Non book things in the real world
Nov. 16th, 2025 06:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
medievalrosalieIn case you're wondering what I get up to in the real world, I do historical displays at festivals and museums and I'd like to share some from a fun event recently!
I should have taken more photos on the day but it was very busy! The tooth powders and breath fresheners were of particular interest to the crowds at Southern Realm Festival on the weekend! so many interested folks!
The bathtub is always a firm crowd favourite, and since this event is quite a distance from the Abbey Medieval Festival, many attendees had never been and were seeing all this for the very first time! As you can imagine, so many comments about medieval hygiene from movies which we had fun chatting about!
I also brought the new red chest with arches. Here's how the new chest looked in situ!
I had a blue, wool cushion on top for comfy sitting and matching red oxide coloured display stand for books, bentwood boxes and some fun medieval manuscript stickers! Happily, the merch was tucked into the side wall where you had to come in to see it and it didn't spoil the display. This is the benefit of a non living history, educational display at a fun event!
If you'd like to see more of my medieval experiments, sewing and handcrafts, there's a whole other blog for that (so I don't bore the pants off you here) which you can check in with any time you like. It's on Dreamwidth too, under the name sister_raphael
Maybe I'll see you there!
I should have taken more photos on the day but it was very busy! The tooth powders and breath fresheners were of particular interest to the crowds at Southern Realm Festival on the weekend! so many interested folks!
The bathtub is always a firm crowd favourite, and since this event is quite a distance from the Abbey Medieval Festival, many attendees had never been and were seeing all this for the very first time! As you can imagine, so many comments about medieval hygiene from movies which we had fun chatting about!
I also brought the new red chest with arches. Here's how the new chest looked in situ!
I had a blue, wool cushion on top for comfy sitting and matching red oxide coloured display stand for books, bentwood boxes and some fun medieval manuscript stickers! Happily, the merch was tucked into the side wall where you had to come in to see it and it didn't spoil the display. This is the benefit of a non living history, educational display at a fun event!
If you'd like to see more of my medieval experiments, sewing and handcrafts, there's a whole other blog for that (so I don't bore the pants off you here) which you can check in with any time you like. It's on Dreamwidth too, under the name sister_raphael
Maybe I'll see you there!
