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Mistress Christiana Elizabeth Constable

A Touch of Renaissance

http://elizabethanwoodjoineryandcostume.blogspot.com/

Christiana Elizabeth Constable Persona DocumentationGolden Swan 2010.
A documentation based on historical information and research to design a fictional persona for a lady of means during the mid 1500s to1590s

http://elizabethanprojectsca.blogspot.com/

Phasiani lacus Manerium
Tudor era from 1457 to 1603 AD interest group in re-creating through creative anachronism within the Duchy of Connacht - Adria

http://mannorofpheasanthollow.blogspot.com/

Medieval and Star Pavilion Design and Construction Techniques12 spoke Medieval pavilion, 6 and 8 star pavilion
http://medievalpaviliontentconstruction.blogspot.com/

Projects made from Jan 2011 to July 2011

A gift was needed to 12th Night a local medieval shire event for the Shire of Appledore. A small chest made of birch and maple and velvetined lined. The lady that received the gift wil be using it for storage of beading projects.
The inside of the gift box - given as a gift Jan 2011.


Some of the members of Phasiani lacus Manerium say that Mistress Christiana brings the kitchen sink. It is true that Christiana does bring the sink, but she does bring other items as well to make a tastey meal. Shown here is her spice box holding the many different spices that she uses in the culinary arts. She will soon be making a new spice box and is hoping to attain more glass bottles like the ones shown in the box with the silver lids

The dry goods kitchen box is shown here, and aids in the storage of all goods needed to make a deliteful meal. The chest is made and finish to high the mundane items and is part of Mistress Christiana's culnary kitchen setup for those weekend events.

Here shown is the entire setup with all the cookery items needed to make a meal, and to prepare medieval foods as well. In shopping around at aution sales she can across edging that is made of a vinyl rubber of which she used to prevent damage both to the vehicle and to herself. By fluke the table shown forward, fits in a car perfectly, thus no need to use the truck to transport displays to different demos and craft shows. Since than Mistress Christiana has added one more table like the one shown. The table to the right is the sink table and allows for basic cleaning and dispensing of water from a 20L water bottle. When they say Christiana brings the kitchen sink they are right.

The tables shown here are designed like those of banquet tables thus allowing for quick takedown and setup, and are a lot more durable than mundane tables brought from the store.

Mistress Christiana display used both at Canada Day 2011 -Vernon and at the Vernon Museum during Medieval days.

Medieval Village - Canada Day 2011 - Vernon, British Columbia, looking unwards from Mistress Christiana's pavilion.

A new and stylish Medieval garment similar to those of the Renassiance period. Made for Mistress Christiana by Christiana, which includes the petticoat, detachable sleeves, and the outer dress.

A photo take of Mistress Christiana's Renaissance dress - May 2011

Another garment for those hot summer days following Renassiance. Taken at the Wolfgang event in Vernon - June 2011. Mistress Christiana also taught a mini course on blackwork needlework at this event.

Woodcraft projects from May 2011 to August 2011

Elizabethan Chest - description below.

A gift from Mistress Christiana Elizabeth Constable to the reining duke and duchess of the Arch Duchy of Connacht. Mistress Christiana was working on the concepts of making kneeling benches to give a classy look to the royal court. Kneeling benches are based off of a web surf looking for a cornation stool of which Christiana based these loosely off a King Edward VI. These kneeling benches were presented to their graces at Imperial Wars (Adria - Duchy of Connacht) on a Saturday evening while around the bard fire. These benches were put into service the on Monday of the event during closing court. Finishing is done with a ground pigment stained suspended in an oil based oil. Next time will try suspended the pigment in linseed oil. The throne chairs in behind the kneeling benches were not made by Mistress Christiana.

For Imperial Wars 2011 arts and sciences enterly Mistress Christiana presented the X chair, based of diagrams, plans, and instructions from a medieval furniture book, and also from a Roman furniture book. The chair is a knunkle type joint where it forms the X. Carving of the chair's details also from diagrams from the medieval furniture book were carved by Mistress Christiana and finishing is from ground pigment suspended in oil, but also a poly finish was applied to protect both the wood and stain from weather elements. This style of chair was used in England in the 1500s and there is referrence on the internet showing that this style of chair was used in the cornation of King Edward VI. To keep the weight down and cost down, pine was used in the construction of both the chair and the kneeling stools that sits in front of the chair. From her entry in the arts and science Mistress Christiana earned 29 points. This arts and science project was enter for war points.

Camelot Vinyards Demo 2011 - Through a deal with the a local supplier in Kelowna and a little work Mistress Christiana attained a new 10ft x 10ft popup pavilion for the August Demo. Her older popup is smaller, and the frame racked from winds and transport was beginning to how its wear. Shown here in the photo is a small sampling of Mistress Christiana's many talents in the crafts.

Another view of the chair and kneeling bench that was used at Imperial Wars. In the making of these items, there were three kneeling benchs and one chair made for Imperial Wars, of which two were given as gifts to their graces of the Duchy of Connacht.

It has been a while, but Mistress Christiana was getting tired of dragging mundane suitcases to events, that were the entire weekend, and close to where she lives mundanely. During the month of May 2011 she begun construction of a new chest based off of internet photos of some Elizabethan chest. The chest to keep the weight down was made of 1/4 inch plywood, with some 1/2 inch and 5/8 spruce plywood framing materials. The legs are with oak veneer over pine and are mounted in such a way to prevent tearoff of the legs when slid out and in the truck. Although still in design state, a special dolly is been designed that locks under the base with wheels to prevent this problem from happening and thus should make unloading and loading a lot easier. The chest has been also divided into three lower sections which also aid in supporting the frame of the cabinet, and a deep cedar tray also provided. Historical garb of Mistress Christiana is stored in this cabinet when at events, and the chest is lined in thin 3 inch pine boards. Top is a lift off lid, but will be undergoing some changes come the winter of 2011 - 2012 to modify it to a hinge lift lid. In loading and unloading the lid had a tendency to fall off and with it been hinged will prevent this problem. The hammer was used to drive tent pegs in and was left on the lid, for when the photo was taken, it was time to take down the pavilion.

Lots of things have been happening over the year since Feb of 2011, as the members of Phasiani lacus Manerium and myself Mistress Christiana Elizabeth Constable had left one creative anachronism group and joined with the Adria Empire, the branch known as the Arch Duchy of Connacht which has recieved its official title sometime between October and Novermber of 2011. Been in a smaller group, has entitled Mistress Christiana to be able to participate at least once a month, but more ready twice a month during the summer, and this has allowed her to expand and concentrate on creating more wonderful things of wood and textiles.