Heraldic Display Resources: Banners

When I first started down the path of painting silk banners, I searched the internet for resources. I have found I learn best by watching and experimenting. I took a class with Baroness Brig ingen Erennaigh (Missy Looper) of Nottinghill Coill, and then reviewed the videos and texts I've listed below. After several texts -- virtual hand-holdings -- with the wonderfully patient Baroness Brig, I was able to produce my first silk banner, for Lance du Coeur de Lyon, flown at War of the Wings X.

For Lance du Coeur de Lyon, October 2015

Always take photos of your banners, preferably when they are flying against the sky!

How to Create Silk Banners (SCA)

How to Silk Paint Banners: A full Achievement for an SCA Pelican by Lady Dairine mor o' uHigin and Mistress Morgana [pdf]

20’ Feet Up! Making and Flying Silk War Standards. Baroness Theodora Delamore and Baron Alan Gravesend, UofA#73, Oct 2008 [pdf]

Silk Banner Workshop – Part 1- Supplies, Artwork and Getting Started and
Silk Banner Workshop – Part 2 – Painting and More Tips!
Eirny: The Treasury – Metal and Glass Art Creations (Irene Davis) [blog]

Silk Banner Painting by Baroness Alyna Wolfstan [website]

How to Make an SCA Silk Banner by Katheryn Hebenstreitz, OP, OL (Annika Madejska. https://textiletimetravels.org) [pdf]

Silk Banner Painting, by Baroness Brig ingen Erennaigh (Missy Looper). The Nottinghill Quill, Volume 43, Issue 8, pgs. 15-16.

Online References for Heraldic Display

Banners, Standards, and Badges: From a Tudor Manuscript in the College of Arms
edited by Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis Baron Howard de Walden [1904] - This volume, available as a print on demand item, is filled with line drawings of banners, standards and badges. Excellent resource.

Videos by SCA Members

Silk Banner Tutorial, by Amanda Michaels (Isabella E).

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

SCA Silk Banner Instructional Video, by rabeye

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Material list