[h-cost] for Bjarne - bezants update
Hi Bjarne I know you've been working with spangles/bezants and thought you'd be interested in this site. This came from the SCA Bead list. ***I know there are a number of peopel who are hungry for these things and have been toying with making some - tonight was a useful night of not sleeping. This is the last time I will call them bezants. They aren't bezants. They are something different, something almost purely germamic that orginally can from scadinavia and the vikings. They are/were money. At least they were to the 15th C. They were being made decoratively I'm sure as soon as folks started sewing them on to things to keep from losing them. Schmuckbrateaten (Ornamental thin coins) or Bracteaten thats what I will call them now. I have a number of links up , (more on the way I'm sure) including one that has a diagram (and a few described processes) on how they were made (just as I have said all this time, stamped baby) They are just thin one sided coins. http://medievalbeads.com/docs/docs-bezants.shtml (I also got my classes on the front page for pennsic, updated the bezants page, and redid the class notes page - much clearer now) now to bed griz*** Julie in San DIego ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] little note....
Hi, I read in an antique magazine about the exhibition. It says the exhibition is on now and last the rest of this year. Its at Rosenborg Pallace in the heart of Copenhagen, so it should not be difficult for you to find it. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Beth and Bob Matney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 9:40 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] little note Hi Bjarne! Nice to see back on the list. Hot here also.. that's why we leave for Copenhagen on 25 August! ;) When and where is the exhibit? Our primary interests are a bit earlier, but it sounds interesting. We'll only be in Denmark for a week before we have to leave for Sweden and then Norway. Beth Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:16:46 +0200 From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope that its ben very booring while i have ben away, god knows its ben very boring here, and damned two hot, Europe has had one of the badest summers heatwise, we still have, and i pray it soon gets away. I must tell you costume wise, that a very important exhibition is taking place in Copenhagen by all places in September, showing court fashions of men from 17th century to 18th century. Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Costume College 2006
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone else is going to be at Costume College this weekend. After all these years of it being practically in my back yard, I'm actually going! MaggiRos ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Costume College 2006
Maggi!! Can you possibly please get a copy of the glove class doc's for me? Please? :) Let me know what I will owe you for them. :) The college coordinators will not give me any information on how to contact the teacher or give her my information. :( Chiara On Tue, August 1, 2006 1:29 pm, MaggiRos said: Hi all, Just wondering if anyone else is going to be at Costume College this weekend. After all these years of it being practically in my back yard, I'm actually going! MaggiRos ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re:History Channel
3. RE: Re:History Channel (monica spence) Message: 3 Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:13:58 -0400 From: monica spence Subject: RE: [h-cost] Re:History Channel To: Historical Costume Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I feel badly that the people at the HC are being ripped. They have a limited budget, it is difficult to get permission to film in some of the real sites and many times their actors are the reinactors that do a period-- unpaid, but not stars or people who have anything to say about scripts, production values, etc.. Not to mention that costumes are usually rented from a costume house that is more interested in genaric than specialty work. And then there are time constraints... I have a friend who is set to do a Civil War program for the HC. Who knows what it will be like, but he is working with people who know the period. My husband is slated to play a soldier-- no lines, or he would have to be payed Equity scale. We were in Philadelphia this past November and visited the USS Olympia, Admiral Dewey'S flagship. As we followed the electrical cables aboard and passed a cabin filled with men in uniforms of the period (Spanish American War) we were informed that the HC was doing a documentary on the SA War. It was very exciting-- the air was filled with smoke from a fire or a battle-- but we couldn't see it because it was cordoned off for filming. The people were really helpful, and the technical people put up with us tourists, and we hooked up with one ofthe reinactors who have a a tour that was not to be believed ! We got to stand on the bridge, and got to see the crow's nesy, which was rusted and needed repair. Most people don't get to see half that stuff... Anyhoo... unless you have ever been directly involved with a production you don't know the limitations put on a director by the chanel, the director etc. It is not as easy as you may think. Monica Spence -AND- Message: 5 Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:50:17 -0500 From: Dawn Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re:History Channel To: Historical Costume Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed monica spence wrote: I feel badly that the people at the HC are being ripped. They have a limited budget, it is difficult to get permission to film in some of the real sites and many times their actors are the reinactors that do a period-- unpaid, but not stars or people who have anything to say about scripts, production values, etc.. Not to mention that costumes are usually rented from a costume house that is more interested in genaric than specialty work. And then there are time constraints... I had an interesting chat with one of the guys who did the costuming for the Revolutionary War series on HC. From the sounds of it, the producers left the costuming entirely to the unpaid actors... quote: I do not-for-profit living history demonstrations. I started with The Revolutionary War time period. I could not afford to buy clothing so I learned how to make my own, by hand. I researched historical garments and began making them with historical construction techniques. Soon I started and outfitted an entire re-enacting group. I served as the Historical Advisor on the new 13 Episode History Channel series on the Revolution, which will air this summer. Not only did I review the scripts and coach the producers, writers and actors but I also made most of the clothing worn in the production (hand made museum quality pieces). The wardrobe people came with nothing and knew nothing (actually they are Civil War specialists). They will be creditted with wardrobe but, oh well, at least things are accurate now. endquote So, someone did try. Dawn Actually, The History Channel deserves to be ripped for the pirate thing...It was JUST BAD! And they's don't so many good things too!! AND the Revolution is almost bad, well, maybe worse to me, it's boring. If you are good at what you do and use your imagination and make good choices, you can work around limitations ( i.e real whale bone is not so easy to find in 21st century NOW, but you can still make a plausible set of stays.) I know it can't be easy, that's why they call it work. It's not about money either, many of the resources give it away for pretty much free. and are willing to lend kit if it's taken care of, but frequently it is not And act as free backgrounds in miles and mile of stock footage. Hmm historic costume content.It doesn't cost any more to do it right, If that is what you want., but don't try to pass off bad as good to me 18c Mia in Charlotte, going back to trying to make that cute little cap, the one with the little dip in the front, Burnely and Trowbrige, the 18c cent fabric merchants is putting out the patterns., but i have to work a bit on the whipped gather thing, it's harder thatn ti out to be
Re: [h-cost] Costume College 2006
Oh dear, I'm not taking the class, but I'll see what I can do. If nothing else, I can get the instructor's name (I can check when I get home this afternoon) and see where that takes me. Maggie --- Chiara Francesca Arianna d'Onofrio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maggi!! Can you possibly please get a copy of the glove class doc's for me? Please? :) Let me know what I will owe you for them. :) The college coordinators will not give me any information on how to contact the teacher or give her my information. :( Chiara On Tue, August 1, 2006 1:29 pm, MaggiRos said: Hi all, Just wondering if anyone else is going to be at Costume College this weekend. After all these years of it being practically in my back yard, I'm actually going! MaggiRos ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Sharpe BBC(A) series
BBC America's Playhouse show has been running the series of 2 hour Sharpe movies lately. All 1813. What do you (collectively) think of the costuming, both civilian and military? I like it, but what do I know? :) liz young ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Costume College 2006
I will be there again! Woohoo! I need to start packing up my stuff tonight. And I hope to see many of you this weekend. Kimiko MaggiRos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if anyone else is going to be at Costume College this weekend. After all these years of it being practically in my back yard, I'm actually going! MaggiRos ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume - How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Sharpe BBC(A) series
I saw the series when it ran years ago on Masterpiece Theater. I don't remember the costumes particularly, but Sean Ban was to die for! Kim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Young Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:15 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] Sharpe BBC(A) series BBC America's Playhouse show has been running the series of 2 hour Sharpe movies lately. All 1813. What do you (collectively) think of the costuming, both civilian and military? I like it, but what do I know? :) liz young ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
