Great Western War XIV

Teacher / Class Lists

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• A Class is primarily structured, where students sit-down, listen, and take notes.
• A Workshop is hands-on participation in learning a technique or skill and often involves making something. Supplies are frequently necessary for workshops.
• A Demo focuses on the instructor's actions and instruction, with little or no student hands-on but lots of spectator interest.
  
• Other means any other type of class, such as a roundtable discussion, or…?
• For the purpose of shortening the wordage on this form, “Class” will stand for class, workshop and/or demo.

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Mistress Adelicia of Caithness

Instructor has made hundreds of jars of jams, jellies, and other savory wonders over the last few years. She has also taught delightful classes in making jellies and jams.She is also a well-known compulsive knitter who is seldom seen far from her needles and yarn. She has been knitting for over 40 years, and teaching knitting for almost that long.

• Boutique Jams and Jellies (Class)
• Knitted Mantles (Class)
• Savory Jams and Jellies (Workshop)

AEthelwynne of Ashgrove

Taking classes in enameling at Art Group in Sierra Madre.

• Easy Glass-Enamel Copper Beads (Workshop)

Comptess Albra Katerine Marie Isabel Bautiste, OL, OP

The instructor received her laurel in metal thread embroidery in '83 and playing with jewelry for over 20 years. She has since taught metal thread embroidery, costuming, and accessory making for the last 28 *plus* years. Particular focus has been on the use of metal threads and jewels in various time periods and cultures relevant to the SCA. She has taught both inside and out of the SCA for 30 plus years.

• Beginning Ottoman Turkish Embroidery (Workshop)
• Jewelry--Hammered Byzantine Links (Workshop)

Alejandro de Nuevo Castillo

• Basic Sand Casting (Workshop)

Alexander AEthelwulf

Alexander is a 22 year SCA veteran with a unique view of proper court etiquette. He has lived in 9 Kingdoms and served on numerous courts in a variety of positions. As a rebellious youth and long time leader of a rowdy warband he has had more than his fair share of "Hard-Knock" lessons and instruction on how NOT to act in court. A little older and a little wiser he hopes to help entertain and perhaps instruct others in the lessons he has learned.

• What not to do in court: A lesson from those who learned the hard way (Demonstration)

Aliskye Rosel

Aliskye Rosel has been dabbling in scribal arts for more than 25 years, first as a helper in local scriptoriums and later taking on scroll assignments of her own. She's gone on to do a number of scrolls, taught classes on a variety of scribal topics, helped run the Traveling Scriptorium, served as Scribe Armarius for the Kingdom of Caid and is currently Deputy Scribe Armarius.

• Scribal Roundtable (Roundtable)
• Scribing 101 - Getting Started and Layout (Workshop)
• Scribing 102 - Illumination and Painting (Workshop)

Countess Amina Sheranna de Talevera de La Reina

Countess Amina started spinning ten years ago when her husband brought her a wheel and when she broke her hip the only exercise she could do was spinning and to this day she spins almost daily. It has been only recently that she has gotten into weaving and she loves it, since she is still learning she has only invested in ridged heddle loom and when she gets better she will get a fancier one. In the mean time there is so much you can do on the ridged heddle loom: scarves, shawls, tablecloths; so do stop by for a demonstration. She will be at A&S from 10ish to 3ish.

• Scarf Weaving On Rigid Heddle Loom (Weaving Friday Demonstration)

Sir Andrew Baird

Sir Andrew has been an exchequer for 7 years, and is currently the Kingdom Exchequer.

• Exchequers (Question/Answer time as well as specific training)

Mistress Ansteys Darcy, OL

Ansteys has enjoyed the SCA for more than half of her life (a very long time, indeed), having found, over the years, an outlet for her love of words, many kindred spirits, and a home in the Outlands. She loves teaching and research and thinking about the hard stuff - and watching people's eyes light up. She may deny it, but Ansteys is obsessed with All Things Fourteenth Century.

• Coifs, Kerchiefs and Veils: Things to wear on your head even if you "hate hats!" (Demonstration)
• Hoods (Class)

Arianna di Zanchi

Arianna has only been a part of the SCA for about a year, but is eagerly learning all she can, and is happy to share that knowledge with anyone interested.

• 16th Century Ruffs, 101 (Workshop)

Beathog nic Dhonnchaidh

• Kickwheel Pottery (Demonstration)

THLord Bjorn Atte Woodpile

Guild Steward for the Right Noble Calafian Metalworkers Guild. Holding weekly meetings in metalworking since 1997. Professionally I'm a Prop maker for stage and film. Recent projects: Thor, Pirates 4. I've also recently helped on armor projects for Katy Perry and Brittney Spears.

• Armor Shop (Workshop)

THLady Blase di Angelo

THLady Blase di Angelo has been doing embroidery for over 35 years and also has experience in needlepoint, cross-stitch, crewel work and applique. Her latest work is her gold cotehardie dress that has embellished blackwork at the neckline and cuffs with medallions on the skirt.
• Embellished Blackwork (Workshop)

Mistress Bridget Lucia MacKenzie

Bridget is a early-period Romano-Brit, who delights in sharing her interest in fiber arts far and wide. Spinning, weaving and clothing-making occupy her busy hands until the drums of war call her to battle!

• Card/Tablet Weaving Charted Patterns (Weaving Friday Class)

Bronwyn Schutelisworth

• Drop-In Spinning (Demonstration)

Mistress Caitlin Christiana Wintour

Mistress Caitlin has her Laurel in dramatic performance. She is an active performer inside and outside the SCA.

• The Dramatic Storyteller (Workshop)

Lady Caoilfhionn of Mons Tonitrus

Current Baronial A&S Champion of Mons Tonitrus, Kingdom of Atenveldt. And a passionate leather worker who is always adding projects to an already long list!

• Wax Tablets, the Medieval Notepad (Class)

THLady Catharine Hawkwod da Barbiano

THLady Catharine Hawkwod da Barbiano is the Minister of Arts and Sciences for the Barony of the Angels and the pet parent to Belle the Brittany. For the past six years she had made and taught the history and making of hand-knotted paternosters and rosaries in Christianized medieval Europe.

• Basic Hand-knotted Jewelry (Class)
• Pets at SCA Events: Keeping Your Pets Healthy and Happy in the Modern Middle Ages (Class)

Charles

Charles has been hitting things professionally for most of his adult life. He is currently the Lead Drummer and Music Director for Twisted Gypsy. He has been teaching for five years now, and no one has been arrested yet!

• Tribal Drumming: The Fire (Workshop)

Baroness Ceara ingen Chonaill

Baroness Ceara has been doing pottery as a hobby for over 20 years. She recently entered her first Pentathlon where she came in second with her pottery display. She has also been a foodie for several years. Last year at GWW she cooked a 14th century meal for her camp of 22 people using pottery. She recently received a Lux for period cooking. Much of the pottery to be used will have been made by her.

• Cooking with Pottery (Demonstration)
• Pottery with Children (Class)

Lady Christine of Angels

Lady Christine of Angels is an Angels Arts and Sciences deputy and works at the Pasadena Humane Society.

• Pets at SCA Events: Keeping Your Pets Healthy and Happy in the Modern Middle Ages (Class)

THL Ciar ingen Daire

Ciar has been exploring early-period embroidery for the last 6 years and has received the Lux Caidis for embroidery.

• Embroidery During the Viking Age (Class)

Baroness Colette de Montpellier

For 2008 Fall Coronation, the instructor prepared a feast that was based on all period French recipes. Since then she has been researching more on the subject.

• Medieval French Sauces (Class)

THL Cristal delaMer

Lady Cristal has been studying medieval cooking for 15 years and has prepared many feasts and meals for friends and kingdom. She specializes in 14th c cooking and campfire cooking.

• Cooking on Campaign (Workshop)
• Quick & Easy Condiments (Demonstration)

Lady Dalphina Delacroix

Dalphina has been making jewelry of some sort or another since she was a little girl. She started experimenting with natural beads such as stones and pearls a few years ago.

• Beginning Beaded Jewelry (Workshop)

Master Donal O'Brien, OL

Instructor does a little bit of brewing and a lot of sharing. One of his favorite phrases is "Here, try this!"

• Brewers Meet and Greet(Roundtable Discussion and Tasting)

THLady Dubh Easa of Inishmore

Instructor started making Leather thimbles about age 12, because she didn't like the feel of commercially-made metal thimbles. She made those leather thimbles out of need, and now uses them all the time. Instructor has been doing Viking whipcord braiding for about a year. This is a very easy craft to learn, and loads of fun to do as a group effort.

• Made to Fit Leather Thimbles (Workshop)
• Viking Whip Cord (Workshop)

Edara

Edara is a certified teacher in American Tribal Style Belly Dance and director of two performance troupes, Twisted Gypsy & Gypsy Sisters student troupe. She has been dancing for 11 years and teaching for 7 years. Her website: Twistedgypsy.com

• Shimmies & Undulations for Belly Dancing (Workshop)
• Tribal Dance Circle (Workshop)
• Tribal Style Belly Dancing, The Basic Fast Moves (Workshop)
• Tribal Style Belly Dancing, The Basic Slow Moves (Workshop)

Mistress Edwinna of Hawk's Bluff

Edwinna of Hawk's Bluff is a textile Laurel. Jan Ward learned papermaking at U.C. Davis, and through several workshops. She has taught papermaking in workshops to weaving guilds, and at SCA demos and A&S events.

• Papermaking Basics (Workshop)

THL Egill the Loomwright

• Card Weaving for Beginners (Class)
• Inkle Weaving Basics (Class)
• Lucets, Basic & Beyond (Class)

Baroness Elana Blakefenn

Baroness Elana has been doing inkle and table weaving for nearly 15 years, and has received baronial and kingdom awards for my efforts. She did embroidery as a teenager and then took a long break before returning to cross stitch over 15 years ago. She decided to research the history of cross stitch after an encounter with a particularly snarky Laural set off her BS meter. She has taught numerous individuals and classes over the years, and presently merchants her wares under the banner of Steel-n-Strings.

• Cross Stitch: Is TOO Period! (Workshop)
• Inkle Weaving for Dummies (Workshop)

Elena of Altavia

Elena expanded her love of fiber arts from trying to get more control over her knitting yarns to spinning, weaving and dyeing. She has been spinning and dyeing for about 30 years and has taught and demoed dyeing in several venues. She's done some weaving, gotten great results, and plans on a lot more in the future. Having handled several loom brands she can discuss the good and less good looms she has tried.

• Dust Dyeing (Class)
• Weaving on a Multi-Harness Table Loom (Demonstration) – a Weaving Friday Demonstration

Lady Eularia d' Amboise

• Beginners Instruction on How to Make Viking Jewelry (Workshop)

Flavia Beatrice Carmigniani

Instructor has been a scribal artist since the late 1960s, when she entered the SCA. She has expanded her scribal activities to creating scrolls, teaching how to make pigments from colored earths, and learning how to make ink. Instructor learned quill-cutting from Donald Jackson.Instructor has been compiling a very long dye and fiber timeline for many years, augmented with intensive research. Instructor has been painting for over 50 years, and has created several SCA scrolls using earth pigments.

• Calligraphy Quill Cutting (Workshop)
• Creating Medieval Pigments (Workshop)
• Dye and Fiber Timeline (Class)

THLady Fionnghuala de Buchanan, Baroness, Dreiburgen

Weaver: loom, tablet, inkle, kumihimo - fiber-holic for years

• Beginning Kumihimo (Class)

THL Gerrit d'Orleans

• Tool Sharpening (Workshop)

Baroness Genevieve la Minstrelle

Baroness Genevieve is a professional fiddler for a variety of genres besides Medieval music: Blues, Irish/Scottish, Cajun, Gypsy jazz, Klezmer. She loves teaching. More info about her can be found at her website.

• Learning Irish/Scottish Tunes for Dancing (Workshop)
• Learning Medieval Dance Tunes By Ear (Workshop)

Messer Giuseppe Francesco da Borgia

Giuseppe strongly believes that the best way to really study and understand history is to experience it. And the same goes for food. With such a wealth of historical food information being made available in the past several years, why miss the opportunity to savor the delectable past at events? What better way to enjoy our game than to break bread with friends, and enjoy the delicious flavors of times gone by.

• Olive curing 101 (Workshop)

George of Carregwen

George has 25 plus years in black powder and muzzle-loading. Many years of primitive camping using these techniques in all weather to start the most basic necessity of survival -- fire.

• Firemaking (Workshop)

Lady Gytha

Lady Gytha became addicted to melting glass about 7 years ago. Had the opportunity to blow glass for about a year ... the ultimate glass melting experience. Have taught glass bead making in several settings, including SCA events. She started carving soapstone about 10 years ago, and it has remained an on-again-off-again hobby, continuing to give her great pleasure. She usually carves objets d'art, but has discovered what lovely beads can also be made! She has also done a little "hard rock" carving, as well. She discovered the joys of hand sewing when her sewing machine broke down. Never got it fixed.

• Basic Soapstone Carving (Workshop)
• Hand-Stitched Seams (Workshop)
• Introduction to Glass Bead Making (Workshop)

Heather Leifeste

Instructor has been making simple jewelry, especially with beads, for as long as she can remember. Before graduate school, she worked two summers at a store, "Just Bead It", in New Jersey, selling her own creations and teaching workshops on jewelry making.

• Wire Wrapping a Beaded Bracelet (Workshop)

Master Hroar Svithandi

Master Hroar has a Maters of Fine Arts in Ceramics.

• The Crafting of Pottery (Workshop)

Isidora Ell'eva, Baroness

Issya (as she likes to be called) was Landed Nobility and as such learned some things and is happy to pass them along.

• How to be a Lady or Lord in Waiting (Class)

James Andrew MacAllister O.L. (Master JimBear)

Former Scribe Armarius of Caid, Order of the Laurel for Illumination, research into methods of period pigment production, and the use of period scribal materials.

• Into the Macabre - The History and Ingenuity of Torture Devices Through the Ages (Class)
• Yale, it's not just for the Ivy league......Drawing Heraldic Beasties (Class)

Freiherr Johann von Drachenfels

Woodworker, tentmaker, luthier, and general stuff Laurel (or so he'd been told). Freiherr Johann has taught numerous classes at Pennsic University, the West Kingdom's Collegium, Estrella War, and the SCA's Twenty-five and Thirty-Year Celebrations, on subjects ranging from harping to the history of the London Bridge but mostly focusing on tentmaking, camping, and camp furnishings.

• Making Wick Holders for Period Vegetable Oil Lanterns (Class)
• Woodworking Workshop (Workshop)

THL Johann Wolfgang von Hesse

Lord von Hesse is an avid period food enthusiast, intermediate mead brewer and small mead combat specialist (he claims to have drenched 15+ people at once with exploding small mead!). He has been supplying Rogue Haven with beeswax candles, mead, melomels, oxymels and small mead for over 5 years now. (All products of our friend the honey bee!)

• Coracle Construction: One-Man River Severn Fishing Boat (Demonestration)
• Making Small Mead (Period Soda) (Workshop)

Lady Judith Anne

Instructor enjoys playing various card and board games, and has been collecting games for some time.

• Games They Could Have Played (Workshop)

Mistress Katherine of Anglesey

Instructor learned glass painting at a Known World Heraldry Symposium and has since taught it twice. She has taught a myriad of other subjects at Baronial and Kingdom level, as well as at Baldwin's Keep: bronze casting, cheese, soda mustard, beer making, silk banners and pendents, painting, woodworking, bootmaking, calligraphy, how to start a scroll, dancing,(English, Belly and Italian), felting, nalbinding, pewter pilgrim badges, and a few others. Mistress Katherine takes as many classes as she teaches because she considered herself a "professional learner" always interested in things.

• Glass Painting (Workshop)

THL Kiena le Bleu

THL Kiena le Bleu grew up practicing this craft with her mother and grand parents. In an effort to reconnect with some of her family history, "Blue" recently began practicing the art form again. Since it is passed down through practice and participation, she hopes to help to continue the tradition of Pysanky and pass it along to others.

• Pysanky (Workshop)

Lady Leonarda Castelleni

Lady Leonarda is a novice teacher, but is eager to share basic stitching with others.

• Three Basic Medieval Embroidery Stitches (Workshop)

Levi ben Daniel

Though recently and still a student himself, Levi has taken to making chainmail with a passion and is eager to share what he has learned with the populace

• Intermediate Chainmail (Workshop)

THLady Lucia Zaffarana

THLady Lucia is the current Kingdom Chatelaine for Caid, and has been the Shire Chatelaine for Heatherwyne. She taught Walk About class last year and has taught Newcomers class for over ten years. It is her joy and job to teach the new ones. She has also been a quilter for many years. She got a new Celtic pattern book and thought she would share.

• Chatelaine 101 (Class)
• First Time at War? (Site walk)
• Quilted Celtic Knot potholder (Class)

Baroness Lynnette de Sandoval del Valle de los Unicornios

Lynnette has been playing with fiber for over 30 years. She's been teaching and event stewarding for nearly as long, and enjoying passing on the info.

• Event Stewarding (Class)
• Inkle Weaving – Surface Decoration (Pickup and Brocading) (Workshop) – a Weaving Friday Workshop

Madelena Hidalgo de Valencia

Lynnette has been playing with fiber for over 30 years. She's been teaching and event stewarding for nearly as long, and enjoying passing on the info.

• Beginning Card / Tablet Weaving (Workshop) – a Weaving Friday Class

Mairghread nicClurainos

• Introduction To Cross Stitch (Workshop)

THLady Maridonna Dolce da Perugia

Lady Maridonna has received an Illuminated Tower of Dreiburgen for fiber arts. After much research and trial & error, she has made a gifted about 8 of the larger purses, the last one to Her Majesty Mora after she expressed a desire to own one.

• Mini Felted Purse / Bag (Workshop)

Lady Malie Arbuthnott

Beader by hobby, she has also made and sold earrings, wine charms, etc.

• Bead Exchange (Workshop)

THLady Marie Elaine de Womwell

THLady Marie became fascinated by bobbin lace watching different ladies work on projects at events. She took Baroness Cynthia de Wickersham's class at a Collegium and couldn't tear herself away from working on the project to take the other classes she had wanted to. That class should have lasted 3 days instead of 1. She went on to explore the topic on her own and make things as she can. She made 20 bookmarks in heraldic colors to include with her Barony's Largess project one year, and several other items. She teaches in order to learn!

• Bobbin Lace (Workshop)

Lady Medb ingen Eochaid

• 14th Century Cloth Buttons (Class)
• 14th Century Cotehardies (Class)
• Garb on a Budget - Making the Most of Available Resources (Class)

Michael Treighie

Michael started making cheese last year and has made mozzarella cheese many times, as well as farmers and cottage cheeses, plus a few aged cheeses.

• Quick Mozzarella Fior di Latte (Mozzarella from Cows Milk) (Workshop)

Morgana Horsekeeper

• Viking Wire Weaving (Workshop)

Baroness Morgana Isolde of Ander Hall

Baroness Morgana has been in the SCA 32 years and studying Anglo-Saxon costume and history in depth for 15 years.

• Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Costume (Class)

Muirrenn ingen Dondubain, OP

Muirrenn has been a part of the Unarmored Combat community since the form first been in 2003. She has been an active fighter, marshal, and instructor in the form, and has taught at several collegiums and wars. She is the current Caid Deputy Earl Marshal for Unarmored Combat.

• Beginning Unarmored Combat: Introduction to 1.33 and German Longsword (Workshop)
• Intermediate Unarmored Combat: Binds and Counter Binds in I.33 (Workshop)

Baroness Mysh Nadler

Baroness Myah have been researching and studying crime and punishment and torture for the last 13 years. She began with researching the WWII era and then found herself fascinated by not just the subject matter but by the psychology of it. She began focusing on earlier techniques including those used in the Middle Ages to gain a better knowledge base. She also finds it to be an interesting topic of discussion amongst many of her friends in the SCA and that has inspired her to expand her knowledge and continue in her research.

• Into the Macabre - The History and Ingenuity of Torture Devices Through the Ages (Class)

Lady Rayhana bint Estafanos

This class was previously taught at a caid collegium.

• Making Medieval Turkish/Persian Pants (Workshop)

Baroness Rebecca Mary Robynson

The Instructor has studied Medieval Flags for over ten years. Mundanely, she is a member of the North American Vexillological Association, a scholarly nonprofit organization dedicated to the pursuit of Vexillology, the scientific study of flag history and symbolism. She is also a member of the UK's Guild of Silk Painters, specializing in 15th century-style painted flags.

• Design Your Flag (Consultation)
• The Mystery of Flag History (Class)

Rebbe (Lady) Hadassah Sarai a Yossi

Rebbe Hadassah is a soap-maker as well as a potter and ceramicist and candle maker. She sells her natural soaps as well as will be teaching soap making in her storefront, Dragon's Castle Pottery and Crafts in Lancaster, CA.

• Soapmaking 101 (Workshop)

THLady Rekon of Saarema

THLady Rekon has made many clay and a couple of stone dolls of this sort, and has years of experience with carving in stone. She has casting pewter for about three years using soapstone molds she carves myself, usually based on period examples. She has been carving intaglios for about four years. Her degree in the modern world is in archaeology, so she can promise good documentation, including documentation of the use of rotary tools dating back to significantly before period.

• Intaglio Carving (or, My jewelry does impressions!) (Workshop)
• Making Jointed Dolls of Clay (Period Action Figures!) (Workshop)
• Making Pewter Rings in Soapstone Molds (Workshop)

Renee

Instructor has been doing embroidery and cross-stitching for over 30 years. She enjoys adding that special touch to things to make it unique and her own. She enjoys teaching and carrying on family traditions.

• Don't be Afraid to Embellish (Workshop)

Dame Richenda Elizabeth Coffin

Dame Richenda has been spreading the gospel of rommelpots for 2 years. She has been playing with string for far too long....

• Fingerloop Braiding (Class)
• Rommelpot-making workshop (Workshop)

Baroness Robynne the Grey

Baroness Robynne the Grey was Baroness of Dreiburgen, and currently is Kingdom Seneschal. She has had many years of experience in dealing with organizational problems and putting out political brush fires.

• Seneschal 101: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Day in the Life of a Seneschal (Class)

Rowen Killian

• The SCA and your Modern Resume (Roundtable)

Milady Rudaba al-Nadiya

Rudaba learnt fingerloop braiding two years ago under the auspices of the current seneschal of the College of Saint Basil in Aneala, Lochac. Since then she has taught three mundane friends fingerloop braiding. She has made many braids out of createables for friends and also designed a variety of colour combinations. She has also put many to use as accessories, in her household, and as profitable sales.

• Fingerloop Braiding (Class)

Lady Rutilia Fausta

Lady Fausta is currently finishing a master's degree in geology, has been researching and writing about SCA-period gems, archaeological mining sites, and gemology for 5 years.

• Period Gemology Round Table (Roundtable)

Lord Ryusaki

Ryusaki has worked with leather for many years, creating beautiful carved and stamped leather gifts. His most recent work was producing a small coronet box for Viscountes Lorissa du Griffin, using a design created by his wife, Lady Fu Ching Lan. He also produces an outstanding leatherworking display for SCA demos.

• Leather Basics & Stamping (Workshop)

Lady Sadb ingen Abner ui Lorccain

Lady Sadb ingen Abner ui Lorccain began singing before she could talk, and spent years in choirs, classes, and singing to her children. Twice she taught performance pieces to large groups of home-schooled children, and even managed some harmonies and got them all on stage at the same time. Now she plays at being a bard. She has been the head of the Bardic Guild of Gyldenholt for the past 5 years.

• Bardic circle 101 (Class)
• Beginning Voice (Workshop)

Saionji no Hana (Lady)

Saionji no Hana has studied modern taiko for three years with Sean and Shannon Davidson of Kaji Yama Taiko, in Alameda, CA.

• Beginning Taiko (Workshop)

Lady Saran mac Duinn

Lady Saran has been doing chainmail for several years now and has taught two classes last GWW and a many classes at Potrero War. She loves chainmail and enjoys sharing this passion with everyone. She has received a Serpent's Flame (Baronial level award) for her chainmailling.

• Beginning Chainmail (Workshop)
• Intermediate Chainmail (Workshop)

THLord Sean Micheal Padraig of Sheep Haven

THLord Sean has approximately 18 years experience in inkle weaving. He has taught a number of Collegium inkle classes. He has a Harp Argent in weaving and a Lux Caidis in fiber arts.

• Inkle Weaving – Simple Beginnings (Workshop) – a Weaving Friday Workshop
• Inkle Weaving – Surface Decoration - Part Two (patterns) (Workshop) – a Weaving Friday Workshop

THLady Sophia

With experience cooking at both camping and indoor events, teaching classes and workshops on spice mixes and herbs, THLady Sophia has also entered cooking competitions for whole meals, sweets and subtleties. She also has a strong interest in Germanic languages, and has studied modern German, Old English and related topics in linguistics. Her other interests range widely from calligraphy and illumination, to textile arts, to cooking, to archery and horsemanship.

• Marzipan Subtleties (Workshop)
• Runic Name Inscription (Class)

Lady Siobhan MacElGunn

Lady Siobhan has been sewing since she was 6 years old. Her father, who was a tailor in NYC, taught her the finer points of garment construction. She has made the garb for many of her friends in the SCA and all the garb for her husband and herself for the last 17 years.

• Finding the period garment in the modern day commercial pattern (Demonstration)

Mistress Teleri of Gwynedd

Mistress Teleri has a deep and abiding interest in the subject, and has taught this class once before.

• Uroscopy, or "What Says The Doctor To My Water?" (Class)

Lord Thangbrand Liefson

Lord Thangbrand Liefson is a two year member of the SCA, who lives in the barony of Lyondemere, and is a member of Idunn College. He is known for his bread-baking, especially his signature ‘thangbread’, a kind of focaccio.

• How to Bake Basic Bread (Workshop)

Tiarna Ciothruadh Dubh

Tiarna Ciothruadh Dubh (Kythera of Anevern) is an experienced and mostly self-taught freelance fantasy artist. Her work has appeared in the Crown Prints and the Lyondemere baronial newsletter, the Tydes. She is the author of "Drawing Made Easy: Dragons & Fantasy."

• Drawing Dragons (For Grown-Ups) (Class)

Lord Torquil Seamus of the Dragon's Laire

• Soapmaking 101 (Workshop)

Countess Trista de Winter

Countess Trista started practicing the scribal arts around 1994 after she moved to the Outlands and a friend enlisted here to do the calligraphy for an awards scroll she was working on. With her friend's encouragement she also tried her hand at illumination. She was hooked. She returned to Caid in 1995 and continued to develop her artistic skills. As she cannot draw freehand, she had to develop techniques that would enable her to create the scrolls that she imagined.

• Illumination Techniques for People Who Can't Draw Freehand (Class)