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Tönsberg viking market 2017
First time selling fabrics in Tönsberg vikinga market in Norway and it rained alot! xD
They had some viking boats in the harbour during the market. They also had a big boat making workshop on the market place. They where building a replica of the Klåstadship . Here they have also build the Saga oseberg ship, a replica of the oseberg ship. More about it here:
Now thats a contrast!
Rainy rainy…Tuvalie fix!
Pretty sick of the rain!
Yeah this was a mess… In the evening when we went to to market feast, it rained so much during just one hour, that my tent colapsed!
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Annika Larssons viking exibition in Enköping
You may have heard about Annika Larsson before. She published her theory about a ribbon from Birka containing the word ”Allah”. The news got spread all over the world while some us where really sceptical. And she soon got allot of critisism. Why? Because the way she ”found” the word was by adding patterns on the sides and mirroring it… I think anyone can understand why this is problematic.Me and Johanna wanted to see the exibition in Enköping and see for ourselfs if she would give a better explination.Here are two replicas of card woven ribbons with gold and silver thread inserts on wool warp.
Ps. Yes the ribbons have ”swastikas” on them. Its abviously not about nazism since its from the viking age ,so dont worry. This symbol accures textiles through the history all over scandinavia, baltic and slavic region. We dont use it anymore (exept for replikas) but we cant erase historical artifakts just because somone made it evil. Maybe its time to take it back?
The mirrored picture
Gold plated ”turtle brooches” (spännbucklor).
Nicely made replica of Embroidered silk collar from Valsgärde, Uppland Sweden.
Interpretation of a viking womans outfit.Many things in this was really unclear. There where not enough information and datings on the items and some slightly hazy text about islam vs viking culture and heaven and so on. And then this:
This is clearly viking inspired clothing, but it she didnt say this in the information text?! We nerds can tell but regular people might not understand that this is fantasy. As a archeologist from a university you need to be really clear on these matters is you do an exibition on a museum!Never less, the craft it beutifully executed, and its a fun mixture of different time periods.
Note the embroidery on the neckline! Similar to an embroidery in Birka Grave 735.
The last part of the exibition showed the line of styles we have had from viking age to modern time with all its influences from all over the world.
Traditional swedish kurbits flowers.
A persian (?) pattern printed on a pillow.Enköping museum allso has some other objects. Found some pretty medieval chandeliers to admire.
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Årsunda autumn blot 2017
Årsunda viking farm is a place with a viking association that has anual blots like spring blot and autumn blot (maybe midvinter & midsummer blot aswell??). They have a big farm with a huge long house with feast hall and sleeping hall, and several small houses for different purposes.
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Istrehågan stone formation and the gokstad pile, Norway
My friend Hans Gunnar showed me some local historical places, Isterhågan stone setting and the Gokstad pile where they found the Gokstad viking ship. Click to se more:
This place really felt magical. Chills!
And then we went to the Gokstad pile in a beatiful bay in Vestfold.The Gokstad ship was made about year 890, and was excavated in 1880. It was a warm sumer that year and wood dries so they fucked up alot of stuff in it.. Today we have much better presevation tecniques. But you can see the ship in Oslo viking ship museum.
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Saltvik viking market, Åland 2017
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Spring= Tent and furniture fixing
Making a new table for the tent. For this I went and bought the widest boards they had. Its pine and lucky for me it had rain on the last they had so they were a little gray wich i liked but I also got a good price for them because of that. I put them together with just two ribs across underneath with screws. For the stain I used:2/3 linseed oil1/1 terpentineand a splash of tarblack iron oxidered iron oxide (i think..not sure..)
The legs are antique that I traded me. They are cutted into two so this is one half. The only thing I did to them was put som linseed oil/terpentine mix to preserv them. It really brought them back to life.
I love, love, love, the spring!! The nature is exploating with energi and everything comes to life. The flowers are blooming, you can start to smell everything again after the winter and the gras and trees has a strong green tint to them.
My Allium are blooming, soon to be a big beautiful round purple flower.
And finally som fixing on the tent. Had to sew some seems around the edges that i had left.
When I sew outside, on a tent for example, I like to use this sewing machine. It would suprise you how strong it is. You can sew anything from clothing to thick layers of tent fabric. We also have a similar one with electricity that also is good for tents.
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Gunnes gård autumn market 2016
Finnishing the season for this year, with one last autumn market at Gunnes viking farm in Uppland väsby, Stockholm Sweden.
Fornbiargi hand craft
Doing the valkyria pose xD aperently with eyes closed
Byebye! xD See you next season!
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Oslo viking ship museum
Finnaly we got too see the museum! On the way back from Gudvangen we wanted to make a stop in Oslo to go to museums, the viking ship museum and then the folkemuseum wich is really close. The viking museum has a lot more than just the viking ships, they have furniture, textiles, tent parts, wagons etc. Here is a lovely animal (dragon?) head:
Gokstad ship
Tent frame? This discussed but it is the most common theory.
Some woven tapestries, Im gessing these are reconstructions.
A handle of some sort
Cards for card weaving
Tool for yarn
I think this was from a child bed
A chair
Foto: Oslo viking ship museum
A shoe
Heads on one of the wagons
Top carvings from a ”tent frame”
Another animal (dragon?) head
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Oslo museum trip
After we went to Oslo viking ship museum we went just a few 100m away to te folkemuseum (folk museum). Its a outdoors museum that have alot of buildings from different time periods but its also a indoor museum with clothing and furniture.
Male outfit, early 1800s. wool coat, wool or cotton waistcoat and (probably) chamois leather pants with very pretty embroidery.
18th century shoes, embroidered silk.
Womens undergarments late 19th century.
Fabric press cabinet.
Part of a shirt 1800-1850. Intresting gores on the shoulders!
Loose collar to wear over a deep necklined shift. Very practical when you dont want to wash to much!
I looove this one!! Its a yarn basket. It lookes like viking age but its not! Its says; probably 1500-1700s, from Seljord in Telemark.
Copy of a church chair in Tyldal church in Hedmark, 1150s
This is Gol stave church. It is actually moved here all the way from Gol, wich we passed on the way down from Gudvangen.
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Gudvangen part 3- the market
Finaly at the Gudvangen market! This place is truly amazing! Its so beautifull it tingles in all of your body. There is waterfalls on all moutain sides and when the sun comes in after the rain…omg! You wont regret it if you go there!
