Artisan Village
For Egil’s Tourney XLIX, 2025, we are planning on an Artisan Village where people can have space to do / demonstrate period crafts and skills. We already have a smith who wants to create an iron bloomery and a painter who will gesso a canvas and paint with period paints (and let you try your hand as well!). Other smithing work or cold working of metal, woodworking (especially on a spring pole lathe?? ), fiber crafts, basketry, leatherwork, etc. would be most welcome. For further information or to sign up, please contact the Adiantum Arts & Sciences Officer, Mistress Yseult, via the event email egils@antir.org, putting Artisan Village in the subject line.
Be a Teacher,
Host a Geek Session,
Do a Demo
Would you like to teach a class, host a geek session, or do a demo at Egil’s Tourney XLIX next May, 2025?
What’s the difference between those three things??
A DEMO is you just being there, doing your thing, and chatting with people who wander by to watch. You get some crafting time and people get to see how it’s done. This is the most informal of the three options, and a great way to dip your toe into this sort of thing if you feel shy about it. We’ll have the Artisan Village area for this next year.
A GEEK SESSION is you in a ‘classroom’ pavilion with a table and the things and/or books you might want to bring as conversation starters or examples of the subject you’re geeking about. People show up with their seating and you all talk about your shared interest. This doesn’t take as much preparation as a class, and it’s a great way to meet and share your passion with others who have the same interests.
A CLASS is what we’re familiar with – a lecture format presentation about a subject or an explanation of how to do something with some time and materials to practice it with.
We would love to have you come share your skills, knowledge, and passion with other interested people. After the first of the year we will set up a Google.docs sign up system, but for now, be thinking about what you’d like to share. We hope you will join us next May at Egil’s Tourney!
Music
On 2024 we set aside a 10’ x 20’ covered area next to the list fields all day Saturday and Sunday for bardic activities of all types – performances, group singing, jamming with other musicians, storytelling, poetry recitals, etc., etc. This was quite successful and we will do it again in 2025
Little Free Library & The Garb Exchange
Adiantum’s Little Free Library and the Garb Exchange will be available in the A&S area. Bring SCA appropriate fiction and non-fiction books and garb to leave and take books and garb that you can use. Children’s garb is especially welcome.
Norse Trade Blanket
Like swap meets and bargaining? The Norse Trade Blanket usually takes place Saturday evening.
QUESTIONS?
Please contact Mistress Yseult at egils@antir.org