What you've been told about the butterfly hennin is a LIE!

And if you've never heard those words together...well...Hello! Today I'd like to talk to you about this late Medieval English headdress, and how I made my own!

A ton of medieval English art was systematically destroyed. Because of this, I had to look to brass memorial plates as one of the key sources for this project. They're pretty cool in their own right!

My construction methods are cough pretty historically inaccurate but I do my best to get the facts right! Any corrections will be posted below.

Hope you enjoy seeing this beast take shape!

00:00 Hello.
00:42 ICONOCLASM
03:19 Butterfly hennins
05:39 But how does it stay on?
06:30 Making the darn thing
08:12 Bedazzling
10:00 the butterfly part?
12:51 I'm fancy!


Full image list:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14...

Copyright stuff:
Thumbnail: Brass of Anne Herward by Flickr User: Granpic, CC BY 2.0
Scratched out rood screen image from Flickr User: David (broken taco),
CC BY 2.0 via Flickr
Other scratched out rood screen Martin Harris, CC BYSA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Musics:
"Organ Concerto in D minor, BWV 596," Bach, perf. Herbert Manfred Hoffmann, via Musopen
"Murder Mystery" by Sir Cubworth (YT audio library)
"Midnight Magic" by Rafael Krux (orchestralis.net) CC BY 4.0
Sprightly Pursuit, Cooper Cannell (YT audio library)


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