A couple of years ago, I was invited to join the choir of St. John's Episcopal Church in my current hometown. While I'm not very religious at all, I've always found comfort in music, especially in performing choral music, and the friend who invited me thought I would get something out of singing at St. John's, so I gave it a try. The local congregation has turned out to be a warm, welcoming community, with a pretty great choir, and I've stayed to sing with them for three or m

My entire blog up until now has consisted only of SCA-relevant art pieces. I've been doing fewer of those lately, because commissions...

First of all, I know: it's been quite a while since my last post. Burnout, overall stress, and mental fatigue make it hard to stay...

In the Midrealm, the Order of the Bronze Ring is our grant-level award for skill, scholarship, and leadership in the field of rapier...

A preface before I begin: Now that I have a Laurel, I get the impression that I'm expected to Opine About Things and generally behave as...

Ugh, the burnout is real, plus I've been crazy busy with other projects that have kept me from the scribal table. But I've made a little...

It's been two months since my last blog post, because I honestly forgot to write anything in February. However, I have not been idle....

Whether it's the winter blahs or just the holidays wearing me down, I haven't done much since my last post either. Last week or...

After the hustle and bustle of being elevated in September, and working on a major scroll throughout August and into September, I find...

For the end of Runa and Arch's second reign, they commissioned me to do their ducal scroll. Arch told me I had complete artistic freedom,...

I was commissioned earlier this year to produce a Pelican scroll for Elayne Gwenhlian de Belleme, to be awarded at Pennsic. I've been...

I have pledged to update the blog here a minimum of once a month, and here it is the first week of July. Unfortunately, I haven't been as...

Aendru is the current Baron of Rivenstar, and his award was long overdue. I collaborated with his wife and Baroness, Enkara, to...

I introduced this class at Fall RUM in November of 2021, and have wanted to do a video demo of the basic concepts ever since. Five months...