Books may be purchased via Paypal or send a check or money order, made out to Gail Gray and mail to: Shadow Archer Press, 15 Brookdale Ave. Greenville, SC 29607.
Hats for the Current Middle Ages
Edited byTHLady Cecily De Stafford, CP
Contributing writers: THLady Constanza Consuela Ximena
Plastic bound to give you many years of instruction and stand up to the wear and tear of your sewing room. Many color photos aid the re-enactor who attends SCA events, Ren faires, and theater costume designers. Documentation is included on many of the hats, based on archaeological finds, portraits, paintings and illuminations.
Follow the simple instructions and learn how to make: veils, fillets, barbettes, the coif or biggens, the French Hood, the padded roll, the dagged dead chicken hat, the flat cap, the chapel, liripipe or travelers hood, Italian Ren caps, Byzantine and Middle Eastern head rolls, the French Hood, the Gabled Hood, the muffin cap and the Viking Rus or Mongolian fur-edged cap.
The book is written by four members of the SCA who have been costumers, haberdashers and merchants for between 5 to 15 years. Lavishly illustrated with 40 color photos and a number of diagrams and material lists for each hat.
So You Want To Be A Merchant
By THlady Cecily De Stafford, CP
This is a 40 page, handmade booklet. It gives detailed instructions on how to build a merchant business in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Fair circuit. Many color photos aid the re-enactor who wants to sell their handmade goods or special items at SCA events, Ren faires, and arts and craft fairs.
Chapters include: Display, Developing a Business Plan, Analyzing Market Trends, What Type of Items Merchants in the Current Middle Ages Sell, How to Layout Your Shop or Pavilion, Advertising, the Business of Doing Business, The History of Merchants in the SCA and Renaissance.
It includes profiles on a number of successful merchants who talk about their experiences and offer tips to the aspiring merchant.
$12.00 + $2.95 shipping
A Dyer’s Journal
by Cecily De Stafford, CP
Includes history of dyes used during the Middle Ages and recipes for dyes such as logwood, cochineal, fustic, madder, brazilwood, black walnut, mimosa, tansy, alkanet, woad and more.
This is a great resource for any natural dyer and is excellent documentation on fiber, fabric and colors used during the Middle Ages for costumers, embroiderers, weavers, spinners and fiber artists who do re-creation or re-enactment of the Middle Ages in the SCA and other organizations. Sections include: techniques for dyeing at home, mordants, dyeing in natural surroundings at Gulf Wars, history of silk and working with silk, equipment list, and extensive bibliography. Also includes sample chart with 20 actual samples of wool and silk yarns dyed with natural dyes. Signed. 40 pages, spiral bound with plastic cover, color photos throughout. (Cecily De Stafford (Gail Gray) has been a Brronial Minister of Arts and Sciences in the Society for Creative Anachronism. In the mundane world, she has been an arts editor, feature writer and photojournalist on three newspapers, editor, and publisher.
$14.00 + $2.95 shipping
An Overview of German Embroidery
A Dyer’s Journalby THLady Cecily De Stafford, CP
This is an 11 page booklet which gives an overview of Middle Ages and Renaissance embroidery in
Cordial Recipes from the Green Griffin
by Gail Gray (THLady Cecily De Stafford, CP)
This is a 26 page, 5 X 8 1/2 inch beginners recipe booklet on cordial making, published by Shadow Archer Press. A brief history of cordials is included, as well as a tools and materials list, suggested bottling methods and six recipes: These include Blackberry, Cherry, Black Raspberry,
Color photos included.
Learn how fun and easy it is to make your own cordials using the fresh fruits of the season.
