Medieval History
Do you love J.R.R. Tolkien?s books so much that you could just wear them? One local designer has just answered your prayers.
Director Peter Jackson isn?t the only one repurposing J.R.R. Tolkien?s works this holiday season: U of T civil engineering student Lee Hamu has upcycled some of the author?s classic works to create eco-friendly jewelry, household items, and various paper products. Currently constructing Tolkien-themed glass Christmas bulbs (among other projects), the 23-year-old Hamu spoke to The Grid on the eve of The Hobbit?s Dec. 14 theatrical release about some of the Frodo-friendly items for sale?or soon to be available?at her Etsy store.
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- New Book Examines The Influence Of Medieval Welsh On Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien once wrote: ?I love Wales?and especially the Welsh language?. Now, a Cardiff University academic has explored Wales? influence on Tolkien in the first book-length study of his debts to Welsh language and literature. Tolkien and Wales: Language,...
- Atherton On Tolkien (trans.) & Tolkien (ed.), Beowulf
J.R.R. Tolkien (trans.) and Christopher Tolkien (ed). Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell. London: HarperCollins, 2014. 448pp. Reviewed by Mark Atherton Beowulf is "the major piece of Old English verse...
- Vincent Ferré On Tolkien, The Hobbit, And More
Medievally Speaking's Vincent Ferré on Tolkien, The Hobbit, and more, on France5 ....
- Middle-earth Minstrel
McFarland recently published Bradford Lee Eden, ed., Middle-earth Minstrel Essays on Music in Tolkien. The publisher's description reads: "The twentieth century witnessed a dramatic rise in fantasy writing and few works became as popular...
- Tolkien 2009 ?ten Years Of History?
Tolkien 2009 ?Ten Years of History? event to be held on August 15th-16th 2009 [no location given] The Asociación Tolkien Argentina (A.T.A.) is a non-profit cultural and literary association founded by Dr. Ricardo Irigaray and Mr. Jorge Ferro in 1999...
Medieval History
Hobbit Chic
Do you love J.R.R. Tolkien?s books so much that you could just wear them? One local designer has just answered your prayers.
Director Peter Jackson isn?t the only one repurposing J.R.R. Tolkien?s works this holiday season: U of T civil engineering student Lee Hamu has upcycled some of the author?s classic works to create eco-friendly jewelry, household items, and various paper products. Currently constructing Tolkien-themed glass Christmas bulbs (among other projects), the 23-year-old Hamu spoke to The Grid on the eve of The Hobbit?s Dec. 14 theatrical release about some of the Frodo-friendly items for sale?or soon to be available?at her Etsy store.
Click here to read this article from The Grid
- New Book Examines The Influence Of Medieval Welsh On Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien once wrote: ?I love Wales?and especially the Welsh language?. Now, a Cardiff University academic has explored Wales? influence on Tolkien in the first book-length study of his debts to Welsh language and literature. Tolkien and Wales: Language,...
- Atherton On Tolkien (trans.) & Tolkien (ed.), Beowulf
J.R.R. Tolkien (trans.) and Christopher Tolkien (ed). Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell. London: HarperCollins, 2014. 448pp. Reviewed by Mark Atherton Beowulf is "the major piece of Old English verse...
- Vincent Ferré On Tolkien, The Hobbit, And More
Medievally Speaking's Vincent Ferré on Tolkien, The Hobbit, and more, on France5 ....
- Middle-earth Minstrel
McFarland recently published Bradford Lee Eden, ed., Middle-earth Minstrel Essays on Music in Tolkien. The publisher's description reads: "The twentieth century witnessed a dramatic rise in fantasy writing and few works became as popular...
- Tolkien 2009 ?ten Years Of History?
Tolkien 2009 ?Ten Years of History? event to be held on August 15th-16th 2009 [no location given] The Asociación Tolkien Argentina (A.T.A.) is a non-profit cultural and literary association founded by Dr. Ricardo Irigaray and Mr. Jorge Ferro in 1999...