12th Night A&S Contests and Display Entries

Artisan: Lady Rudaba al-Nahdiya

Description: Villanella comes to us from the 1581 book Il Ballarino from Fabritio Caroso. While I have been doing that dance for ages, it is only last year that I learnt about and tried to add in the proper mannerisms and tools; in a clothing sense it would be like "here's an old tunic but what you're suppose to pay attention to is the new trim". I had made a similar video to this last year however this years is a re-shoot to copyright-approved music.

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Artisan: Baroness Jane Fox

Description: This gown is a type worn by the upper classes in Saxony during the early 16th century. It is made from wool/silk and cut velvet. It uses a mix of historical and modern techniques and materials. It is my first foray into Germanic fashions of the 16th century and I found it challenging yet fulfilling.

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Artisan: Lord Simon de Spaldying

Description: This is a Petrarchian sonnet that I wrote for the 12th Night Royal Bard competition, commemorating Atlantia's 40th anniversary. It consists of an octave, i.e. a pair of quatrains, each with rhyme scheme ABBA; then a sestet with a rhyme scheme of CDECDE. Between the two parts falls a volta (a leap) where the tone or perspective changes. The tone of my poem goes from one of struggle to one of triumph.

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Artisan: Doña Costança Daguiar

Description: This Dutch cloak was created for Nicolosa de Isenfir's elevation to the Order of Laurel. This is a hip-length garment, worn in 16th century Italy by both men and women. This particular cloak is made of teal silk satin (which is definitely documentable!), lined with black silk ribbed taffeta, with guards of black velvet and laurel wreaths around the hem.

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Artisan: Lady Elizabeth de Spaldyng

Description: I am a relatively new embroiderer. Aside from kits I made in my teens, I started practicing embroidery again in 2021 when I became active again in the SCA after a semi-hiatus of 20 + years. I am looking forward to adding more pieces to this body of work. Although I use historical stitches, most of these pieces are period only in a general sense, not reproductions of similar historical work.

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Artisan: Lord Simon de Spaldyng

Description: This is a reproduction Courier Chess set based on the c. 1508 Lucas van Leyden painting, "The Chess Players." The pieces were designed by myself and Ian og MacColin (mka Ian Roberts), 3-D printed by Lord Ulfr Gangler (mka Ray Marks), and painted/finished by myself. I made the board from a lid of a discarded piano bench. Finishes are a combination of gel stain, acrylic paint, olive oil, and beeswax.

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Artisan: Mistress Amie Sparrow

Description: This work-in-progress is a 14th c. purse made for an artisan exchange with a friend. The recipient is Cynthia Anne of Silver Lakes. The artwork is her heraldry surrounded by her favorite flower, Lily of the Valley. This is not an historically accurate design but rather an SCA artifact.

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Artisan: Lady Marguerite Honoree d'Cheneau

Description: A French Gown in the style worn in Henry VIII's Court in England. I began it earlier in pandemic and intended to complete and wear it for an event at the end of January until the event was cancelled due to the reemergence of the plague. The ensemble consists of a smock, silk petticoat, silk kirtle, and silk gown with velvet trim and tie-on sleeves. As a WIP I have the smock, petticoat, and kirtle completed (minus some trim on the kirtle) and the gown is in the mock-up stage.

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Artisan: Lady Marguerite Honoree d'Cheneau

Description: Ensemble based on an illumination from Jacques de Longuyon's Vows of the Peacock, originally intended to be worn at 12th Night but currently in WIP state. A noble woman's garment, it consists of an underdress in an orange-red wool and a looser overdress in blue wool with slits to access a purse or other item worn between the garments. The garment is a WIP - it was intended to be worn in-person at 12th Night but the artist set it aside to focus on other duties for the virtual event.

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