The Norse Saga Cloak
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We are getting to the point that we are having to think about where some of the things we make will end up when we are gone.
This should have a life far beyond mine.
This should have a life far beyond mine.
Your work would be an invaluable resource with relevance to all stages of Education from Primary School to Post Graduate. It would also be of interest to the wider public in addition to those who directly share your interests. I would suggest approaching Education Officers in universities with departments providing courses in Nordic studies with the offer of a bequest that would entail keeping the collection intact. A condition should be that schools and the general public will also have access to the collection.
I apologise if this is like teaching a grandmother to suck eggs, but we faced a similar problem with some of the research documents left by my late father-in-law, a documentary film maker.. As an academic herself, my wife was able to identify Universities to whom this material was relevant and donated it accordingly. Fortunately, the British Film Institute hold an archive of much of his work on film. My wife derives great satisfaction from the knowledge that his legacy lives on.
The tragedy would be to allow such beautiful things to be dispersed into private collections where they will be seen only by a privileged few. However, I have to admit that I wouldn't mind having one of your artefacts in my private collection!
I apologise if this is like teaching a grandmother to suck eggs, but we faced a similar problem with some of the research documents left by my late father-in-law, a documentary film maker.. As an academic herself, my wife was able to identify Universities to whom this material was relevant and donated it accordingly. Fortunately, the British Film Institute hold an archive of much of his work on film. My wife derives great satisfaction from the knowledge that his legacy lives on.
The tragedy would be to allow such beautiful things to be dispersed into private collections where they will be seen only by a privileged few. However, I have to admit that I wouldn't mind having one of your artefacts in my private collection!
Lovely stuff Gary 
As an organisation, the York Archeology Trust generally do a good job.
As an attraction Jorvik is often staffed by students and anyone else they can get cheaply. Their knowledge usually leaves much to be desired and there is no way they would have a clue how to make use and conserve an artefact like this.
As an attraction Jorvik is often staffed by students and anyone else they can get cheaply. Their knowledge usually leaves much to be desired and there is no way they would have a clue how to make use and conserve an artefact like this.
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Time for another update.
Debs thinks this may actually be completed this year.
@Wayland
Oh, wow
That is an amazing piece of work. Well done Debs
I think she (you?) ought to document it. Write it up and put it out as a booklet of some kind.
It all adds to the artefact, adds to it's provenance, etc.,
For instance, the folks who did the work to make the Storytelling Yurt printed postcards and those are still doing the rounds.
Oh, wow
That is an amazing piece of work. Well done Debs
I think she (you?) ought to document it. Write it up and put it out as a booklet of some kind.
It all adds to the artefact, adds to it's provenance, etc.,
For instance, the folks who did the work to make the Storytelling Yurt printed postcards and those are still doing the rounds.
I second what Toddy says.
It really is an impressive piece of work and needs to be viewed widely. I access your work by going to your Wayland 's World website and navigating from there. Is there a more direct route? It occurs to me that although I find all your projects interesting, others may have a narrower focus.
It really is an impressive piece of work and needs to be viewed widely. I access your work by going to your Wayland 's World website and navigating from there. Is there a more direct route? It occurs to me that although I find all your projects interesting, others may have a narrower focus.
If you do have a proper will then it's a legal matter and not something that can be ignored, indeed the executor would be liable if they allowed aspects to be ignored.
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We are keeping notes and artwork as we go to do something along those lines.@Wayland
Oh, wow
That is an amazing piece of work. Well done Debs
I think she (you?) ought to document it. Write it up and put it out as a booklet of some kind.
It all adds to the artefact, adds to it's provenance, etc.,
For instance, the folks who did the work to make the Storytelling Yurt printed postcards and those are still doing the rounds.
