Dark Company Blog

DARC is composed of people interested in using experimental archaeology and living history to research aspects of life in Northern Europe during the Viking Age. The company further strives to provide a resource of skilled and experienced historic interpreters and physical demonstrators to museums, schools, and educational programs.

Friday, October 11, 2024

Sometimes a Great Notion (Icelandic Furnaces)

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Q : 'Can the Hals Icelandic furnace build be re-used after three winters of weathering? Well - kind of... In consideration of the upcomi...
Friday, September 20, 2024

Æelfwyn Makes Enamel

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Æelfwyn’s starting point was this image of an Anglo-Saxon brooch. This was her set-up. And a couple of fun little videos showing her using t...
Sunday, September 8, 2024

Stew

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 One of our favourite things to do as a group is eat. This was a stew with onions, beets, parsnips, carrots, lamb and herbs, made in the rep...
Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Weaving with an Oseberg-Style Loom

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The Oseberg Ship was a rich burial from somewhere between 800 and 834, discovered in the early 1900s in Norway. It is now on display at the ...
Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Our Camp at “Ribe” is Closed for the Season

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DARC had a new place to set up camp for this year’s Labour Day long weekend so we imagined coming to the Viking-Age commercial centre of Rib...
Monday, September 2, 2024

Nålbinding

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It was chilly last night so Kaðlin was wise to spend much of the last two days making herself a new nålbound cap using wool she had dyed and...
Sunday, September 1, 2024

Iron

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Today I happened to sit through a class on iron by Kettil (Darrell Markewitz). He talked about sources of iron, the basic processes to extra...
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