Athenaeum 2026

I honestly didn’t really know what I expected when I signed up to present at Athenaeum, but what an experience! It was totally overwhelming in the best of ways and I walked away filled with awe, and instead of feeling a bit insane for having this hyperfocus, I feel a *validated* kind of insane.

Thank you to the Barony of Madrone for hosting this unique event and to the Stewards for doing such a great job of communicating the much needed details!

I know there’s still more things to explore on this topic, but I’ve now found other folk with the same interests and even the same hyperfocus to share these things with and that’s a new kind of wonderful!

Here I’ve included photos provided by Raffaella Di Contino, Gigi Belladonna, and Jenn Louise.

For details on what I was presenting, check out my page: Engineering a 16th Century Venetian Ladder Laced Gown