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 →
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 →
June 2019 I was offered the opportunity to help recognize a friend for his efforts to create incredible authenticity in the realm. Arne Ulrichson was given invitation to enter the King's Order of Excellence, a well deserved honor.For my part, I was honored to have been asked by the crown to create a brooch in... Continue Reading →
I made a thing for a friend! I had the opportunity to make silver brooch for a friend of mine that was there when I first started in the SCA and has been a great inspiration to me along the way, Johannes von Braunschweig. I am glad that he was recognized for his crafts with... Continue Reading →
January 2018 This Weekend at East Kingdom Twelfth Night (2018), held in the Barony of Endewearde, I had the honor, the privilege and the joy to be a part of the elevation of my dear friend, Molly Schofield, into the Order of the Pelican. I was invited to create a Medallion for their Majesties Ivan... Continue Reading →
July 2017 While these coins of silver were historically struck using dies of bronze or iron, there is evidence that the dies themselves were cast rather than carved to provide a more consistent and uniform coin. There have also been discovered clay molds of coins and theories that these molds could have been used for... 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 →
I was also honored by the opportunity to create a special token of friendship for their highnesses of The Middle Kingdom.I created matching coins as a gift for the visiting Royals and a set for Ioannes and Honig as a symbol of their friendships. Each coin had the populace badges of the East Kingdom on... Continue Reading →
September 2016 When a member of Rolling Thunder reaches the status and esteem of elder within the clan they are sometimes offered to be included into the rank of a Silver in the clan and they are presented with a silver wheel and bolt to replace their bronze wheel. I was asked to help make... Continue Reading →
Gaius libro scriptor: Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes 