TENT - Current Projects

[Tanya Guptill]

Corun,

Since you asked....

Am finishing up a tent I started a couple years ago, so I can have it on hand
for Estrella.  It is a dark blue canvas round pavilion, circa 1330 France,
about 10' across with centerpole and hoop,  and a roof vent that includes a
fiberglass insert for a 3" stove pipe. I designed the tent to be very tough in
bad weather, and very period in appearance (okay, okay, I cheated on the roof
vent, but it's amazing how much it helps...), and for just one person.  I am
working on the painted 'architectural'  arches on the walls  (doing a gold
leaf-looking paint), and hoping to have it finished by the War.  Like every
other tent-maker I know,  I am not satisfied with it--especially the sewing.
Hopfully I have improved my sewing skills considerably since two years ago, when
I sewed it...  :)

How's the basement coming on the Super Yurt?
Did I send you cool URL I found, for the Ultimate Super Yurt? at
http://www.state.gov/www/publications/statemag/statemag_nov-dec/statemag_sep-oct/pomb9.htm

Remember, you have a reputation to uphold...heh heh heh....

Mira

Corun MacAnndra wrote:

> Timorra wrote:
> >
> >Artemesia is the lower half of Idaho and parts of Utah, Colo and Montana
> >where I am at is Boise Idaho.
> >
> >I think it would help for those who arent familiar to put a place..grin
>
> Good idea. So to redo my previous entry with a tad more information;
>
> Baron Corun MacAnndra
> Barony of Ponte Alto
> Kingdom of Atlantia
>
> Atlantia encompasses Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina and parts
> of Georgia. Ponte Alto is that part of Virginia known as Northern Virginia
> (Fairfax County, Arlington and Alexandria), being in the immediate
> Washington, DC area.
>
> So now we know where many of hail from, what kinds of tents are you all
> making?
>
> I'v been researching and making yurts (gers in Mongolian) since around
> 1987. My first yurt came to Pennsic XVIII. It was fifteen feet in diameter,
> about nine feet high and packed up on a Honda Accord hatchback. You gotta
> love nomadic dwellings. ;-)
>
> That yurt has undergone some modifications in its lifetime and is now 20'
> in diameter. I have also built or helped to build several other yurts and
> passed along my plans to others both in and out of Atlantia. I have taught
> classes in yurt construction at the University Atlantiae as well as one
> class on felt rug making in two styles used by the nomads of Eurasia.
>
> My next yurt project will be to recreate the type of yurt that was put onto
> a cart or wagon. The idea is to pull a trailer into Pennsic one day and
> essentially have a pop-up yurt.
>
> In service,
> Corun
>
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