Arts & Sciences Coordinator Lady Nest Bengrek

Class Title: How to make a period draw string money pouch
Teacher: Lord Oliver of Cleftlands
Time: 10:00-11:40
Location: Workshop
Class size limit: 10
Class description: Money pouches are common throughout history, with similar designs used since at least Roman times. 3 Basic variants will be covered; square, round and multipart. Participants will make a drawstring leather money pouch based on archaeological finds described/illustrated in “Purses in Pieces”. If you lucet, feel free to bring a 24 inch drawstring of your own, otherwise a plain drawstring will be provided. Depending on the style being made, hand sewing experience is beneficial. Materials for 10, but feel free to come and watch. Ages 12 and up, supply fee of $5.

Class Title: Commedia all’Improvviso: a Roundtable Discussion
Teacher: Lord Niccolò Bartolazzi
Time: 10:00-10:50
Location: A&S 1
Class size limit: none
Class description: Let’s talk shop on the improvised slapstick comedic theatre of the Italian Renaissance. From intro to history to characters to adaptation for a modern SCA audience, we’ll improvise the discussion based on what you want to talk about.

Class Title: Kumihimo for Beginners
Teacher: Wilhelm Wulfhart
Time: 10:00-10:50
Location: A&S 2
Class size limit: 12
Class description: If you’ve ever needed a cheap and easy way to make a necklace try kumihimo. By the end of the class you’ll have the skills and supplies to make a necklace to either keep, give away or enter into an A&S competition. Four foam kumihimo discs will be available for $5.

Class Title: Coffee with the Muse: Backstage at the Magic Carpet Kavehane
Teacher: Juliane Bechaumpe and Llywelyn Glyndyverdwy
Time: 11:00-11:50
Location: A&S 1
Class size limit: none
Class description: Many of you have enjoyed an afternoon at the Kavehane with Crazy Llyw and Lady J. In this class we talk about the “whys” and “hows” of the Kavehane, and provide some guidelines to start your own franchise!

Class Title: 50 Shades of Grey (Fleece)
Teacher: Lady Nadyezhda the Simple
Time: 11:00-11:50
Location: A&S 2
Class size limit: none
Class description: Okay, so the fleece isn’t ALL grey but now that I have your attention, come and fondle samples of fiber from around the world from my A&S 50 project. I’ll talk about differences in sheep fiber, plus you will get a list of some of my favorite sources.

Class Title: Making a 14th Century Wire Ring Brooch
Teacher: THL Elizabethe Alles
Time: 1:00-2:40
Location: Workshop
Class size limit: 8
Class description: In this make-and-take class, we will make a 14th century wire ring brooch based on artifacts from Geoff Egan and Frances Pritchard’s book Dress Accessories c. 1150-c1450: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3. Supply fee of $3.

Class Title: SCA Archery
Teacher: Hugh of Ravenwood, O.W., A.P.F.
Time: 1:00-1:50
Location: A&S 1
Class size limit: none
Class description: This is a Beginning/Intermediate intro to SCA Archery. An open forum seminar. Bring your bows and enthusiasm. No arrows please.

Class Title: Scribal Techniques 201: Shading and Drapery
Teacher: Mistress Milesent Vibert
Time: 1:00-1:50
Location: A&S 2
Class size limit: 10, auditors welcome
Class description: This is a hands-on practicum on shading starting with simple shapes and moving into complex shapes like acanthus leaves and then drapery techniques if there is time. Bring your paints to play (otherwise work will be done with pencils) Limit 10 students for hands-on, auditors welcome.

Class Title: The Basics of Creating a Persona
Teacher: Lord Ulrich Rickher
Time: 2:00-2:50
Location: A&S 1
Class size limit: none
Class description: How to start creating your persona. Handouts available for 15, can email copies to anyone else that needs one.

Class Title: Women in Combat
Teacher: Katerin ferch Gwenllian
Time: 2:00-2:50
Location: A&S 1
Class size limit: none
Class description: An examination of the women who took part in combat in 14th and 15th century Europe.

Class Title: Culturing Your Own Yeast
Teacher: Sergei The Jester
Time: 3:00-4:40
Location: Workshop
Class size limit: 10 participants, auditors welcome
Class description:Tired of paying $7 to White Labs for every batch of beer, wine, and yeast. Want to by a strain of yeast once and never again? In Culturing Your Own Yeast we’ll cover the basics of yeast culturing. We’ll cover sterilization, slanting, making starters from slants. In addition to covering the academia of the subject matter, class participants will create their own slants as part of class. Supply fee of $2.

Class Title: Felt Banners
Teacher: Lord Ulrich Rickher
Time: 3:00-3:50
Location: A&S 1
Class size limit: none
Class description: How to make a banner from felt. Handouts available for 15, can email copies to anyone else that needs one

Class Title: Selling Sensation and Inflammation: Ballads and Ballad-mongers in Elizabethan England
Teacher: Juliane Bechaumpe
Time: 3:00-3:50
Location: A&S 2
Class size limit: none
Class description: When storytelling by song married the printing press, human rights, politics, gossip and yes, sex, got a whole new platform. This class is an overview of who wrote the ballads, sold the songs and provided the fodder for a tradition that survives to this day. *MATURE CONTENT; ADULTS ONLY*

Class Title: Accessibility in the SCA
Teacher: Lady Kateline Eliot
Time: 4:00-4:50
Location: A&S 1
Class size limit: none
Class description: The purpose of this class is to provide usable information to SCA members, event stewards, and officers regarding disability and accessibility.