millrind (SCA Kingdom of Æthelmearc high merit service award) Tooled and painted leather. The edges are black leather dye and finished with water and wax burnishing. Pardon the backdrop I was working on a model making commission at the same time and had to take a photo in a hurry. 

Painted plague medallion

My Lady Thalia (Vanessa) bought these plague Pennsic medallions a while back and asked me to paint hers. Finally got it off the backlog. Painted it in an hour and a half one afternoon. To be clear I just painted the purchased item. The design, stamp, and construction are the work of the merchant. My apologies we do not recall the name of the merchant. 

Sycamore Medallion

Insert comment about how long since I have posted...So I was able to dust off the leather working tools this month and pound out a project. A Sycamore medallion (SCA Arts and Science award). Made from my Lady, Thalia, who was recently inducted into the order. Tooled, dyed, and painted leather. I made this in about a week, in secret, so there are only two production photo. I will try to get better about updates. 

Long time no post!

It has been a while since I updated my blog. I have worked on several projects over the months, but my work and event schedule kept me from updating the blog as much as I would like to. I am just starting to catch up now and hope to have at least a few things up in the next week or so. So for a quick update here are two projects I worked on since my last update.

Painted leather badge:

Full disclosure. I did not tool this piece. It was tooled for a friend (Laird Coinneach Mac an Leigh, CS) by a person who left the SCA (Athyric Pennywise). Sadly it was never painted by the original artist and I was asked if I could paint the piece so it could see new life. Normally I don't work on other people projects, but given the circumstances I made an exception here. Tooled and painted leather. I believe it will ultimately be attached to a rapier sword belt.

Leather half gauntlets:

This was a quick build. My Lady Thalia and my good friend Lord Chebe recently authorized as SCA heavy siege crew. To accomplish this task they needed better hand protection. I built two pairs of leather half gauntlets (wrist and hand protection) for them. They are designed to slip over gloves of choice and are intended for low-profile light hand protection. Not intended for full heavy combat, but perfect for combat archery and siege. There are some technical skills issues with these (cosmetics on the rivet setting) because I built them in two hours one afternoon in time for Pennsic. The empty holes on the back of the hand pieces are for laces that go around the palm and hold the gauntlet in place.

Rhydderich Hael Fencing Marshal Badge

I was asked to make a fencing Marshal badge for the Hael. It took me a while to get to the project but I finally finished it off this week. Tooled and painted leather. The little dragon is a charm that was provided by the requestor. It is a double layer of leather so I could create the frame the dragon charm sits in.