It started with a long van ride on the way to a LARP (Live Action Role Play) event. We sat up front while our gamer friends fell asleep in the back. The drive went late into the night. To stay awake, the conversation went a bit like this:

Cynthia (to Nathaniel): "You make cool props. Why don't you sell them regularly?"
Nathaniel (to Cynthia): "I used to. You make cool costumes, why don't you sell them?"

And thus, the partnership for our creative costumes and props was born!

Wyrd Armouries began in 2015 as the joint name for collaborative works between Wyrd and Wired and MalHanch Armouries. We started working shows together in early 2014, but had each had been out there being creative for years before that. In 2018 we are celebrating a new milestone: we are opening our first storefront gallery in Eden, NC!

Between the two of us, we have over 25 years of various experience making and selling unique handcrafted goods. If you can dream it, chances are one of us can make it!

Cynthia Abernathy is a costumer and leather worker, and also makes jewelry made from old books and game pieces. Nathaniel Wilson is a blacksmith, as well as creator of prop weapons and other oddities.

With enough random skills for a medieval village, together we create unique work to adorn and amuse. You can find us at media conventions, renaissance faires, pagan festivals and craft shows along the east coast.

Cynthia also sells her jewelry at http://wyrdandwired.etsy.com