GNW A&S Competitions

This year, there are two Arts & Sciences competitions for you to start working on now and enter at the GNW.

Theme 1: Flora and fauna

With our event site being part of a wildlife rehabilitation area, this theme is about incorporating flora or fauna – flowers or animals – into your entries. Open to all areas of A&S, including garb, embroidery, illumination, jewelry or even prose.

Theme 2: Dressed for battle

War is in the name of our event and this theme is to showcase the fabulous work that goes into dressing for battle. This competition is for anything that is used or worn to compete in tourneys or war – including surcoats, shields, helms, quivers or complete outfits.

Judging

Lochac A&S Judging

Lochac A&S judging criteria will be used with prizes for winner of the Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Youth levels.

Entry forms can be downloaded here for submission with your A&S entry.

Adult form | Youth form

Populace Judging

This year, the populace will be able to judge for their favourite entries in each theme. When signing into the event, you will receive 2 beads of different colours. Each is used to indicate your favourite – the entries with the most beads in each theme by midday Sunday will be declared winners.

Arts & Sciences Classes

This year we have an amazing variety of arts and sciences classes, with teachers from across Lochac. Some classes have capped numbers and some also have a price – please ensure you have correct cash for the teacher on the day of the class.

You can’t ask (a Laurel) that! – Master Henry Fox + others

Class Description: Quench your curiosity! Join us for a lively discussion about what it means to be a Laurel and ask the questions you have always wanted to know. These can be directly to the Laurels or anonymous through the moderator THL Nicola de Coventre.

Duration: 1 hour Class Number: No limit Cost: Free

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Dyeing for some colour: An introduction to natural dyes within SCA period – The Honourable Lady Margrét (Greta) Thorfinsdottir

Class Description: Do you want to dye your own yarn, cloth or other finery but don’t know where to start? Do you love colour but don’t know what was used in period? Look no further for an introduction to common natural dyes used throughout Eurasia from c. 600-1600CE. This 3-hour class will allow attendees to participate in a practical natural dyeing demonstration, alongside an informal discussion of natural dyeing during the Middle Ages. By the end of this class, students will be armed with the basic information they need to embark on their own natural dye experiments. Handouts with key information and recommended further reading will be provided.

Duration: 3 hours Class Number: Not capped. First 10 will pay for dyed yarn to take with them. Cost: $5 for first 10 (take away hand dyed wool yarn) but class can be for more than 10 (free).

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Painted parasols – Lady Alexandria Biener

Class Description: Staying out of the sun has never been so stylish! Be prepared to parade around with your own unique Parasol! Lady Alexandria Biener will talk to you about the pomp and pageantry of painted parasols before you get to design and paint your own. This class will start you on your painting journey with additional time and paints available for you to finish your parasol. After dry we will be able to apply lacquer to make it more water resistant in case of light rain. Don’t miss out! Class fee is $15 and you’ll walk away with your own portable shade.

Duration: 2 hours Class Number: 15 people. Cost: $15 How to book: Email alliecardcreations@gmail.com

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Scribal Meet and Greet – Lord Kamara Scleraina

Class Description: Are you a member of the College of Scribes?
Do you want to know what the College of Scribes is and what they do?
Do you want to know how you go from getting a Kingdom award to getting a scroll?
Do you simply want to nerd out over calligraphy & illumination?
If you answered maybe/yes to any of these then please come along to meet fellow enthusiasts and discuss the world of scribal arts and Kingdom scrolls!
This will be a round table style discussion on all things scribal arts as well as providing information on the College of Scribes and how the award scrolls are created including examples of scrolls.

Duration: 1 hour Class Number: No limit Cost: Free

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Making Brass Aglets – Lord Sebastian Tockler

Class Description: Learn to make your own brass aglets based on 14th century CE finds from the Thames river. A great skill to have for improving the laces and ties on your garb, or the arming points on your armour. All tools and materials provided plus you get to keep the aglets you make.

Duration: 1 hour Class Number: No limit Cost: Free

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Viking basket weave jewellery: 793 to 1066 CE – Lady Callieach Dhe ODuinn

Class Description: Students will be able to create beautiful jewellery with their favourite piece of stone which is unique because they create the patterns! Learn about how to make this jewelry from the the 793 to 1066 CE period in Denmark. Just find a beautiful piece of stone anywhere from the size of 5cm or stones will be provided. Tools and wire will be provided too.

Duration: 40 minutes Class Number: No limit Cost: Cost of stones only

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Laidwork – Cords, purl and pearls – Mistress Rowan Perigrynne

Class Description: This class will demonstrate how to sew cords, metal purl and pearls onto fabric using period techniques, how to finish the ends neatly and ensure everything stays put! If you want to try your hand, bring a small hoop and your sewing supplies.

Duration: 1 hour Class Number: No limit Cost: Free

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Illumination – 2 simultaneous classes How to plot out a scroll /Shading – Mistress Baroness Katherine Alicia of Sarum

Class Description:

1. Plotting a scroll – This goes into the different layouts and how to measure your parchment to include all the items that are required for that scroll for the desired visual effect. I will also have some Calligraphy notes for this class to take away or do in class. (Beginner-Intermediate)

2. Shading – Will go into how to fine the light and bring that to your work.
There will be a $5 coast for materials for each class.( Intermediate )

Duration: 2 hours Class Number: No limit Cost: Free for Plotting a Scroll class. $5 for the Shading class.

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Stories in the Stars – Lady Yaroslava Solovei

Class Description: How did different people and cultures throughout history see the night sky? What stories did they tell about the stars? What did people call the Milky Way, before they knew what it was? Come and learn the lore of the night sky and folk astronomy with Lady Yaroslava Solovei. (Especially if you missed this class at Rowany Festival, here’s your chance!) Students will gain a better appreciation of cultural stories and folk astronomy, and a feeling of connection to people in history. Covers from pre-history through to 1610 CE with many cultures covered including Aboriginal Australian, Ancient Greek, Islamic.

Duration: 1.5 hours Class Number: No limit Cost: Free

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16th Century Italian Dancing – Mistress Leoba of Lecelade

Class Description: Learn popular 16th century Italian steps and step combinations and learn 1 or 2 16th century Italian dances. No prior dance experience requires (but can be helpful). Minimum level of fitness (able to walk comfortably) is necessary. Higher impact steps require moderate fitness (able to rise on your toes, do tiny jumps), but can all be adjusted for minimum fitness level and I would be delighted to teach how to modify steps to make dances more accessible.

Duration: 1 hour Class Number: No limit Cost: Free

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Hennins Beautiful Hennins (Truncated) – Lady Batista de Bardi

Class Description: Let’s talk Burgundy, 1430 and beautiful headwear called Hennins. Hennins were common in France and Burgundy and also popular at the English courts. Conical hennins appeared around 1430 among aristocratic women.

This class will provide you with a starting point for a new and exciting venture into headwear. You will get a beautiful silk blend truncated hennin to wear with a Burgundian gown. You will also gain valuable knowledge about how easy headwear is to make and learn stories of Burgundy and its people.

I will teach what I can during the class time and then I will continue to finish the one I am working. At your leisure you can pop back to the table and take photos during the day. Class will have a hand out or I can email the details to you. You will then be able to use these photos when you go home to finish your Hennin. Please remember you can Facebook message me (Ringwar Northwood) any time if you get stuck with construction after GNW.

What is unique and exciting about the subject? The Hennin is awesome and really fun and easy to make and wear. Bonus, it makes you appear taller and when teamed with an elegant Burgundian gown, you will look amazing! Especially if you have enough fabric for a train on your gown.

Extra bonus, your Hennin does not need to match the colour of your gown. So, if you want to make more then 1 gown you can use it again and again.

I have silk blend fabric in red, black, gold, silver, turquoise/teal, rust, olive green, champagne/cream and you can choose your colour at the class. Body of the Hennin is 3 mm felt and wire so it is nice and sturdy.

Your kit will include everything you need, you just need to book a place in the class and turn up on the day.

Duration: 2 hours Class Number: 8 Cost: $40. How to book: Email MedievalMeForever@yahoo.com.au

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Limp Bindings – THL Isabell Winter

Class Description: Tired of staples and paper clips? Learn to bind the historically accurate way! This class offers students different ways to gather pages or bind quires (gatherings of pages) in a variety of diverse ways and see a range of examples. The class offers the chance to learn either pamphlet stitch and Japanese stab stitch. This class is applicable to a wide range of geographical locations from Europe to Asia focusing on the 15th and 16th century.

Duration: 1 hour Class Number: No limit Cost: Free

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Learning Lampwork: Beads for Beginners – Lord Thorbjorn Bjarnylr and Domina Quintilla Tullia

Class Description: After a brief safety talk, Bear and Marni will go through the basics of making glass beads.
There will be one or two demos and then students will have the chance to work 1:1 to make their own simple glass bead(s) themselves.

You will learn how to:
*Hold and rotate a mandral
*Apply glass to the mandral in a controlled manor
*Melt the glass into a smooth object
*Use simple tools to manipulate the glass

If there is time
*How to decorate beads with dots and lines

By the end of the class you will have one or two beads made by your own hand that you will be able to collect later in the event once cooled appropriately.

Please note some beads may break during the cooling process.

Duration: 2 hours Class Number: 20 Cost: $5. How to book: TBC