After Dark Planning

[sister_raphael]

I've had a really busy few days planning and gathering images for my first ever After Dark with the Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology. I've done a heap with the Queensland Museum for the British Museum which had a touring exhibit at the time called Medieval Power: Symbols & Splendour.

Last time I was giving my rather thrilling medieval sex talk, Between Linen Sheets: The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women (which turned into a book) but this time I'll be talking about medieval craftsmanship in dress accessories. It seems to be another topic that everyone feels they know about, but in reality, original artifacts are often much smaller or larger or better made than expected.

I'll have a look at some originals and compare them to some reproductions in regard to artisan skills and think about where we get our information from; artifacts, extant finds, art and so on.

I'll have some artifacts on display too, along with some reproductions of them for comparisons.

It's not until April, but since January is just about over, it's coming up fast!