Project Announcement - Historical Halloween 2020

Hello friends! I thought I’d share a short video about my sewing plans for this month. Apologies that I didn’t get into tons of detail, neither about the outfit I’m making nor about the specific imagery that I’ve been researching. I needed to be pretty brief to fit this video into my schedule, but I’ll try to include more of both in future videos in this series.
The book I’ve been referencing is “The Appearance of Witchcraft: Print and Visual Culture in Sixteenth-Century Europe” by Charles Zika. It’s incredibly interesting, but please be aware that it’s more of an academic read (lots of in-depth analysis of individual images), if that’s not your thing.
I did think twice about sharing this after the recent disagreements in the historybounding community over the use of language and imagery associated with witches. While these have a much longer history than their current use, they do of course hold a great deal of meaning to some people today. I sincerely hope that no one feels I’m treading on concepts I ought to have left alone, but I do feel that our collective human history is there to be explored by everyone. As I explained in the video, my goal is not to create a caricature, but to sew real clothes for my own wardrobe while researching the history of this imagery.
The HistoricalHalloween2020 challenge was started by Kirilee Cosplay and Lady Rebecca Fashions! Check out their channels to see more of their content. To see more lovely Halloween projects being put together by other costubers, have a look at Kirilee’s playlist here:
• HistoricalHalloween2020
And for those who have exceptional memories: yes, I did promise a historybounding corset as my next video. That corset is actually nearly finished but needed to be put aside because I had some more urgent deadlines to work on (not related to TH-cam, clearly, since my channel has been so quiet). Not to worry though, the project isn’t forgotten, and I’ll still be posting a video about it as soon as I’m able.
For (slightly) more regular project updates, have a look at my instagram:
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[@LindaUrsin]

As a witch, I'm glad you brought out where the imagery came from. I started practising as a witch long before it became popular and I've always been outspoken and "outside" in other ways as well :)

[@RetroClaude]

I'm so excited to see the finished costume!

[@patriciakellyadams134]

I lOVE the design!

[@LinaPiprek]

Thank you!

[@michellecornum5856]

The planning looks good! How exciting!! Can't wait!! Stay well!

[@aly_b]

Cool project. I can't wait to see the results 😍

[@LinaPiprek]

Thank you! 😊

[@Skuggkatten]

Keep political comments out of your videos and you will attract twice the following.