Scrolls

For the competition "The Ambassador's Gift" at the 2026 Hawkwood Baronial Birthday, I submitted a chemise book binding, complete with hand-stitched seams and goldwork embroidery. While it didn't win this competition, it did bring me great joy in researching and constructing it, and I plan to make more in the future once I've spent more time learning about the technique and taking my time with the stitching (I was in a rush to complete it because as always, I didn't give mysel

This piece was submitted in the competition, "Freya's Golden Halls," at Ymir 50. The category was open medium and had to illustrate a piece of the goddess Freya's lore. Inspiration It took me quite a while to figure out how I wanted to tackle this piece, as well as identify the subject. Obviously, the subject would be related to the Norse Goddess Freyja given the parameters of the competition, however identifying an element of her lore as my subject was something that I stru

This embroidery piece was submitted at Ymir 51 in the open medium competition category of "The Jaws of Fenrir." Artists were tasked with creating an item in any medium that captured the fearsome spirit of the great wolf, Fenrir, and must include wolf imagery. Background In Norse mythology, Tyr is the god of war and courage, and lost his right hand after it was bitten off at the wrist by the gigantic and fierce wolf, Fenrir.1 Fenrir was the son of Loki and the giantess, Angerb

In 2024, my barony hosted an event called Memento Mori. One of the A&S competitions at this event was to make three tarot cards based on ANY theme and method of creation. Naturally, I chose embroidery as my method! My inspiration for this project came from my love of “spooky season,” all things green, and the original Beetlejuice film. This has been one of my most technically challenging projects yet! Sure, I've dabbled in stump work, but to do it in multiple layers? Challeng