Arts & Sciences Offerings

For questions or to save your spot please contact the coordinator, Signora Elisabetta Morosini di Mettenini.

Documentation Consultation Table

A message from Violante do Porto:

 

Hello my friends!
After conversations with Denise [KMoAS], and Serena [the genius behind the Crafters Green] I would like to present a Documentation Consultation table, with Simple Day as the first test drive.
 
My hope is to sit down with anyone, no matter their fluency in the various A&S rubrics. If there is enough interest, additional time and volunteers will be made available.
 
Much like the Heraldic consultations, I would like to provide support with a conversational approach. We all learn differently, so there’s zero shame in saying that you don’t have confidence in your understanding of the various rubrics.
 
The consultation table is a resource to help build confidence and answer questions. If you haven’t entered displays/competitions because of your relationship with the rubric, then I hope you will make time for a friendly visit!
 
If you’re unable to attend Simple Day, the Consultation Desk will be available by emailing me at Violante dot SCA at Gmail dot com.
 
Looking forward to speaking with you soon!
 
Your friend,
V

A & S Classes

Do you do or make a cool thing?  Have you figured out a great eventing hack?  Do you like talking to people about this nifty thing?  Come join us at Simple Day, July 1 – 3 in the Barony of Sternfeld and share with us!  We are especially looking for teachers that will present topics to help your eventing experience be better, such as:
Favorite things to pack?

What do I even wear at the end of the day/need to make a privy run?
How can I make my camp look better?
What about those nifty banners?
What kinds of games can I play?

 

These are just some ideas, but if you have others please contact me, and we can figure out how to work your class into the schedule.  Contact the A&S coordinator at evolutionary.tailoring@gmail.com to add your class.

Time Glass Room A Glass Room B Room 1 Room 2 Outside Snack Shack
10:00 am
Painting Aluminum Shields
Block Printing on Fabric
Estate Planning and the SCA
Basics and Causes of Foodborne Illnesses
10:30 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
Introduction to
Fyre-Crawling
Creating Psychological Safety
Factors to Control and How to Apply Control Measures
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
Court
2:30 pm
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
Basket Making for Beginners
Beginning Macrame
German Brick Stitch Salon
HACCP Model to decision process and Menu Planning for Camp Cooking
An Apple a Day - The History of Cider with tastings
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
5:00 pm
Dinner

Current offerings include:

• Basics and Causes of Foodborne Illnesses – Warder Rurik the Red

• Factors to Control and How to Apply Control Measures – Warder Rurik the Red

• HACCP Model to Decision Process and Menu Planning for Camp Cooking – Warder Rurik the Red

• Creating Psychological Safety – Mistress Odette d’Ambois

Is there room in the room for everyone in the room?

• An Apple a Day – The History of Cider with tastings – Oswyn Swann

• Basket Making for Beginners – THL Norelle

You will leave with a finished basket, perfect for corralling keys, glasses, site token, etc in your tent at war. The base of this basket uses the technique seen in the Gokstad backpack. No experience needed. Suitable for anyone that can safely use sharp scissors.

• Beginning Macrame – Lady Rosie Dubroc

Come learn about the history of macrame long before the tacky plant hangers of the 1970s. This class will teach you the two basic macrame knots and how to put them together to form a multitude of patterns. You will leave with a macrame coaster.

• Block Printing on Fabric – THL Katrin Grimsdottir

If you have lots of blank tent walls or boring garb, spice things up by learning how to block print on fabric. We’ll talk about wood, linoleum, and other block types and how they work on a variety of types of fabric. Try your hand at using a brayer, sponge applicators, or make your own stamp pad. We will be working with acrylic and latex paint that is designed to stay on fabric, so don’t wear your favorite garb.

• Estate Planning and the SCA – Master Llew

• German Brick Stitch Salon – Holli Hartman

Are you halfway through a brick stitch project and need help or feedback? Do you have a brick stitch project ready to go but you’re not sure how to start? Want to just chit chat about brick stitch and see what everyone is working on? In this informal salon, we will gather to look at projects, answer questions, and help each other out. You will be assumed to have at least a basic knowledge of German brick stitch as this will primarily be a practical class, not a class on the history of it, though who knows where conversation will flow!

• Introduction to Fyre-Crawling – Lucia Braganza

Ready to take your Bardic performance to the next level? Take the show on the road! Firewalking – or Fyre-crawling – is a fun way to get exposure and mileage at camping events. This class will discuss the basic elements including material, etiquette, reading the room, and intros/outros. This year Simple Day is ENCOURAGING Fyre crawling among the camps in the evening. So this is a great way to get prepared.

• Painting Aluminum Shields – Anne Mulligan

An SCA specific class where I will share the techniques and materials I use to paint shields. This will include how to wood grain the back of the shield.

 

Craftsperson Green

Are you currently making a cool thing?  We invite you to share your project at our Craftsperson Green. 

Hours: Set up will be from 10-11 a.m. The displays will be open at 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All items must be removed by 6 p.m. Unclaimed items will be placed in Lost and Found.

Entrants are encouraged to stay with their display to answer questions and interact with other artisans. The event is not responsible for lost or damaged items.

Space: Each entrant will be allotted 3 feet (one-half of a 6-foot table), and two chairs. Notify the coordinator in advance if you need an entire table, or electricity. No open flame.

Please contact the A&S coordinator to reserve your space.

A & S and Norse Culture Display

Their Majesties Arch and Runa, right minded of the talent of the Midrealm’s artisans, are pleased to sponsor A&S and Norse Culture Displays at Simple Day.

 

Who: The A&S and Norse Culture Displays are open to peers and non-peers, ages 12 and up. No sponsorship is required. NOTE: Only 12 slots are available; they will be allotted first come, first served.

 

A&S Display: This is open to artifacts that can be documented in construction and design to a pre-1500 culture, anywhere around the world. Items for SCA use, such as covered ice chests, will not be accepted. Entrants must be age 12 and up.

Norse Culture Display: This is open to artifacts that can be documented in construction and design to a pre-1500 Norse culture. Items for SCA use will not be accepted. Entrants must be age 12 and up.

 

Youth Division: This is open to entrants under 12 who wish to display A&S and/or Norse Culture items.

The A&S Display and Norse Culture Display are taking place at the same time and location.

Items for both displays must have been completed after Jan. 1, 2019.

 

Documentation: All entrants will be asked for the time period and place connected with their item(s). Longer documentation is welcome, but not required, for both displays.

 

Hours: Set up will be from 10-11 a.m. The displays will be open at 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All items must be removed by 6 p.m. Unclaimed items will be placed in Lost and Found.

Entrants are encouraged to stay with their display to answer questions and interact with other artisans. The event is not responsible for lost or damaged items.

Space: Each entrant will be allotted 3 feet (one-half of a 6-foot table), and two chairs. Notify the coordinator in advance if you need an entire table, or electricity. No open flame.

 

Sign Up: The deadline to sign up is Friday, June 24. Contact the A&S coordinator to reserve your space.

About the Barony of Sternfeld

The Barony of Sternfeld is a chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit educational organization.

Our lands include the city of Indianapolis, IN and surrounding counties of Hamilton, Marion, Hancock, Morgan, Shelby, and Johnson (north of SR 44) counties in Indiana.