[MR] NSTIW

[Malone, Nicholas S.]

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	You seem to have the gist of what I was saying, A&S can be fun! If
you take the right approach.
	The Pennsic story is close, It happened at 20th Year, it was Mogul
Great Coat from 1580's in what would now be Pakistan and was on loan from
the Tower collection that is now in Leeds. A friend who now works at the
museum as an armorer was repairing several jeweled knives, I got to clean
the mounts of the stones. We also got to measure, rub, photo and generally
absorb a suit of armor that I later made a set of quilted plate similar to
for heavy fighting.
	Oh and BTW; how does one apply to get on the selected cordial/ mead
list you mentioned?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ceara ni Neill [mailto:ceara at HouseBarra.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 1:08 PM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] NSTIW
>
>
> AshaHito was rumored to suggest:
> <snip>
> >...The very best NSTIW stories or Bad Judging stories are
> really funny. If
> > this starts getting too intense, I'm going to start entering period
> > artifacts in A&S competition! Or Plastic/Resin
> reproductions there of!
>
> >
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> I remember hearing a story long ago about a Pennsic past,
> where someone
> had an extant 14th century tunic on loan, and just for kicks
> entered it in
> a competition. According to the story, it was picked apart
> (figuratively)
> and the person was chastised for entering such a non-period
> rag. Imagine
> the judges' surprise when the entrant presented them with the
> certificate
> of authenticity and other paperwork from the museum.
> I always found that story amusing.
>
> I dont' enter a lot of competitions anymore. When I first
> joined the SCA,
> I did. I like to try new things. Typically, I'll try
> something, do okay on
> it,  and then I'd enter it in a competition. Back in the day
> I had a lot
> of entries at every competion, upwards of 5-7, once as much
> as 14. I kept
> winning all these competitions. Something just seemed too
> easy. I was a
> beginner, for Danu's sake! I think due to geography at the
> time the local
> judges didnt' really have experience in the fields that I was
> entering. I
> rarely had more documentation than a scribbled paragraph.
> When I started brewing, however, this changed. Apparently
> there were a lot
> of brewers in the area, because the competition suddenly got
> REALLY stiff.
> I wasnt' winning anything, getting negative comments and the
> judges were
> drinking all my stuff anyway. Nothing worse than folks slurping up all
> your mead & cordials, and then telling you that you did it
> wrong! I still
> brew, probably a lot more than I used to, but now I share it
> with people
> that will appreciate it. And a few of you know who you are! <grin>
>
> I had to stop and rethink what I was doing, and decided that
> if I didnt'
> want to hear what I was doing wrong and that I'm not winning, maybe a
> competition isnt' the the thing I ought to be doing. Displays
> are usually
> the way I go nowadays. I do like constructive criticism though.
>
> One day I awoke too late to get my entries into the hall. I'd
> brought a
> lot of stuff. So I spoke to the hall steward and was afforded
> a table to
> set up for display. I sat at the table all day and talked to
> people about
> the items as they came by to look. I had more fun doing that than any
> competition I've ever done in my life. I had an opportunity to get
> feedback from people who knew these skills better than I as
> well as the
> opportunity to teach others that were interested but too shy
> (or lacking
> that 'round tuit') to seek out a teacher. Granted I didnt' know a lot
> about a lot of the items I'd done, being a beginner myself, but i'd
> learned basics that I could pass on.
>
> I still like to make things. Since moving to Atlantia I've
> found myself
> surrounded by a lot of excellent craftspeople that really know their
> stuff. So slowly I'm beginning to enter a competition here and there
> again; but I gotta say that one of the things I like best is
> seeing all
> the really great stuff that everybody else is working on, seeing the
> different approaches to different things that people do.
>
> Its' not about winning, it's about learning and sharing. And
> that's what
> makes it fun!
>
> --
> ===Ceara ni Neill
> http://HouseBarra.com
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