material culture - Kirsten Hammerstrom

Art Rant/Clothing/Fail/History/material culture

Hell is a Hand Basket

Posted on September 15, 2016 by kittycalash

Gentle Reader: Remember the post on semiotics? We need to go back to that once more. Just what are we looking at here? John Singleton Copley. Portrait of Mrs. D...

Art Rant/Clothing/Living History/material culture

Fashion, Fantasy, and Intention

Posted on August 13, 2016 by kittycalash

I am not a costumer, not really. But I’m not really a re-enactor in the classical sense: I no longer roll with a military unit and my military experiences...