I was laureled back when Artemisia was still a fairly young principality in Atenveldt, and with one (very inactive) exception, am actually the "oldest" laurel in the whole state of Montana. Blackwork (and other forms of counted-thread embroidery) grabbed me really, really fast, and a year or so after I first joined, I set out to do what I thought would be a relatively simple project. Clear graphs, basic Holbein stitch, good linen and black silk thread. My first big project, pretty much all self-taught because there just wasn't anyone, for 100s of miles, doing anything even remotely similar. I reproduced the cuffs on the Holbein portrait of Queen Jane. On 60 count linen. And loved it. And have been doing it ever since. At any rate, peerages back then were pretty much all drive-by's, with a little more attention paid to the Chiv. No warning, no special outfits, no vigils, nada. Wham, bam, thank you ma'am...next? sort of thing. The day I got nabbed was at an event with really horrible, muddy weather, and I knew *something* was up, because someone who'd been trying to get my whole name down (spelling and pronunciation) was a little TOO obvious. (My SCA name is in an older form of Irish, and it's long, and pretty unpronouncable to most Sasenachs ;o). Court that night was held in a small building, without electricity, just a few coleman lanterns. My reaction, when I realized it was me, and what they were doing, was pretty much "oh, shit!" (in a nice way). The scroll was a marker-colored photocopy on some sort of dreadful fake parchment, the ink of which ran in the rain that weekend. The king and queen, who happened to be from the Sun and also happened to be the same people who'd given me an AoA a couple of years before, were later banished from the Society. I am moderately sure I'm mostly a blackwork laurel because that was one thing mentioned in the ceremony, although I was really involved in other things as well (late period costuming, primarily, and some cooking). It's just that I'm mostly known for itsy-bitsy blackwork. I adore the simplicity and clarity of monochrome embroidery, and would really love to do some extended research into the various forms it takes in different ethnic groups--contrasting, say, the different styles of early and late 16th century England, with Spanish, and German, and Italian, and French, and all of the loverly, loverly Islamic stuff...*sigh* ;o) I should add, my Pelican ceremony (that's a service award, for you non-SCAers) was even stranger. I seem to attract weirdness. (in a nice way) --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia J Ley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] in search of a lost person > > > On Wed, 24 May 2006 23:04:42 -0600 "Sue Clemenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > Oh, cool! There's another one of us! ;o) > > --sue, who got laureled for blackwork, she thinks (wierd peerage > > ceremony...what can I say?) > > > Pray tell? :-) > > Arlys > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
