If you heard me screaming today it was because I went to the post office and found an amazing gift in the mail!!!  A good friend, Lady Suphunibal in the SCA (Elegantly Eccentric Designs), makes stunning jewelry sent me an incredible gift!  She fashioned a bronze necklace for me based on some extant pieces from Dürrnberg.  I am blown away at how incredible this is.

I know you all want to come join us in the Iron Age now, right???

Before you ask, she did already tell me she will take commissions on these!  (It is my understanding that all proceeds go to expanding her book collection in effort to further her Punic studies.  Take a class from her next time you are at Atlantia U or Pennsic if you want to know more!)

​The first example I have is Grave 205 (Source: Der Dürrnbergbei Hallein, Die Gräbergruppen Kammelhöhe und Sonneben).  This grave dates to the La Tene A period and contained a child/infant and a teen/young woman.

The second example I have is Grave 118 (Source: Der Dürrnberg bei Hallein, Die Gräbergruppe im Eisfeld).  This necklace has similar piecing and has the addition of beads and baubles (not uncommon on early Celtic neckrings from this region).  This grave had a teen/young woman and two adults of indeterminate sex.  Dating for the young woman is La Tene A2.

This summer she also crafted some rings and a bracelet based on the Dürrnberg finds as well.  (Sorry for the blurry photo, my hands are shaky today.). Definitely worth your time to check out her shop (she does incredible Roman pieces as well)!

Last summer I put together the first of my Ugly Skirts for Bronze and Iron Age wear.  It's not actually "ugly", though it kinda is, by design.  Let me put it mildly that the Huldremose Skirt is NOT a flattering thing by modern standards if made to historic specs.  

Ugly or not, I love it.  And it lead to another, and another.  All in effort to experiment with some very early clothing ideas that I have.  (Eventually, I will post about the Ugly Skirts to date.)

I also have a fascination with Fugly Beads, because seriously, there was some bizarre stuff in early finds!  

I also realized that I want to have a space online where people can discuss and share early continental Celtic finds.  I have learned that too many people think of "Celtic" as being synonymous for Irish and Scottish (and they also tend to some how think all of the latter is 17th century and beyond, lol) and that most discussion groups revolve around the isles (and periodocity of kilts, ugh).

Ugly Skirts and Fugly Beads (name is likely to change at some point), caters to those interested in Central and Northern Europe from the Bronze Age till approximately year 1 BCEish.  The jewelry finds from these periods are AMAZING, and we have textiles here!  Lots of them compared to some places!  Gaul is welcome too, as well as the Eastern Hallstatt region, but the idea is to focus on the early Celtic, Germanic and Nordic cultures that get little air time in the SCA.  If these things are your geek, please come join us!

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