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A Thing and Its Embellishment: 12th Night Contest, 2011

Anything Can be Embellished! SO let's get to work embellishing our things!

Any item can be entered, as long as it and its embellishment are SCA period appropriate. The maker of the item and the embellisher do not have to be the same person; teams are acceptable and encouraged!

Examples include:

• An etched sword
• An embroidered chair cushion
• A carved chair
• Chiseled throwing stones
• Whatever your mind can come up with. Just be sure the item and embellishment are period appropriate. Period appropriate means the item and the form of embellishment come from the same time frame and location and both are acceptable to the SCA.

A small amount of documentation is required, such as a 4x5 card or 1/2 a typed page with who, what, where, when and how answered.

The contest will be held on the Saturday of 12th Night, 10am (item drop off) to 4 pm (item pick up) in the A&S Area. Items will be on display throughout the day until 4 pm, when items need to be picked up.

Here's a link to a flier (pdf file). Please print it out and post it far and wide!

Guild Projects:

Any member is welcome to participate in one of the on-going projects below. There are also links to projects that have been completed, for reference.

• Guild Sample Box
  • The Guild needs samples of embellishment techniques for the sample box!
  • This will enable us to achieve full guild status.
  • The samples will be on display at Crown Events.
  • Contact the Guild Minister for more information.
  • Check out what our members have donated already! See the samples page.


• Guild Device/Badge
  • The guild needs proposals for the Guild device and badge!
  • Draw up and submit your ideas at May Crown.


• Guild Symbol/Bauble
  • We need ideas for the guild symbol or bauble (could include device/badge ideas as well
  • This should be the symbol guild members wear to show they have acheived certain ranks in the challenges.
  • Ideally the symbol or bauble should be something that can be embellished in many media, so that the guild member can show off their abilities in embellishment!


• 12th Night Challenge
  
  • Challenge runs from 12th Night 2010 to 12th Night 2011.
  • Make an item or series of items of your choice in any category (clothing, accessories, househould items, personal items, etc) using some form of SCA period embellishment.
  • The form of embellishment should be mainly unfamiliar to the participant, so new research and learning will be needed to complete the scope of the project.
  • The project should be of large enough scope that the research, practice and creation of the item will take a full year (e.g. a full-sized table carpet, a gown covered in embroidery, a hand carved wooden chest, etc).
  • At the end of the challenge, those who complete their projects will receive a certificate of completion, and the project or photos of it will be displayed at 12th Night and in the Guild Newsletter.
  • If you are doing this challenge, please let the Guild Mistress, or HL Aelianora know, so we can prepare accordling.
  • This challenge will run next year as well, so start thinking about it now!

Guild Events:

• Offical Meeting at Every Kingdom Event
  • Our Next Meeting is at 12th Night, 2011, Time and Location TBA.

Past Projects

Pennsic Pouches 2007

We made pouches with roses upon them, under the auspices of Dame Arwen Lioncourt. Pictures follow (click on a picture to see a larger image, then use your back button to return): If you have more information on who made these gorgeous pouches, please let the webmistress know. Email her here.

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Webpage design copyright 2009 Rikke D. Giles (Aelianora de Wyntringham in the SCA).