Pelican - Mikael

 August 2024

Scroll 2 of 2 that went out at Pennsic - Pelican for Mikael Melrakki. This again was from a photo from Margreta's Sweden trip. This one is in the Swedish History Museum (Historiska Museet) currently with their Viking World display (https://vikingar.historiska.se/object_details.php...). I like that this one lined up well with elements from his persona. I also liked that this "modern" paint was redone to be in line with other similar aged stones had for color and motif (per a note in the museum's write up on the extant piece). It makes me feel like what I'm doing is more "real". I don't carve any of my stones due to space and safety constraints (I have a young child and two very well meaning and nosy cats....Also let's be real. I am clumsy as heck.)

I didn't change much here due to a request to keep it simple, serious, and as authentic as I could. The build in "drop" invoked a clear sense of the Pelican, so I didn't add anything else to the illumination other than extending some of the beasties downward. I did not do any text on the black bc the contrast I was getting with my materials was crappy and my hands were tired. This made me shorten the last bit of text to instead of saying "Feilinn raised this stone in AS fifty nine", it just says "Feilinn AS 59". I did not add the white to the beast's eyes because I felt it would have made them look like Urnes style googley-eyed monsters.

Pelican - Robert

September 2022

Pelican scroll for Robert dwe Makminne and the request was a big runestone. Well, I found a rock I vibed with and did this.... There was also a request for a tiny Eeyore so the small blue beasty on the left has a familiar bow on its tail.

Rock by Feilinn. Acrylic on stone, matte finish sealant

Words by Grim the Skald

Signet Feilinn and Eowyn the cat for scale

Pelican Regalia - Marguerite

This is a Pelican Veil for Countess Marguerite. 

It was decided to do something for her Indian persona (Megha) and allows her to have something light wight, wearable indoors, and can be taken to Pennsic.  The pelican design is from a period appropriate source found by one of the greater members of the Indian persona community  in the SCA and done as wood block prints. 

The blocks were carved by Sir Zhigmun Czypsser.  The veil was hemmed and stamped by various ladies of the Worshipful Company of Their Majesties' Underwear (many of whom are part of Marguerite's household and sister household).

Green silk with white acrylic paint mixed with fabric medium.

Center of the veil.

Thyra in progress of stamping!

Adding a pelican border to the hemmed sides.

Pelican placement was planned ahead of time

Once one side was done, the other side was done to mirror it.