Hey everyone, I am on my way to Pennsic. Really looking forward to all the dancing, teaching and awesomeness.
I thought I would post my class schedule and merchanting info here for reference.
I am camping at Orluk Oasis, down by the lake. It's section W10 on the map. All of my classes will be held there in a really lovely courtyard of period pavilions. Please come visit. Definitely bring a chair if you need one, we have a limited supply.
Merchanting: Morwenna from Mid-East Magic has accepted my hats, jewelry, some shalwar kameez and a few garments I've made on consignment. She also has really cool stuff. The booth is across from Midrealm Royal between the barn and the Middle Eastern class tent. (If you want something specific, send me a message.)
I thought I would post my class schedule and merchanting info here for reference.
I am camping at Orluk Oasis, down by the lake. It's section W10 on the map. All of my classes will be held there in a really lovely courtyard of period pavilions. Please come visit. Definitely bring a chair if you need one, we have a limited supply.
Merchanting: Morwenna from Mid-East Magic has accepted my hats, jewelry, some shalwar kameez and a few garments I've made on consignment. She also has really cool stuff. The booth is across from Midrealm Royal between the barn and the Middle Eastern class tent. (If you want something specific, send me a message.)
Classes!
Ladies Persian Taj headdress (Persian diadem)
2hours- taught twice
Wed Aug 1 2-4pm and Wed Aug 8 2-4pm
Ladies Persian Taj headdress (Persian diadem)
2hours- taught twice
Wed Aug 1 2-4pm and Wed Aug 8 2-4pm
Hats and headresess are a crucial element of Persian medieval dress and they are comfortable, beautiful and appropriate to a wide variety of climates. This class includes a brief overview of Persian hats, veils and headdresses for ladies and a hands-on workshop. This workshop includes a newly developed technique to streamline the sewing process.
If you have a basic sewing kit, please bring it. Hand-sewing skills are useful, but not necessary.
Each participant will make a Taj headdress from a kit provided. Each participant will receive a kit that includes base, padding, cover material and ornament to create a unique headdress. The handout includes patterns so you can make more on your own. Class fee for kit and handout is $15. Limit 18 kits. If you want to add your own ornament, a kit for a plain taj is $10. Observers are welcome as space allows. You may purchase more than one kit, I made lots. Any kits leftover after the second class can be found at Mid-East Magic (across from Midrealm Royal). I will also have some kits available there before class so if you want to pick one out early, you can.
So is this Persian, or is it Turkish? Complicated answers to the one Eastern garb question that everyone asks.
Sun Aug 5 12-2pm
Each participant will make a Taj headdress from a kit provided. Each participant will receive a kit that includes base, padding, cover material and ornament to create a unique headdress. The handout includes patterns so you can make more on your own. Class fee for kit and handout is $15. Limit 18 kits. If you want to add your own ornament, a kit for a plain taj is $10. Observers are welcome as space allows. You may purchase more than one kit, I made lots. Any kits leftover after the second class can be found at Mid-East Magic (across from Midrealm Royal). I will also have some kits available there before class so if you want to pick one out early, you can.
So is this Persian, or is it Turkish? Complicated answers to the one Eastern garb question that everyone asks.
Sun Aug 5 12-2pm
Usually this question comes up about clothing, but it comes up a lot. And most people mean 'Is this 16th c Ottoman Turkish or is this 16th c Safavid Persian?' because that is the period when the differences seem most distinct. This class is a basic overview of the complex history of Turkic and Persian peoples of Central Asia and the art and clothing they produced and what that says about who they were and how they saw themselves. We'll look at lots of images of period art to help train your eye.
I'm especially excited to show photos of some garments I've been able to examine firsthand in museums over the last two years. That includes the 3 Safavid caftans I examined at the Textile Museum in DC last month. They are amazing and show some really surprising survivals of Mongolian design and sewing techniques, reinterpreted through a Safavid lense.
Researching the East: the Middle East, North Africa and Central and West Asia
Thur Aug 9 12-2pm
I'm especially excited to show photos of some garments I've been able to examine firsthand in museums over the last two years. That includes the 3 Safavid caftans I examined at the Textile Museum in DC last month. They are amazing and show some really surprising survivals of Mongolian design and sewing techniques, reinterpreted through a Safavid lense.
Researching the East: the Middle East, North Africa and Central and West Asia
Thur Aug 9 12-2pm
How to ask the right questions, find and evaluate sources and have a great time doing it. Includes tracking down academic journals, conducting research online and in museums and what to do when you get stuck. Includes several case studies from a forthcoming book on the patterning and tailoring of caftans along the Silk Road.
Handouts $3, limit 25
This next class isn't one of mine but I am so excited about this. Carla is doing the most amazing things with print-on-demand fabric. She is a textiles expert, particularly all things Ottoman.
Digitally Reconstructed Textiles in the SCA, a Discussion
Tues August 7, 1-3pm
Let's talk about digitally reconstructed textiles. A gathering for the Spoonflower Curious. We will be meeting in a digitally reconstructed Ottoman Sultan's pavillion, surrounded by many examples of photoshop produced textiles that will help show the potential of the medium and spark our discussion of theory. No photoshop experience necessary to fully participate and benefit from this talk. Hosted by Carla Monnich (the genius who is recreating some of the fabrics for my caftan book!)
Here is a veil band she reconstructed from a period example. Yes, that is a printed textile based on an embroidered original!
Handouts $3, limit 25
This next class isn't one of mine but I am so excited about this. Carla is doing the most amazing things with print-on-demand fabric. She is a textiles expert, particularly all things Ottoman.
Digitally Reconstructed Textiles in the SCA, a Discussion
Tues August 7, 1-3pm
Let's talk about digitally reconstructed textiles. A gathering for the Spoonflower Curious. We will be meeting in a digitally reconstructed Ottoman Sultan's pavillion, surrounded by many examples of photoshop produced textiles that will help show the potential of the medium and spark our discussion of theory. No photoshop experience necessary to fully participate and benefit from this talk. Hosted by Carla Monnich (the genius who is recreating some of the fabrics for my caftan book!)
Here is a veil band she reconstructed from a period example. Yes, that is a printed textile based on an embroidered original!
