Heill Friends! I'm Celia! Bard, vintner, dancer, calligrapher, spinner, weaver, illuminator, seamstress, armorer... basically if it can be made in a small apartment I've either tried it or have it somewhere on the list to try. I've been playing in the SCA ~1.5 years and came in with some background in singing, miniature painting, and quilting.
Growing up I set a goal of being able to have an informed conversation with anyone about their passion. Naturally that means I need to try all the things, and I'd like to be good at a few of them. Singing, dancing, and sewing are core to my being. Vinting, spinning, and weaving are more recent additions that I'm in the passable/experimentation phase on. The scribal arts are the new addition for 2020. I've found that it is beneficial to focus on one new art at a time (though I really want to figure out cheese and sausage...)
For more information:
Instagram: @celianailo
WK website/Resume: Under Construction
Side by side with original
Gouache on pergamenata
Now up to 3.5 Lbs of homespun
Almost 4,000 yards single ply
All processed from raw local romney
Original batch brewed in front of students
4 fruit blends as flavor experiments
This year's learning is intended to be scribal arts of calligraphy and illumination with a series illuminations of modern day "saints" painted using period examples. Each piece brings new learning and between each piece it seems I've found other pieces that just needed to be made :)
Gouache on Pergamenata
8th Century Hiberno-Saxon
Gouache on Pergamenata
13th Century Arabic