[MR] Reminder: Wood and Weaving Workshop with Fuitighernel and Andras on the 30th.

[David Wendelken]

I had a blast last Saturday!  Thanks to Calum and Claire for
dropping by to keep me company in my shop.

They both learned how to use a lathe, and went home with a
ball-point pen that they made. I got further along on a
tablet-weaving loom and my sutton hoo cups, plus they showed
me some nifty new sources for period wood-working finds.

Hope to see some of you on the 30th!

Andras Salamandra


 >
 >>
 >> We are having a workshop on Saturday, November the 30th, to make
 >> tablet-weaving looms and learn tablet-weaving techniques.
 >>
 >> But if someone wants to work on a shoe pattern, learn how to use a
 >> lathe, or make a severed head to put on a pike around their
 >camp, they
 >> can do that instead!
 >>
 >> We hope you will drop by our home for a fun time! As always, an RSVP
 >> is greatly appreciated but not required.
 >>
 >> Andras and Fuiltigherne (Fuil)
 >>
 >>
 >======================================================================
 >> ==
 >> Here's the particulars:
 >>
 >> Date and Time:
 >> ==============
 >> 9:00 am to 3:00pm, Saturday, November 30th
 >>
 >> Location:
 >> =========
 >> Andras Salamandra and Fuiltigherne ni Ruadh O'Finn
 >> David and Rebecca Wendelken
 >> 818 Azalea Drive
 >> Fayetteville, NC 28301
 >>
 >> If you need directions, email or phone us, and we will be glad to
 >> supply them. But we are mighty easy to find if you use a map!
 >>
 >> Contact Info:
 >> =============
 >> 910 677-0495 (before 9:30pm)
 >> or davewendelken at earthlink.net
 >>
 >> What to Bring:
 >> ==============
 >>
 >> For tablet-weaving:
 >> ---------------------------------
 >> $5 to cover materials, or:
 >>
 >> A loom or a clamp that is big enough to fasten to a table-top.
 >> Tablet-weaving cards, or some stiff cardboard drink coasters. Yarn,
 >> wool, linen, or silk, in at least two colors. Scissors.
 >>
 >> For making a tablet-weaving loom:
 >> ---------------------------------
 >> 1 hardwood board (oak, poplar, maple, etc.), 6 feet long, 6 to 8
 >> inches wide, and 3/4 inch thick. 1 dowel, 3/8 to 1/2 inch
 >in diameter.
 >> $1 to cover shop supplies like glue, sandpaper, etc.
 >>
 >> For shoe patterns:
 >> ---------------------------------
 >> 1 to 2 yards of vinyl, which will cost less than $2 a yard.
 >1 yard is
 >> plenty, unless, like me, you make lots of boo-boos. A
 >needle and some
 >> thread. Scissors.
 >>
 >> For learning how to work on a lathe:
 >> ------------------------------------
 >> $5 to cover materials. You will make a ball-point pin, which takes
 >> about an hour to make. (It's not a period thing to do, but it's the
 >> simplest way to teach the mechanics of using a lathe with a
 >houseful
 >> of people!)
 >>
 >> For making a severed head:
 >> --------------------------
 >> $10 for materials, or:
 >>
 >> A styrofoam wig head, preferably male.
 >> 1 1/2 yards of t-shirt material, flesh coloured.
 >> Flax or other material that can pass for hair.
 >> scissors.
 >> "tacky glue"
 >>
 >> What else to do:
 >> ================
 >> Let us know ahead of time that you are coming, so that we know how
 >> much to purchase in the way of supplies. Let us know ahead
 >of time if
 >> you can't make it after all.
 >>
 >> If you want to drop in at the last minute, you are more
 >than welcome!
 >> We just don't guarantee that there will be supplies! (But
 >there will
 >> still be plenty of fun!)
 >>
 >> To feel like like a generous soul, bring something to share with
 >> others for a snack or for lunch - that isn't made from turkey!
 >>
 >> Terms and Conditions:
 >> =====================
 >> It's silly to have to say this, but it's always better to be clear
 >> about things up front.
 >>
 >> If you say you are coming and we purchase the supplies for you, you
 >> owe us for the supplies, even if you don't show up. That's
 >because we
 >> are not an arts and crafts supply company and don't have
 >any interest
 >> in stocking up on arts and crafts materials in the hope
 >that someone
 >> will buy them in the future.
 >>
 >> We don't smoke in our home, and neither does anyone else.
 >>
 >> We have two cats, for those who need to know that sort of thing.
 >>
 >> No guns on the premises.
 >>
 >> Things to know:
 >> ===============
 >> Since moving to North Carolina, I've found out that a
 >goodly number of
 >> North Carolinians have the mistaken impression that
 >Fayetteville is a
 >> crime-ridden dump and are very reluctant to go there. It's
 >not, it's
 >> actually a very nice town, and no longer deserves the reputation it
 >> (sadly) earned in the 60's.
 >>
 >> The Airborne and Special Operations Museum is free, and
 >just down the
 >> road from our home. If you are interested in what our special
 >> operations troops do and how they do it in places like
 >Afghanistan or
 >> Iraq, you might want to make a side trip to it. It is a
 >**very** well
 >> laid out museum and, though smaller, compares very
 >favorably with the
 >> Imperial War Museum in London. It is open from 10am to 5pm on
 >> Saturday, and I would be happy to take people on over after the
 >> workshop, and then we can get a real milkshake at Hornes'
 >Deli, an old
 >> fashioned art deco soda shop a block away.
 >>
 >> Andras
 >>
 >> _________________________________________________________________
 >> David Wendelken
 >> David.Wendelken at casetech.net
 >> (910) 624-6214 voice 818 Azalea Drive
 >> (910) 677-0359 fax Fayetteville, NC
 >> 28301
 >>
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