East Kingdom Gazette

Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA

A&S Champs 2024: Event Display

by East Kingdom Gazette

On March 2, 2024, the East Kingdom Arts and Sciences Champions Competition was held in the Shire of Quintavia. The display hall was filled with excited artisans and impressive projects that covered a wide array of A&S disciplines. With 22 competition entrants and 18 display entrants who came from all corners of the kingdom, this year’s event was truly a celebration of Eastern A&S prowess.

MoAS staff checking over comments and score
Judges hard at work

The first round of the competition lasted from late morning to mid-afternoon. Artisans met with their judges to discuss their projects, and the judges then used the East Kingdom A&S rubric to evaluate each entrant’s work. After every entrant had gone through the first round of judging, scores were tabulated, and five finalists were announced. Each finalist then met with Their Majesties, Their Highnesses, and members of the MoAS staff in individual interviews. Finalists discussed their projects and their vision for the role of an A&S champion.

Vivant to all who took part in this year’s event!

Our new champions:

Mistress Charis Accipiter, new Consort’s A&S Champion, with her entry of Welsh commonplace food in the 13th century in the coastal regions
Viscount Nathan Hartman, new Sovereign’s A&S Champion, with his entry of a 15th Century Ballock Knife

Other finalist entries:

Ælfwine Akeworthe with his Thorsbjerg Mose Trousers
Ellynor Redpath’s entry of Construction methods and techniques for a 16th century smock
Scolastica Capellaria’s Brick Stitch Bag entry (and enormous hat!)

Competition entrants and A&S displays

Baroness Cassair NiDeoraine’s display of hair styles through centuries.
Aethelhawk Keyfinder’s entry “In Praise of Sloe Food, Blackthorn in Dark Ages Britain”
Sorcha Dhocair inghean Ui Ruairc’s display on Social stratification of Early Medieval Ireland and how it was displayed, primarily from Brehon Law.
Cailleach Dhe ingen Chiarain’s entry of 9th-10th Century Norway Chain and Bead Set: A Late-Night Pinterest Find Turned Tangible
Lady Octavia Valeria’s illumination
Michel Biornson’s recreation of a chest from Saint Bartholomew Church located in Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire England
Liadan ingen Chineada discusses her Persian illumination with her judging team
Aaradyn Ghyoot’s “A Page in Five Parts – Learning 1:1 Painting on Vellum” (for more info on this, visit https://moas.eastkingdom.org/aaradyn-ghyoot-a-page-in-5-parts/)
Randall Vihari-Farkas’s display of missiles and projectiles: clay shot, river stones, pewter cast missiles, one in progress and one completed
Aine Callaghan’s display of inkle weaving in progress and finished bands
Morwenna O Hurlihie’s entry of a pair of winnegas made from hand-spun yarn
Theo Holtz’s display “Trotula De Ruggiero & The Muscle Tincture” A study of Tincture Practicality from the Middle Ages with a demonstration.
Cecilie Vogelgesangkin’s reproduction of a Goldhaube
Delyth (Dyddgu of Aberystwyth)’s display of Opus Anglicanum embroidery
Ástríðr Sægeirsdottir’s hand applique using Opus Consutum technique based on the Tristan hanging in the V&A.
Lu An-hua’s entry of noodles in historic Chinese culture
Arnora Ketilsdottir’s display “Gunter’s Rule: Predecessor to the Slide Rule”
Carmelina da Vicari’s entry of a medieval bestiary
Hilde Purdeu’s entry of limoges painted enamels

Lily Morgaine’s display of scrolls
Brandr Aronsson’s entry of a medieval slide lock and hinges on wooden box
Phillipus Tabor’s entry of Sutton Hoo Scabbard
Lillian Hutchinson’s entry of English and Western European women’s hats from 1460-1480
Camma an Daraich’s 14th – 15th century pouch
Fearghus Mac Cailin’s display, “The migration of a mesopotamian board game to egypt, and how it changed in rules and cultural relevance.”
Kay Leigh Mac Whyte’s entry of a Late Period German Grant of Arms
Seigine Ruadh Friseal discusses the evolution and mythical history of the harp with her judges
Eseld an Goarnic’s display of a suit of clothes as theoretically worn by a female inhabitant of Plimoth Plantation circa 1620.
Nuno Cabral do Mar’s entry of hemp rope
Lydia Webbe’s Haithabu bag made of handwoven, hand-dyed fabric with tablet woven trims and hand carved handles.
Octavia Verita discusses her analysis of Dante’ Divine Comedy with passersby
Wynflaed aet Hamtunscire’s entry, “Reimagining a Dress From the Bayeux Tapestry”
Seamus na Coille Aosda’s Souterrain Ware: the “coarse utilitarian pottery” of medieval Ireland.
Volva-Kadlin Knutr’s entry on the process of wire inlay and overlay techniques used during the Viking era

Photo credit: Elizabeth Talbot and Ávaldr Valbjarnarson

(Edited 8/2/24 to enable viewing of full-sized photos.)

 

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