Museums - Germany Archives - Racaire's Workshop

7th century art, 8th century art, 9th century art, Berlin, Exhibitions, Hand-Sewing, Medieval Art, Middle Ages, Misc., Museum, Museum Photos, Museums - Germany, Photos, Racaire

…a little 7th to 9th century doll tunic…

2019/12/28

Have you ever wondered what kids played with centuries ago? Pictures of toys from the very last centuries are available in quite an abundance but they get more and more rare the further you go back in time. Therefore you might very well imagine my great joy when I found this lovely little doll tunic from the 7th to 9th century on display at the Bode Museum.

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5th century art, Berlin, Exhibitions, Museum, Museum Photos, Museums - Germany, Photos, Sprang

Bode Museum – Sprang hairnet from the 5th century

2019/12/26

Sprang is an old technique that got several of my friends very excited recently. And as I have a certain love for interesting and rare things, I remembered a wonderful example from the 5th century on display at the Bode Museum in Berlin, Germany. I had the great pleasure to get to see and photograph this beautiful piece during my visit in 2014 and hope you’ll enjoy it too:

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12th century Block Print, 12th century projects, 12th/13th century teardrop stamps, 13th century Block Print, 13th century projects, Books, Books - Textiles, Medieval Art, Museum, Museums - Germany, Projects, Projects - Block Printing, romanesque teardrop stamp

…a new 12th century project in the making…

2017/11/15

I haven’t made anything for myself for over one year, as my dear sweetheart pointed out to me recently. And the good husband that he is, he made me swear that I would start working on a project for myself and my own amusement next. …or as I did put it: as soon as possible. 😉 However much fun it is to make things for other people, one has always to be careful not to work oneself to the brink of creative exhaustion. Therefore I find it really important to do a fun project from time to time in order to recharge the internal batteries. It feels to me like…

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14th century projects, 16th century projects, Books, Books - Embroidery, Catalogues, Embroidery, Embroidery Patterns, Medieval Art, Medieval Embroidery, Museum, Museum - Online Collections, Museums - Germany, Pelicans, Projects

Medieval Pelican inspiration for embroidery .1

2015/09/11

During the last days I was searching for a new medieval pelican inspiration for my current embroidery project. Well, what shall I say – finding a new inspiration is often difficult enough but if you are looking for something special, it can appear to be even more challenging. Fully aware of this fact, I gathered my favorite books about embroidery around me, sat down and went through my books in order to find a new medieval pelican inspiration for my current 14th century hood project for my friends pelican elevation.

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12th century wedding clothing project, 13th century male tunic, 13th century projects, Books, Books - Textiles, Catalogues, Museum, Museums - Germany, Projects

My husbands 13th century under tunic – about my medieval inspiration

2015/04/05

New inspiration for our hobby can be quite difficult to find but some books really make a difference. Like the one in which I found the inspiration for my husbands new 13th century under tunic. Since I started with this hobby, which was more then 10 years ago, I have been searching for interesting and inspiring books. But well, with every new book purchase for my book collection I always take a chance.

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12th century art, 12th century projects, 12th century Saint Michael and the Dragon, Embroidery, Medieval Art, Medieval Embroidery, Museum, Museum Photos, Museums - Germany, Projects, Split Stitch

12th century embroidery – Saint Michaels 12th century face finished – sneak peek.10

2014/05/14

Yesterday I made again some good progress concerning my “12th century embroidery – Saint Michael and the Dragon“. 😀 It was really a hard struggle with the thread, the needle and the fabric but finally Saint Michael got his 12th century face. I am very happy and also very proud of how it turned out. When you compare the original outlines at the picture at the top left with the embroidery underneath, you will see that the final embroidery looks really very different. Though the final shape of his face might look odd to our modern eyes, it is based on a period example which I found on a 12th century wallhanging.

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12th century projects, 12th century Saint Michael and the Dragon, Embroidery, Materials, Medieval Art, Medieval Embroidery, Museum, Museums - Germany, Projects, Split Stitch, Wool-Silk Thread

12th century embroidery – Saint Michael and the Dragon

2014/04/30

At the moment I am working at the next posting for the current Craft with Racaire project – the “fast & easy pouch tutorial“. I will post it soon but it’s not finished yet… 😀 Therefore I decided to tell you more about my newest project and to show you some sneak peeks of it – of my new: 12th century embroidery project “Saint Michael and the Dragon” During my Mission “Medieval Berlin” I saw a beautiful embroidered wallhanging from the 12th century on display in one of the museums. This period wallhanging inspired me to try a “new” medieval embroidery technique. But first things first – here are the first photos of my new medieval embroidery project – enjoy! 😀 Above you…

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14th century French Queen, 14th century Headdresses, 14th century projects, 14th century Veils, Berlin, Books, Catalogues, Medieval Art, Middle Ages, Misc., Mission Medieval Berlin, Museum, Museum Photos, Museums - Germany, Photos

Mission “Medieval Berlin” – the forgotten 14th century Queen from France

2014/04/16

As I promised, I already took a first look through my photos from Berlin. At the very first day I visited the “Tiergarten Berlin” (the zoo) and the nearby aquarium. Knowing that you would prefer to see some of my medieval photos first, I decided to skip this day for now and to start with day 2 and my very first museum visit. What shall I say – it was truly amazing! I already found some lovely medieval art at the very first museum I visited. I spend some hours looking through the medieval collection and took about 2.300 photos. Well, I admit that this count surprised me but I…

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Berlin, Impressions, Middle Ages, Misc., Mission Medieval Berlin, Museum, Museums - Germany, Photos, Racaire

Mission “Medieval Berlin” accomplished :D

2014/04/14

I am back again! …and I am very happy to say that I accomplished my “Mission Medieval Berlin”! *happydance* 😀 I had a rather long “wish-list” of museums which I wanted to visit. Therefore my time schedule for Berlin was very tight. 4 very long days filled with a lot of walking and yes, my feet still hurt! But there is just one word to describe my trip: Awesome! I was very busy in Berlin. I visited 7 museums and the zoo & aquarium. I also saw “Checkpoint Charlie”, the “Brandenburger Tor”,… just to name a few places. I even found time to meet two friends who live in Berlin. We…

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Berlin, Impressions, Middle Ages, Misc., Mission Medieval Berlin, Museum, Museums - Germany, Photos, Racaire

Mission “Medieval Berlin”

2014/04/10

I am so excited! I am going on a trip to Berlin! My motto for this trip will be: Mission “Medieval Berlin”! *gosch* 4 days filled with sightseeing, the zoo, “Checkpoint Charlie”,… – well, you know, all the “modern stuff” one can’t avoid when visiting Berlin. …and definitely as many museums and “ancient and medieval stuff” as possible! 😉 Yes, I will search Berlin for anything medieval I can find. My friends who live in Berlin already warned me that they don’t know any museums or medieval collections they could recommend. This information inspires me even more to search for even the smallest traces of extant medieval pieces in Berlin. Just 4 hours…

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14th century Floral Bands, 14th century projects, Medieval Art, Museum, Museum Photos, Museums - Germany, Projects

14th century Floral Head Bands

2014/04/07

As some of you might have noticed over the last years, I really love visiting museums. And even more than visiting museums I love to take pictures of the beautiful medieval things on display in museums. Regardless if it is about medieval fabrics, medieval wood-work, medieval jewelry,… or medieval embroidery. You can take me to a museum and leave me alone in the medieval collection. I will happily entertain myself by taking several photos of nearly every medieval thing on display. It is especially dangerous to leave me alone with a good 12th century, 13th century or 14th century collection. Some of my friends already found out that I &…

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