[MR] RE: Announcements for A&S competitions

Tue Sep 2 11:17:36 PDT 2003

Greetings Aelfwynn,

You have a point there, and I for one apologize for my dilatoriousness (Oh Lordy I'm SURE that isn't spelled correctly...) in getting information to James.  However, I will say this:  In terms of the sub-competition I am sponsoring, a WIP will gladly be given consideration if it is at a point in its progress that one can see the direction in which the artisan is going.  I'm wagering other sponsors might feel similarly, where appropriate.

But yes, thinking ahead is a good thing.  I promise to think ahead, following the good example of the marvelous Dame Rosine, to Crown Tourney and the competitions there....

And as a reminder, the sub-competition I'm sponsoring is as follows:

"Best Late-Period Accessory (Can be a hat, head-dress, ruff, handkerchief, gloves, pomander, girdle, shoes, stockings, you name it...) Good documentation will be a huge plus.
Sponsored by: Baroness Meli ferch Iasper ap Dafydd
Prize: 5 yards of mid-to-heavyweight 54" damask fabric, 
cotton/synthetic blend, medium gold in colour with vine pattern (picture available upon request)."

in Service,
Meli

 --- Aelfwynn scripsit:

Hey all! Thanks to James for posting the upcoming competitions at Coronation. In the future, would it be possible to get more lead time between the announcement of specific competitions and the date of the competitions? A week is not enough time to research, plan, shop for and execute most A&S projects. (Not to say that it's impossible but most projects take longer.) I would have loved to have entered something in one of the embroidery categories but there is no way I can get anything done in the time remaining. The more lead time we have, the better the pieces the artisans of Atlantia can present at these competitions. The research can be better because we have the time to do it and get those articles through interlibrary loan. We will have the time to hand stitch the seams rather than running them up on the machine or spin and dye the wool to use in the project rather than using tapestry yarn. Some will argue that we should be doing this anyway and I agree. But competitions are often the thing that will push us into doing something we haven't tried before. (oooh! there's a competition for Best Collars and Cuffs, maybe I'll make a set of cartridge pleated ruffs to finish off that Elizabethan Garb I've been working on.) With an increased push for better documentation and period construction methods a longer lead time to prepare quality pieces with appropriate documentation is a necessity. As an example, the dyeing competition at Sapphire Joust was announced well enough in advance, that there were about a half dozen entries of various colors using different mordants. That's more natural dyeing than I have seen in one place, other than a class at Pennsic. For those planning competitions, the sooner the details are available, the better. If there isn't room in the Acorn, put them here on the Merry Rose or on a website. It'll help the artisans know what to work on. That said... What are the competitions for Crown Tourney? (I've already got some things I'm working on that are Early Period, that I'm planning on entering but if I had a better idea of the specifics, I'd know exactly what to work on. (I'd hate to do an embroidery in the style of the Oseberg tapestries when tablet weaving was going to be highlighted or vice versa.) Sorry if I ranted a bit but I really hate it when an A&S competition has no entries and with earlier announcements of the details, I think that could be avoided more often. YIS **aelfwynn of whitby**

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