Arts and Sciences

Schedule

Wednesday July 2, 2025

10:00 AM
-They ate What??! Forgotten Vegetables and Pot Herbs
-Humoral Theory, Doctrine of Signatures, and Uroscopy
-Gothic stained-glass painting
-Cooks Play Date
11:00 AM
-The An Tir AS Judging Rubric – A Useful Tool for Crafters
-Apothecary Equipment and Shops
1:00 PM
-Beyond the Booze Brew-ha-ha
-Faux Stained Glass for Event Decoration
-Spinning 101 – The Park and Draft
2:00 PM
-Pre-Psych: Mental Health in Medieval Times
3:00 PM
-Spinning Salon
-Paint a Parasol
-Apothecary Geek Session

Thursday July 3, 2025

10:00 AM
-GRWM! Beauty Trends of the Middle Ages
-The Art & Alchemy of Color
-Open Display
-Cooks Play Date
11:00 AM
-Two Strings and a Toe
-Lunch Break
1:00 PM
-Frisian Hats & Stitches of the 7th to 10th
Centuries
-Horizontal Strip & Alternating Pick-Up Pattern bands on a backstrap Loom
-Food of Heian Period Japan
-Yelling at Your Friends for Fun and Profit: A Voice Heralds Primer
-English Country Dance for Beginners
-Quick Farmers Cheese & Historical Background @ Northern Marches
3:00 PM
-A Simple 14-16th c Carry Bag
4:00 PM
-Laurel Cocktail Hour(s)

Friday July 4, 2025

10:00 AM
-Sprang! Elastic & Spandex before Elastic and Spandex
-Turkish 9/8 Rhythm for Dancers & Drummers
-Principality Largesse Competition (AS)
-Cooks Playdate
11:00 AM
-Ribbon Roses
-Let’s Talk Largesse
1:00 PM
-Designing Your Own Sion-Style Pouches
-Very Basic Sprang
-Shield Prep & Shield Painting
-Q&A with War Event Stewards
-Easy Bouncy Dances for All Ages
-Laundry through the ages
2:00 PM
-From Lesson Plans to Peerage Paths: The Syllabus of Success
-Finger Knitting
3:00 PM
-Simple Anglo-Saxon Pouches & Bags
-Bardic Workshop
-Meyers Longsword for SCA Heavy Fighters
5:00 PM
-Sprang Salon
-Show a Little More: A History of Burlesque

Saturday July 5, 2025

9:00 AM
-Cordage Making from Plant Materials
10:00 AM
-Band weaving BIL (Before Inkle Looms)
-Champion’s Competition
-Cooks Playdate
11:00 AM
-Ribbon Roses
1:00 PM
-Iron Age Masculine Tunic and Trousers
-Same Pattern, Different Technique
-Gettn’ Down to (Court) Business: A court Coordinator’s Primer
-Merchant Coordinating 101
-Tile Painting
2:00 PM
-Skjoldehamn Hood
-Level up your bardness with musicality
3:00 PM
-Finger Knitting
3:30 PM
-Skjoldehamn Belt & Ties
5:00 PM
-Hand Weaving Salon

A&S CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Bardic Workshop

Want a chance to practice your bardic pieces in a supportive environment? Have something new you’re working on that you’d like feedback for? New to bardic and want some advice on how to improve your performance? Just want to come perform? All experience levels welcome.
Ainsley Macnab, 2 Hours

Level up your bardness with musicality!

Getting into a musical mindset will change your musicianship in many ways. Lets discuss those mindsets along with the skills you can develop using them. This will include practice tips and tricks, using passive time to your musical benefit, and other skillsets that may enhance your musical journey.
Broklauss Varangr, 1 Hour

Tile Painting

Many cultures had decorative tile as a part of daily life: be it in public places or in the homes of the wealthy. In this class we will see several different cultures’ tile work and create one of our own on a pre-bisqued 4×4 tile; tile, underglazes, and brushes provided. Tiles will be painted on-site, but fired off-site, to be returned to their owners at a later event or via the mail. Result will be a 4×4 tile, usable as a trivet or installing in a tile treatment. Bring a pencil, preferably mechanical with a good eraser, and any source art you wish, such as an example for your device. Class limit 10, Cost $10 plus shipping if required. Held in the Reannag Teine Merchant Booth.
Baroness Elsbeth Cameron de Montfort, OL, 2 Hours

Let’s Talk Largesse

Largesse is vague and yet we’re expected to know specifics. What is largesse? What is appropriate to donate for largesse? What if I said that largesse is one of the areas where gatekeeping happens? In this class we’ll discuss what largesse is & isn’t. What is and isn’t appropriate for largesse, including period vs modern items. As well as discuss ways to encourage people to participate in making and donating largesse.
Maeve Cunningham, 1 Hour

Laundry through the Ages

This class will review laundry techniques through the centuries at the creek. Anyone who can make it down to the creek from the gnome trail are welcome. We will time travel as we wash fabric clothing in the creek. Bring your dirty clothes, a chair, and a snack. Be prepared to get wet. I will provide river friendly soap and some wooden paddles. Or just come watch the fun.
Lady Helen Gaskyn, 1 Hour

Iron Age Masculine Tunic and Trousers

Learn about the Marx-Etzel find, which includes a simple tunic, trousers, and shoes. You will learn how to pattern and make your own Marx-Etzel kit.
Sunna Regnbue; 1 Hour

GRWM! Beauty Trends of the Middle Ages

Get Ready With Me! Bring your cleansers, toners, lotions, serums, and sunblocks, and discuss the origins of some of our cleansing routines, makeup trends, and more! Beauty in the middle ages encompassed everybody–because everybody has one thing in common: Skin! It is the largest organ of the human body, and many humans wanted to present Their bodies in the best way they could! We’ll talk about the Mega Beauty Influencers like Cleopatra VIII, Empress Theodora, Empresses Chabi & Gi, and even Queen Elizabeth. Grab your skincare regimen and a water basin, your makeup, if you wear it, and come get ready with Kseniia!
Kseniia Aleksandrova, 1 Hour

Simple Anglo-Saxon Pouches & Bags

We will look at replicas of a belt pouch from Sutton Hoo, a leather case for a knife and eating pick, and a ring bag. All are specific to 580-630 CE England and Northern France (Anglo-Saxon and Merovingian). The extensive handout also includes a couple of simple leather pouch styles, a knife sheath, and a pattern for the belt pouch. Handouts for 10; watchers welcome (I can email the handout later). Bring seating.
Yseult of Broceliande, 1 Hour

Frisian Hats and Stitches of the 7th to 10th centuries

We will look at reconstructions of five hats found in archaeological digs dating from the 7th to the 10th centuries in Frisland, the NW coast of The Netherlands. You will get instructions to make your own hats and practice doing the decorative stitches that were used in making them. These stitches are also appropriate for Anglo-Saxon and Viking cultures. You get a 10 page handout and wool fabric, thread, and needle to practice the stitches with. Bring snips if you have them and seating. Handouts available for 10; watchers welcome (I can email the handout later). $1 for handout & materials.
Yseult of Broceliande, 1Hour 30 Minutes

Skjoldehamn Hood

Found in the far north of Norway and dated to the 11th century, the Skjoldehamn garments might be Norse or might be Sami (Lapp). The hood is unlined and tailored to fit the head snugly so that your head doesn’t turn inside the hood, obscuring your view. We will look at a reproduction made to the original dimensions and discuss how it was cut, sewn and fitted. Handout includes measurements for the original plus a version to fit someone taller than 5’3”. Bring seating. Cost $1.
Yseult of Broceliande, 1 Hour

Skjoldehamn Belt & Ties

This 11th century belt was found in Northern Norway, so there’s some controversy as to whether the clothing is Sami or Norse. Learn how to make this 12 strand braided belt with its colorful tassels, as well as 12 strand braided ties found on the pants. Handouts and practice materials (fee $1) available for 10; unlimited observers welcome. Bring seating.
Yseult of Broceiande, 1 Hour

Designing Your Own Sion-style Pouches

Like to knit and looking for period things to make? Learn about the early history of medieval knitting and get ideas and motifs for designing your own pouches in the style of the reliquary pouches from Sion Cathedral, late 13th to 14th century. Cost $1 for printing. Handouts available for 12; unlimited observers welcome. This class assumes that you are familiar with two-color stranded knitting techniques. Bring seating.
Yseult of Broceliande, 1 Hour 30 Minutes

A Simple 14-16th Century Carry Bag,

The so-called Martebo bag, a simple linen or canvas bag, can be made large enough to carry armor, in a medium size as an event day-bag, or as a small wallet or belt pouch. Used by modest folk rather than nobility, it’s an easy, useful addition to your kit. See samples, get tips on how to sew, and a handout with dimensions for the various sizes. Bring seating.”
Yseult of Broceliande, 1 hour

Shield Prep and Shield Painting

Learn how to prepare shields for painting and how to easy the painting process in miniature
Andromacha of Lesbos, 3 Hours

Ribbon Roses

Learn how to mak ribbon roses for any occasion
Elizabeth Anne deGresse, 1 Hour

Cordage Making from Plant Materials

Learn to make cordage for almost any purpose! We
will use raffia to create sturdy and useful cordage.
Sunna Regnbue, 1 Hour

The Art & Alchemy of Color – Hands-on Pigment Making

Pigment is color–it is used as the basic colorant for paints. In this class you will make pigments and learn how to make paint from them. Materials and safety gear will be provided. The class will teach historical methods for making mineral pigments, and you will leave with some of your own handmade pigments.
Nico Forest

Gothic stained glass painting.

Hands on learning gothic stained glass. All pieces will be fired off site and available to pick up and take home Saturday of war! No experience necessary. All supplies provided.
Ursula Porabjardottr, 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Cooks’ PlayDate

The cooks’ playdate has informal demonstrations of period cooking over fire each day of the war. People are welcome to come watch and/or participate. We are quite strict about fire and safety, so be prepared. Cooking usually starts around 10am and runs to around 4pm. After dinner (sit down at 6pm) people are welcome to “beg alms from our table”, however this is AFTER to people in the cooks’ playdate have eaten their dinner. Do not ask for food until we have finished eating dinner. We always have too much food. Friday is fish day. We are not a shop or a restaurant. This is a participatory and volunteer activity.
Donna Green-Tye, All Day At the Cooks Play Date Camp North of A&S

Beyond the Booze Brew-ha-ha

What do you know about historical alcohol-free drinks? Many brews were based on juices, herbs, vinegar, yogurt… even short-fermented “sodas”! Let’s gather and celebrate this group of delicious, hydrating, beverages. Bring a chair and a tasting cup. Please consider bringing 1-2 quarts of a drink to share… and, maybe, a copy of the recipe? This continues the “Medieval Mocktails” tradition begun last year by Duchess Eleanor de Bolton.
Caterina da Savona & Hughes de Bertoncourt, 1 Hour

Food of Heian Period Japan

Less of a class and more of a geek session about Heian period food. I’m doing a deep dive for a feast I’m hoping to run next year and will have research to share to get people excited and flavorful non-euro centric period foods!
Arnóra Durinsdottir, 1 Hour

They Ate What?! Forgotten Vegetables & PotHerbs

It wasn’t all just cabbages, turnips, and parsnips that got you through the winter and early spring. Skirret, orach, nettles and purslane, and a host of other things were a vital part of many period diets. Come and learn about them, see examples, and share seeds!
Adhela of Ottersdam, 1 Hour

Quick farmers cheese + historical background

Quick farmers cheese made from cow or goat milk. Please wear freshly cleaned clothes and/or aprons. You will be required to sanitize hands prior to participating. Bring note taking items for recipes/hints. There will be an abbreviated history of cheese included, as well as sampling. Bring your preferred condiment for tasting and a vessel to take your fresh cheese back to camp with you. This will be an in camp lesson, bring seating if you wish.
Ursula poraborjardottir, 2 Hours

English Country Dance for Beginners

“Come learn some fun, easy English Country dances! No partner required. All genders welcome. I’m planning to do Rufty Tufty, Gathering Peascods, and maybe Chestnut if there’s time. All ages welcome. ” Mongfind filia Colin Easy Bouncy Dances for All Ages “Simple bouncy dances for the young and young at heart! No experience required. All ages welcome, small children enthusiastically included.”
Mongfind filia Colin, 1 Hour

Faux Stained Glass for Event Decoration

Learn how to make plastic panels that can be taped to the windows of rented event sites, making them look like stained glass windows. This is the technique used to make the numerous faux stained glass windows at the An Tir 12th Nights hosted in the Barony of Adiantum since 2009. Unlimited attendance; handouts can be emailed after the class. Bring seating.
Yseult of Broceiande, 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Q&A with War Event Stewards

Think you might be interested in running the war in the future, just interested in what goes into its planning and running? Come ask us!
Evren Ankaravi / Cassandra Deveroux, 1 Hour

Bandweaving BIL (Before Inkle Looms)

A brief history of the development of the Modern Inkle Looms and the band/tape weaving techniques and equipment that preceded the Inkle Looms introduction Lecture on the development of the “Inkle loom” and a “show and tell” of common pre- 20th century band/tape weaving equipment.
Tracy Erikssdottor (Shapiro), 1 Hour

Two Strings and a Toe

Band/Tape weaving any time any place: Making “Pre Duct Tape–Duct Tape” Using nothing but string and your own body and a pre-made warp, learn how to make one of the most useful items of daily life in the pre-industrial world—Tape. From tying on your clothes to lashing on the goods in your pack, to the reins of your horse, in a time when rope was a costly specially made item and buttons were so rare that they were considered luxury items, homemade tapes and bands were something that was always in demand. Once you know how to weave a tape using
nothing but some string and your toe you’ll never be “at loose ends” ever again.
Tracy Erikssdotter (Shapio), 1 Hour

Horizontal Strip and Alternating Pick-Up Pattern bands on a Backstrap Loom

Around the world today and throughout human history, the most common equipment for weaving narrow cloth (including tapes and bands) was the simplest loom of all, the Backstrap Loom. For this class, using a pre-made warp, participants will learn the basics of using the Backstrap Loom while making a horizontal strip warp face band. Once the students get a feel for the technique, they will have the option to try the Alternating Pick-Up technique on the same warp.
Tracy Erikssdottor (Shapiro), 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Same Pattern, Different Technique

Latvian Aulejas Technique as an alternative to Tablet Weaving: Iron Age to the present day. It tends to be generally accepted by most people who study Viking and Slavic pattern band weaving that Tablet Weaving was the only “game in town”, but is that true? Well, maybe not. In this class, I hope to introduce you to the Latvian Aulejas technique of pattern weaving. The Latvian Aulejas technique uses a form of Pebble Weave on a standard Backstrap set-up to produce pattern designs almost indistinguishable from the same patterns woven using Tablet weaving. In

addition to the visual similarities between Aulejas-woven and tablet-woven bands, there is also evidence that both techniques have existed, side by side in certain districts in Latvia (and possibly other Baltic/Slavic regions) since the Iron Age. In the class, following a brief discussion and demo, participants will get the opportunity to try this technique for themselves using a pre-made warp. (In a side note, why, yes, this is almost exactly the same technique as Andian Pebble Weave—so, proof, yet again of independent development)
Tracy Erikssdottor (Shapiro), 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Sprang! Elastic and Spandex before Elastic and Spandex

Many people know that the Sprang technique produces amazingly stretchy and adaptable fabrics, but what exactly is it? Well, in this lecture, we’ll look at this fabric that moves using samples, demos, and examples from art history and folk-art sources to talk about multiple Sprang structures and techniques and their possible historical and ethnographic applications. For those who might be interested in future exploration of the subject, a printed suggested reading and website directory will be available for a $1.00 donation.
Tracy Erikssdottor (Shapiro), 1 Hour

Very Basic Sprang

In this hands on class attendees will learn the very basics of the Sprang technique to make a small pouch. Using a prewarped Sprang Frame students will learn the basic “interlink” stitch, what happens when you get “to the middle”, and a quick finishing method.
Tracy Erikssdottor (Shapiro), 2 Hours

Bandweaving Salon

Come, play and share your love of Narrow wear Weaving in all of it’s multiple structures and methods. Several sample warps will be available to play with.
Mistress Tracy Erikssdottor (Shapiro), 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Sprang Salon

Come and share your interest in Sprang in it’s many forms and applications. Some sample warps will be available for people to play with.
Mistress Tracy Erikssdottor (Shapiro), 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Merchant Coordinating 101

For event staff, merchants, and populace alike, this class addresses merchant coordinating in general… as well as some of the various issues (both obvious and obscure), complete with sample forms, reference links, and a worksheet of potential scenarios. Specifics as to laws in Washington, Oregon, & California are used as examples I’ve dealt with first- hand over twenty years coordinating merchants. No class limit, donations accepted to offset printing costs.
Baroness Elsbeth Cameron de Montfort, OL, 2 Hours 30 Minutes

The An Tir A&S Judging Rubric A Useful Tool for Crafters

People enter contests for many reasons, and not necessarily to win. A good rubric not only helps you place better in a competition, it can offer useful guidelines for working on any project. We will look at the Rubric as a tool that you can use in a number of ways, whether or not you like to enter competitions. Download the rubric at http://arts.antir.org/forms/judging-forms/ – look for the Judging Form for Objects. Hard copies for 10 will be available. No size limit. Bring seating.
Yseult of Broceliande, 1 Hour

Show a Little More: A History of Burlesque

Many people think that burlesque was not an art form until the mid-19th Century. That is false! Burlesque as we know it today evolved from the Comedie del’Arte and still retains many of its medieval trappings. Feathered headdresses and opulent costumes play into what burlesques truly were: Satirical Theatre. Take it from a modernly professional showgirl: Burlesque is more than stripping away clothes; it is about stripping away the layer’s society has used to keep marginalized groups in their places.
Lady Kseniia Aleksandrova, 1 Hour

Turkish 9/8 Rhythm for Dancers and Drummers

Marina will be teaching drummers in playing the Turkish 9/8 rhythm known as Karsilama, along with a common melody. Along with the drumming Eleanor will be teaching dance footwork and movements that also go with this pattern. Bring a drum or other percussion instrument if you have one.
Marina ni Chruiter and Eleanor de Bolton

From Lesson Plans to Peerage Paths: The Syllabus of Success

Do you know cool stuff and want to share it with others? Has your peer said you need to teach more to help you further down your path? Great, you’ve come to the right place! This is a class for people who know their content and want to share it in an instructional setting but may need help with how to do so- whether that’s “I’ve never taught anyone” or “I’m good with one-on-one but not groups” or even “Talking in front of people activates my stage fright.”

Join 18-year veteran theatre teacher HL Aelis de la Rose and Viscount Seamus O’Caellaigh (OL, OP) as they help you get more comfortable sharing your knowledge with groups and further understand how teaching connects to peerage.
HL Aelis de la Rose and Viscount Seamus O’Caellaigh (OL, OP), 1 Hour

Gettin’ Down to (Court) Business: A Court Coordinator’s Primer

Have you ever wondered what the people behind the thrones are really doing back there during court? Or how the court herald knows what to say next? If you are curious about how the court pageantry machine stays well-oiled, come to this class and learn the inner workings of court coordination! This class will offer an introduction for folks who are interested in getting involved in court coordination, as well as a Q&A/round-table discussion for folks who have coordinator experience. Bring your thoughts, questions, and a chair. All are welcome!
HL Aelis de la Rose, 1 Hour

Yelling at Your Friends for Fun and Profit: A Voice Herald’s Primer

Voice heraldry comes in a variety of flavors, and we will be touching on all of them in this class. What is important to know, how to get involved, and the do’s and don’t’s of each will be covered. If you are new to voice heraldry (or want to know more about specific types), this is a great place to get information and ask questions. If you have experience in voice heraldry, there may be opportunity for a roundtable discussion, depending on time. Bring your thoughts, questions, and a chair. All are welcome!
HL Aelis de la Rose, 1 Hour

Meyers longsword for SCA heavy fighters

Get an introduction to a Meyers based approach to longsword fighting in SCA heavy combat. We’ll go over 1) Approaching the fight 2) footwork 3) “the helicopter of death” 4) how to practice combining 2&3
Bjorn Hammerhand, 1 Hour

Pre-Psych: Mental Health in Medieval Times

Psychology as a science has only been in existence since roughly 1875; but mental health issues have been around since the first humanoid began walking around on this planet. What types of things did people do in the pre-17th Century world to combat mental health and did those remedies work?
Lady Kseniia Aleksandrova,

Youth Active Games

A series of active medieval group games for youth. Dame Jacqueline will also teach about the history of each game and when/where it was played. Dame Jacqueline de Lioncourt OP, 2 Hours Youth Loom Weaving (Cardboard) Youth will learn how to weave on a cardboard loom to make a coaster or cup cover that they can take home! We will use acrylic yarn. Appropriate for ages 5 and up with adult helper.
Dame Jacqueline de Lioncourt OP, 1 Hours

Finger knitting

Learn how to use your fingers to knit a scarf! We use acrylic yarn.
Jacqueline de Lioncourt OP, 1 Hour

Popsicle stick catapults

Build your own siege weapon from popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and a plastic spoon. Then we shall see who can launch their rocks the farthest! You can take it back to camp and continue the battle, as long as you can be SAFE. Perhaps you can win a war point?
Jacqueline de Lioncourt OP, 1 Hour