A new headdress that I made during a course recently. It’s inspired by a traditional Swedish folk crown, called a Lad. Mine is not very traditional, other than it being traditional to make it as shiny as possible on a wool base.

I was inspired by the myth of Argos Panoptes, the giant who have his eyes to the peacock feathers in Greek mythology. You look at my hat, my hat looks right back.

To be honest this was an amazingly fun stash bust and I got to try out mirror sewing and beading in ways I hadn’t before. 10/10 will be doing another one.

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Första inlägget här blir min sölja/brosch av återbruk som är inspirerad av skandinaviskt dräktsilver och katolsk kitsch. De runda skålarna kallas löv eller flitter och de skyddar mot troll och trolldom i folktron.

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I sat up all night on Christmas to finish a new dress for my folk costume. One mustn’t leave such tasks for the new year, and once the holiday has been rung the peace needs to settle. You know how it is.

But new pieces call for new pics, so here is a little dräkt dump.

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