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I was very excited to be contacted yesterday by an archaeologist, Ihor Hotun (go check him out, you won't be sorry) who worked on an excavation near Kyiv and shared the pdf of the findings with me.

Unfortunately, it was a very long pdf written in (I'm pretty sure) Ukrainian, so I wasn't able to read it. The images in the report were absolutely wonderful and I enjoyed them very much. In particular, he was writing about a ring brooch with glass stones which had been found, and he was asking to use photos of some of my brooches from my Gilbert Collection in a report of comparative findings.

Naturally, I am delighted that I can assist archaeology in some small way.

I've been meaning to cross this off my list for quite a while too. Making some cute pearl-headed and carnelian or garnet headed pins to use for my medieval veils. Finally, I gave it a try.

I'm pretty pleased. I had some flat headed pins bought from our local craft shop. They came in a few sizes, so I chose the ones with the sturdiest shanks and the flattest heads. Then I looked through my leftover beads and pearls to find some with holes which were not too big or small. Because they aren't made properly and don't have a little twist underneath the bead, I used glue to stop the beads from slipping.

Then I clipped the pin end with little metal snips and sharpened the tip by dragging it on fine sandpaper.