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| Class listings, descriptions, and schedule file formats for the 2006 Knowne World Costuming Symposium are as follows. Schedule in Excel sheet format  Schedule in Word document format  A map of Edgewood College can be found at their site or by pdf.   |
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Keynote Speaker
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From Bills to Wills: The Life of a Renaissance Gown Mistress Drea di’Pellegrini When researching historic Renaissance dress, there are a number of different types of documents available for research: Wills, tailor's bills, inventories, court records, and more. Some of these sources have been reprinted in modern publications and are widely used, while others lie tucked away in archives and libraries, yet to be transcribed. I will be discussing each type of source as it fits into the "lifecycle" of a Renaissance garment, how it can be used for costume research, and different types of sources reveal about dress in the Renaissance. About the Keynote: Drea Leed's Bio | ||
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Charles du Bois Coathardie: A look at the construction and patterning Amytis de Fontaine Level: intermediate/advanced Description: A discussion of how to construct the pattern for the Charles du Bois coathardie. Materials students should bring: notebooks, pen Appropriate for children under 12 years: No Class Length: 1 hour Glovemaking Amytis de Fontaine Level: beginner Description: History and hands on glove making. How to make your own pattern, what materials and tools to use. Materials students should bring: notebooks, pen Appropriate for children under 12 years: No Class Length: 2 hour What Nursing Mothers Wore: Period options for nursing garb Annora le Spindlere Level: beginnner/intermediate Topic: Period plausible options for nursing garb Description: Breastfeeding is period. So how did women manage to nurse while wearing tunics and other period clothing? This class will examine representations of nursing mothers in period artwork and explore plausible techniques for providing access for nursing in garb from tunics to later period garb. Appropriate for children under 12 years: There will be frontal nudity in the art works examined so parental discretion is advised. I have no restrictions on children attending however. Class Length: 30 minutes An Approach to the Bliaut Arianna Llwyd Level: intermediate to advanced Topic: 12th Century Franco-Germanic Description: This class is based on research of architecture, sculpture, fresco, painting and even general culture of the 12th century to examine the probability of the existence of a distinct garment which we now refer to as a bliaut. Possible patterns will be discussed, as well as the relative usefulness of various sources. Appropriate for children under 12 years: Class Length: 1.5 hours Beginning Reticella Arrienne Ashford Level: Beginning/Intermediate Topic: 16th century lace (European) Description: Reticella is a form of needle lace used in the 16th century to decorate items such as ruffs, partlets, cauls and handkerchiefs. This is a hands on class where students learn to make a reticella foundation. Cost: $2 Appropriate for children under 12 years: Not really Class Length: 2 hours Intermediate Reticella Arrienne Ashford Level: Intermediate Topic: 16th century lace (European) Description: Reticella is a form of needle lace used in the 16th century to decorate items such as ruffs, partlets, cauls and handkerchiefs. This is a hands on class where students learn to make a some common shapes in reticella patterns (hearts, triangles, fleur de lis, etc.) Cost: $2 Appropriate for children under 12 years: Not really Class Length: 1 hour Dying with Cochineal: The Search for the True Red Baroness Deirdre Wydeville Level: All levels welcome Description: This class will examine how the introduction of cochineal revolutionized dying. Appropriate for children under 12 years: No. I don't think it would hold the interest on the under 12 crowd. Class Length: 1 hour Advanced Fitting Techniques for a Woman's 14th and 15th Century Kirtle Using the Moy Gown Baroness Meredydd ferch Owain ap Eliseg, OL Level: ntermediate to advanced Topic: pattern drafting the Moy Gown Description: A discussion of period construction using the Moy Gown as a basis. The Moy gown is an extant gown, excavated in Ireland. It is a fitted woman's gown, with buttons and grand assiettes (really big armholes)—much like gowns in mid-15th century artwork. I want to show how one can build a supportive foundation garment using the Moy gown as a template. I will demonstrate measuring techniques and pattern drafting. Materials students should bring: pencils Appropriate for children under 12 years: Yes, if they're advanced patterners Class Length: 1 hour The Houppeland and Burgundian Gowns Baroness Meredydd ferch Owain ap Eliseg, OL Level: intermediate Topic: fifteenth century European Description: Slideshow and pattern drafting techniques for these two related but different gowns. Materials students should bring: pencils Appropriate for children under 12 years: Yes, if they can do basic pattern drafting already. Class Length: 2 hours Medieval What Not to Wear Berengaria of Outremer Level: Beginner Topic: Hats Description: This class will present student with an overview of the function and form of hats as accessories throughout the Middle Ages. The concentration will be in women's hats, although men's and chidlren's headcoverings will also be touched on. This is not a hands-on class, although tips on using found materials to make period hats will be covered. At the end of the class students will be challenged with a “Medieval What not to Wear”, an adaptation of the popular TLC show, where they will get the opportunity to select the right hat for the right garb Materials students should bring: their own hats Appropriate for children under 12 years: No Class Length: 1 hour Everything's on the Internet, Right? Berengaria of Outremer Level: Beginner/Intermediate Topic: finding good research materials online Description: This class will look at way to find and evaluate costuming materials online. It will also cover more in-depth resources like Google Scholar and library collections. Materials students should bring: A research topic they are currently working on Appropriate for children under 12 years: No Class Length: 1hour – 1.5 hours The History of the Sari Constance de Dunbretton Level: beginner Topic: Indian Description: Learn the history of the sari and what is period about it. Appropriate for children under 12 years: no Class Length: 1 hour How to Wrap a Sari Constance de Dunbretton Level: beginner Topic: Indian Description: Learn 5-6 ways to wrap a sari Materials students should bring: a sari (I will have a few spares) Appropriate for children under 12 years: no Class Length: 1 hour Blackwork for Cuffs, Collars, Bands, and Handkerchiefs. Constanza de Sevilla Level: Beginner Topic: Late Period, Tudor Class description: Learn basic blackwork techniques and what tools are needed. Students will get a square of 100% linen, a skein of cotton thread, needle and a beeswax cake. Cost: $2 Materials students should bring: An embroidery hoop, if desired. I will have a few students can use for the duration of the class. Thread snips if are optional. I will have a few pairs of scissors. Appropriate for children under 12 years: Yes, if they have some prior embroidery experience. The class requires good hand-eye coordination and dexterity. Class Limit: 10 Class Length: 1 hour Elizabethan Embroidery Beyond Blackwork: Overview and stitches Countess Fionna nic Alisdair Level: intermediate, have some knowledge of embroidery Topic: Elizabethan England Description: Brief overview of non-Blackwork Elizabethan embroidery and learning a few specialty stitches Cost: $3 Materials students should bring: None, materials included in class fee. Appropriate for children under 12 years: No Class Length: 1 hour Nalbinding for the Beginner Devin of Nordskogen Level: Beginner Topic: Viking Age Textile Description: In this class you will learn the very basics of nalbinding using the oslo stitch. I will demonstrate several techniques such as starting in the round, increasing and decreasing, and connection stitches. Learning these techniques will help you begin making your very own mittens, socks, hats, and scarves. Though I am newly self-taught and new to teaching my goal for this class is to provide the one on one teaching experience to make learning nalbinding more accessible to those wishing to learn. Materials students should bring: If you have it, a nalbinding needle or a long blunt needle (tapestry needle). Appropriate for children under 12 years: No Class Limit: 8 people max. Class Length: 1 Hour 30 Minutes How Did They Clean That? Drea di' Pellegrini Level: All levels Topic: Renaissance textiles & Clothing Description: Discussion of how clothing and textiles were cleaned and washed in the Renaissance Appropriate for children under 12 years: They'd be pretty bored most likely, but can attend if they wish Class Length: 1 hour Scandinavian Whipcording Eithni ingen Talorgain Level: beginner-intermediate Topic: Norse Description: Learn a period Norse method of plaiting strings into cord using bobbins. Whipcording quickly produces a lot of cord and is easy to learn (even if you have been a failure with a lucet!). The product can be used as drawstrings, trim, and more. You will leave the class with a sample and a basic kit to practice with at home. Appropriate for children under 12 years: Children of all ages welcome, under 9 please bring an adult Class Limit: 40 Class Length: 1 hour English Embroidered Coifs Elysabet de Warren Level: all Topic: 16th Century England Description: Basic overview of coifs worn in England and their embroidery, both Blackwork and polychrome. Appropriate for children under 12 years: yes Class Length: 1.5 hrs Children's Clothing in Renaissance England Elysabet de Warren Level: all Description: Basic overview of children's clothing in England (and a bit in other countries during the English Renaissance. Appropriate for children under 12 years: yes Class Length: 1.5 hrs Landsknecht: You're Ugly and Your General Dresses You Funny Gebiedster Ivetta van der Bruegghen Level: beginner Topic: Landsknecht Clothing at the turn of the 16th Century - Germany and the Low Countries Description: A survey of Landsknecht dress styles. Class handout includes extensive artist listing, picture gallery, and resources. Appropriate for children under 12 years: It might be kind of boring Class Length: 1 hour Life Without Crannach Gebiedster Ivetta van der Bruegghen Level: beginner Topic: 1490-1525 Germany and the Low Countries Description: A survey of early Germanic women's dress styles. Class handout includes extensive artist listing, picture gallery, and resources. Appropriate for children under 12 years: It might be kind of boring Class Length: 1 hour Elizabethan Beadwork Embellishments H.L. Christiana Sinclaire Level: Beginner Topic: Elizabethan Class description: A general look at how pearls, beads, and other jewels were used to decorate Elizabethan clothing; then hands-on beading, to get people started. Cost: $3.00 Materials students should bring: Embroidery scissors or snips Appropriate for children under 12 years: yes Class Limit: 10 Class Length: 1 hour A Look at the Saint Louis Style Shirt Jack Banyard Level: beginner/intermeidate Description: A look at the Saint Louis style shirt, and making of an under tunic Appropriate for children under 12 years: no Class Length: 1 hour Houpelandes Jack Banyard Level: intermeidate Description: Looking at and discussing houpelandes and their construction Appropriate for children under 12 years: no Class Length: 2 hour Mandils: Every Fashionable Person Has One (in the Medieval Mediterranean) Julia May Level: any Topic: Islamic Medieval Mediterranean Class description: The mandil, translated into English as "napkin," "cloth," "head covering," "favor" and "handkerchief," was an essential dress component of men and women through most of the SCA period in nearly all regions controlled by Islamic powers. This discussion will include images of illumination and extant examples. Materials students should bring: note taking equipment Appropriate for children under 12 years: No (sex is a small discussion topic) Class Length: 1 hour The Barett-Schlappe Katherine von Aachen Level: Beginner Class description: This class will be an overview of the Barett-Schlappe worn in 16th century Germany by both men and women of all classes. It was also worn by men in other countries in Europe, and by women for shorter periods of time. Learn about the one, two, three piece and "pill box" style Baretts: basic styles, when worn, fabrics and colors used, how they were ornamented, and take home a basic pattern. Cost: (not sure yet, only for handout and pattern so minimal) Appropriate for children under 12 years: no Class Length: 1 hr. The 13th-century Hat, What Is It? Kudrun Pilegrim Level: beginner Topic: European women's hats -- early 13th to the early 14th century. Description: The same headgear appears in every art medium from the early 13th to early 14th century. How were these hats made? We will look at the art and see if we can translate illumination into something wearable. (We may even experiment, if we have time.) Appropriate for children under 12 years: Probably not. Too specialized. Class Length: 1 class period (an hour? 45 minutes?) Commercial Pattern Fitting Lady Elisee du Lyonnais Level: Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Description: Teaches fitting any commercial pattern to a person's measurements using the "pivot and slide" method. Appropriate for children under 12 years: No Class Length: 1 hour Sewing Machine TLC Lady Elisee du Lyonnais Level: Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Description: How to clean, adjust and care for your sewing machine Appropriate for children under 12 years: No Class Length: 1 hour Pattern Fitting for the Oddly Shaped World Lady Miriam Coynrane Level: Intermediate Description: This class will present ideas and solutions for making patterns for unusual bodies, including those with mobility issues and uncommon soft and hard tissue shapes. We will look at some of the ways to identify possible issues, and ways to modify patterns (in particular patterns for fitted garments) to accommodate them. Cost: $0.50 Appropriate for children under 12 years: Yes Class Length: 1 hour Early Rus Accessories and Decoration Lady Sofya la Rus Level: intermediate Topic: Early Rus Description: Overview of clothing accessories and decoration in Kievan and Mongol period Rus. Class Length: 1 hour Men's Clothing in Pre-Muscovite Rus Lady Sofya la Rus Level: beginner Topic: Early Rus Description: Overview of men's clothing in Kievan and Mongol period Rus. Class Length: 1 hour Summer Russian Lady Sofya la Rus Level: beginner Topic: Early Rus Description: How be Russian and beat the heat. Class Length: 1 hour Burgundian Costume Lyonnete Vibert Level: intermediate Topic: Noblewomen's dress of the second half of the fifteenth century in Burgundy and the courts of Europe influenced by Burgundian style. Class description: An extensive discussion of the evidence for the construction of these gowns and their evolution throughout the fifteenth century. Will cover the male costume too, if there is time. Appropriate for children under 12 years: No. Class Length: 1 hour Constructing Headdress in the 14th and 15th centuries Lyonnete Vibert Level: intermediate Topic: Men's and Women's hats of the 14th and 15th Centuries in France and the countries in immediate contact with France (England, the low countries, some German and Swiss sources.) Description: An overview of the historical evidence on the hats of the 14th and 15th centuries followed by a brief description of possible construction techniques and materials. Appropriate for children under 12 years: No. Class Length: 1 hour Pattens Maestra Giovanna di Battista da Firenze Level: Class is good for all levels, but mostly beginners. Topic: Shoes/Pattens, Europe 14th c. Description: We will be examining images of extent pattens that were used in England during the mid 14th c. and explore various methods of construction. Class Length: 1 hr Elizabethan Ruffs: Design, Construction, and Starching Melisant Saint-Clair Level: Intermediate/Advanced Topic: Elizabethan England Description: Ruffs were an important part of Elizabethan fashion but are often misunderstood by modern reenactors. This class will give a brief overview of different styles of ruffs and information on the materials that were used, construction methods, and a demonstration of starching. Appropriate for children under 12 years: It's not inappropriate, but they'd probably be bored. Class Length: 50 minutes Practical Viking Garb - Part 1 Lecture Mistress Ealasaid nic Phearsoinn Level: all Topic: Viking age Description: Discussion of Viking garb for men, women and children. Part 1: overview with emphasis on design and layout without a printed pattern. Appropriate for children under 12 years: With parent only Class Length: 1 hour Practical Viking Garb - Part 2 Workshop Mistress Ealasaid nic Phearsoinn Level: all Topic: Viking age Description: Discussion of Viking garb for men, women and children. Part 2: workshop participants lay out and cut a Viking garment (shirt/tunic/gown) Materials students should bring: Fabric at least 3 yards 60” for knee length shirt/tunic/gown, 4-6 yards for ankle length, for fabric < 60” or for large girth, I am flexible if your plans or fabric differ from this. Please contact instructor with questions. Appropriate for children under 12 years: With parent only For part 2, layout can be completed in less than 2 hours but depending on attendance some students might have to wait for personal attention from the instructor Class Length: 2 hours Basic Embroidery Moira nic Connell the Strongbow Level: beginner Topic: any Class description: Attendees will have the opportunity to learn basic stitches in a hands on class. Cost: $10 Materials students should bring: Kits will be available for attendees but they can bring preferred fabric and embroidery thread. Appropriate for children under 12 years: yes Class Limit 10 Class Length: 2 hours Embroidery Design Moira nic Connell the Strongbow Level: any Topic: any Class description: Attendees will have the opportunity to create an original design that is period and culture appropriate. Cost: $5 Materials students should bring: pencils, eraser, ruler, compass, colored pencils, crayons or markers Appropriate for children under 12 years: Probably not Class Limit: 15 Class Length: 2 hours Beginning Bobbin Lace THL Dianora di Cellini Level: Beginner Topic: Bobbin lace Class Description: Introduction to the basics of bobbin lacemaking. Class includes an overview of lacemaking in period; period resources; pillow, bobbin, and pattern preparation; and how to make a basic braid and windmill cross. Two period patterns are included. Cost: $10 for a kit, or bring your own pillow, bobbins (4 pairs) and thread. Materials students should bring: see cost Appropriate for children under 12 years: No Class Limit: 4 Class Length: 1 1/2 - 2 hours Working “Wolkenmodel mit XII” - A Pattern From the Nüw Modelbüch THL Dianora di Cellini Level: Intermediate Topic: Bobbin lace Class Description: This class will focus on working “Wolkenmodel mit XII” (spelling modernized) from page VIII of the Nüw Modelbüch. The class introduces two slightly more advanced techniques – picots and 6-pair crosses. Participants should have some knowledge of lacemaking, including how to plait and make windmill crosses. Questions can be directed to dicellini@gmail.com. Cost: None Materials students should bring: To actually begin work on the techniques, students should bring 6 pairs of bobbins already wound, pins, and a pillow. The class can be audited as well. Appropriate for children under 12 years: No Class Limit: 5 participants, unlimited observers Class Length: 1 hour Introduction to the Laid-and-Couched or “Bayeux Tapestry” Stitch THL Ivan Matfeevich Rezansky Level: Beginner Topic: 9-11th cent, British/Viking/Icelandic Description: An introduction to the Laid-and-Couched stitch, an embroidery stitch most famously used on the Bayeux Tapestry, but also seen on other period works. This is an easy-to-learn, low-maintenance stitch which can quickly be used to create favors, decorate garb or other accoutrement, and is a good introduction to more advanced couching techniques. Cost: $5 Appropriate for children under 12 years: Over 7. Class Limit: 10 Class Length: 1.5 hours A Robe and Slippers— Men's 13th century costume THL Margaret FitzWilliam of Kent and THL Edwin AtteBridge Level: intermediate Topic: Men's 13th c. western European costume Description: Overview of Men's 13th c. western European costume and accessories, primarily English and French but generally applicable Appropriate for children under 12 years: probably not Class Length: 1 hr Flaunting Your Wealth and Paying for the Privilege THL Margaret FitzWilliam of Kent and THL Edwin AtteBridge Level: intermediate/advanced Topic: European costume from 1100-1500 Description: A look at the subtle (and not so subtle) social and economic distinctions in medieval and Renaissance dress with an eye towards practical recreation of social class in the SCA, followed by a look at sumptuary laws and what we can learn from them. Appropriate for children under 12 years: probably not Class Length: 2 hours Gowned and Veiled —Women's 13th c. Costume THL Margaret FitzWilliam of Kent and THL Edwin AtteBridge Level: intermediate Topic: Women's 13th c. western European costume Description: Women's 13th century western European costume and accessories Appropriate for children under 12 years: probably not Class Length: 1 hr |
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