{"id":16626,"date":"2026-08-25T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=16626"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:23:22","slug":"more-on-aethelflaeds-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2026\/08\/25\/more-on-aethelflaeds-border\/","title":{"rendered":"More on Aethelflaed’s border"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aethelflaed’s border continues to make progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve reversed the colours of the dog roses relative to William Marshall, making the outer edges of the petals white, with only a hint of pink towards the centre. The rose leaves have been heathered, pale and dark green in the needle together. I may decide they need a bit of the paler green around the edge to make the edges more obvious, but for now I think I’m content with them.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The next thing I wanted to do was to get the crosses in progress. I’m having quandaries about the skeps, and doing the crosses at East and West will give me some thinking time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember with William that leaving the crosses until last left me a bit doubtful about them, and since I learned then that the crosses needed to be filled in, the only question, really, was How?<\/p>\n\n\n

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As I want to bring to mind the several crosses found in the Staffordshire Hoard, and some others of the period, they are obviously going to be gold and garnet – we got that far when I was doing the design work. However, How much detail of chasing (engraving) or embellishment with niello do I want to add? There’s the real gold of the background which is going to alter the balance of the whole piece, so I may need to add more, but for now, a single outline for each shape and a central garnet, and I think I have a reasonable version for my purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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