Gaius libro scriptor: Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes
A record of projects, research and musings from the mind of Gaius Claudius Valerianus
June 2021 This was a commissioned diadem artifact for patron Baroness Kassir Ni Deoraine looking to add to their Roman aesthetic. It combines metal shaping, cutting, and forming, casting, enameling, acid etching, carving all to create a single artifact. Inspired from Roman period designs and elements enhanced to include personalized aspects of the patron and... Continue Reading →
June 2021 Last year I was given the opportunity to create a new coronet artifact for Baron Wulfgar Silfrahárr by Baroness Theodora Bryennissa. This year the baroness wished a diadem artifact for herself in a similar style, so that she could have a new accessory to wear on the event of her elevation to the... Continue Reading →
I come today to show the latest example of my work producing a diadem for a wonderful peer of the East. It was requested to feature certain elements of their device; acorns and hearts. It was also desired to illustrate their station as both a double peer of the realm and a holder of a... Continue Reading →
Silver Spider Coronet For my beautiful and patient wife, Aureliana Curva, I made the very first diadem. The band is fine silver anointed with crystal and pearl encrusted spiders. I learned a lot from this project and made SO many mistakes. Looking back at this now the spiders ( which are made of painted pot... Continue Reading →
Gaius libro scriptor: Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes 