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[[Image:SabinedAngers Frederic Badger.gif|frame|The Honorable Lady Sabine's device. | [[Image:SabinedAngers Frederic Badger.gif|frame|The Honorable Lady Sabine's device. | ||
Purpure, a mermaid in her vanity proper crined Or a ford proper. ''Artist: Frederick Badger'']] | Purpure, a mermaid in her vanity proper crined Or a ford proper. ''Artist: Frederick Badger'']] | ||
Sabine d'Angers attended Ursulmas A.S. XXIV / January 1990 with a gypsy friend and never looked back. (Although there was a hiatus from 2002 to 2009.) She resides in the shire of Shittimwoode and is known for her bookbinding. | Sabine d'Angers attended Ursulmas A.S. XXIV / January 1990 with a gypsy friend and never looked back. (Although there was a hiatus from 2002 to 2009.) She resides in the shire of Shittimwoode and is known for her bookbinding. | ||
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== Current Projects == | == Current Projects == | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 11 October 2009
Sabine d'Angers attended Ursulmas A.S. XXIV / January 1990 with a gypsy friend and never looked back. (Although there was a hiatus from 2002 to 2009.) She resides in the shire of Shittimwoode and is known for her bookbinding.
Current Projects
Elizabethan Working Woman's clothes - the corset is killing me! This is a pretty ambitious project since the only sewing I've done has been HEAVILY supervised. Me with a sewing machine solo is scary.
Smock Corset Petticoat w/ bodies Partlet Coif
Italian Renaissance Bookbinding - I just began the research for this project. Knowing so little about the time-period I've been intrigued by the Humanist philosophy that led to wide-spread reading.
Paste Reconstruction - I'm uber-jazzed about this one. I obtained a reproduction of the earliest illustrated bookbinding manual (De Bray, Dirk. 1658/1977. A Short Instruction in the Binding of Books followed by a Note on the Gilding of the Edges by Ambrosius Vermerck, trans. H. S. Lake. Amsterdan: Nico Israel.) In it I found mention of a 'stifsjel-doos' or 'starch box' used to store paste.
I've been curious about the various adhesives used during the bookbinding process. Wheat starch paste intrigued me most so I started investigating historical wheat cultivars. I have several questions: Was wheat starch used or wheat flour?
I discovered that the more common variety during the 1500s in England was Emmer wheat (called Farro modernly). I found some that is non-pearled (pearled is partially cooked) and I've begun some experiments in spoilage and comparing the differences between wheat starch paste and wheat flour paste. I've extracted wheat starch from wheat flour - what a time-consuming project!
Completed Projects
Research
Arts and Sciences / Competitions
An Tir Kingdom Arts and Sciences Championship XLIII I competed in the Kingdom Arts and Sciences Championship XLIII/2009 for overall champion and was chosen as the Laurel's Choice winner. I was also selected as a finalist - along with two Members of the Order of the Laurel, Jack Tyler (aka Dyon de Mantel) and Hlutwige Wolfkiller (how exciting is THAT?!?!?)
Entries
Object: Late 16th century binding - Dutch/German binding style, Latin text
Paper:
Kingdom Arts and Sciences Championship XXV In AS XXXV I competed in the Kingdom Arts and Sciences Championship XXXV/2001 with a single item, a 15th century hand-dyed and tooled book. I received the highest score for single item (link to book photo). File:15c Student Book Documentation.doc link title
Artisan's Display at Coronation 2000
http://www.currentmiddleages.org/artsci/photos/Coronation00/pages/bookbox.htm
Teaching
SURVEY OF EUROPEAN BOOKBINDING (3) BOOKBINDING I (3) BOOKBINDING II (3) INTRODUCTION TO BOOKBINDING (2) HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING
Judging
Madrone A&S 3 October A.S. XLIV: I was thrilled to be asked to judge at the Madrone A&S championship competition. Rather than "judging" per se, I really consider it an opportunity to learn from and collaborate with an expert or budding expert. I'm always impressed by the passion and knowledge of the artisans.
Awards
Forget-me-not | 28-Jun-1997 | AS 32
Award of Arms | 10-Jan-1998 | AS 32
Jambe de Lion | 4-Sep-1999 | AS 34
Forget-me-not | 15-Jul-2000 | AS 35
Magister University of Ithra - bookbinding classes
Forget-me-not | 13-Jan-2001 | AS 35
I am very proud of having made it (back in the day) into Baron Steffano's Guide to Parties and Partiers: Being an examination of fun. by Baron Steffano da Gucci al Khabeelah. p. 10 "Sabine d'Angers - improbably lithe, Sabine has charms that soothe the savage beast. Or, at least one of the more notorious savage Sir beasts. It's a shame we can't bottle that magic, because with a rifle and some hypodermic darts we could calm this Kingdom right down."
For more about the Book Arts in An Tir, check out The College of Book Arts (Aelana Cordovera's brainchild).
Has been seen as hanger on to
The Incomparable Sir Maximus Amoricus
Maestro Eduardo Francesco Maria Lucrezia - Antir Who's whoMaestro Eduardo Francesco Maria Lucrezia - Antir Wiki
Miranda Katherina de Montpellier
Marc Rene Sebastian Dubois
Mistress Isolde de la Vielle a Roue
Lady Alais
Sir Aidan Carlysle