The Book of Ahmed

Here is the pdf of the slides for this class that Osman Usta and I co-taught today at Atlantian University.

I have been involved with the Janissary Band since Pennsic 48 (2019). I really knew nothing about the culture of the Ottoman Empire at...

My Peer, Osman Usta (mka Dr. Theodore (Ted) Monnich), presented at the Ottoman History Symposium at Trakya University in Edirne Turkiye...

This is how I prepared the fabric for my talismanic gömlek. For my first attempt, I used a basic bleached cotton muslin. First I made a...

Two necklaces that I strung that are inspired by the finds at Siksala.

This is an Estonian Headband that I created based on the archeological finds at Siksala. The base band was tablet woven from purple lace...

So, it's been a while since I've posted. These are some resources that I find handy when researching Ottoman stuff. These are the top few...

I was asked a week before Sacred Stone Baronial Birthday (Labor Day Weekend 2021) if I would take a scroll assignment - a Coral Branch...

A tugh is a horsetail decorated standard that symbolized military authority in the Ottoman Empire. Their origins lie in the nomadic horse...

The first step to horsehair hitching is to make the horsehair pulls. A "pull" is a bundle of horsehair that has been plied to make it...