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I spent most of the weekend at the An Tir Arts and Sciences Competition. I went because
aelfgyfu was competing; she displayed all sorts of different pieces including a stunning (though sadly lacking in bronze) Byzantine polycandelon. It's a sort of lamp or chandelier made of glass cones filled with water and oil, which hang in a circle. (Since
aelfgyfu is about to graduate and become either a starving artist or a starving grad student, I should remark that such reproduction medieval wonders are available to you, too, O Reader, for a reasonable price.) And
aelfgyfu won! and is now the Kingdom Arts and Sciences Champion, which comes with impressive regalia and an obligation to travel.
Meanwhile, I finished embroidering the pair of Tudor socks I've been working on off and on for ages, and gave them to
aelfgyfu to whom they had been promised, and
glasseye and I were frighteningly cute, and I threatened to make
nobu medieval hats. I also found myself strangely non-invisible; my Barony's Arts and Sciences Minister asked me if I'd consider her job (I said, "Eek! Ask me after prelims!") and
aelfgyfu half-informed me that I am competing in Kingdom A&S next year. (I could probably make a creditable showing, especially if I counted translation as an art, or forgot the aforementioned prelims; I think I'd have to learn to spin or make ink to compete, though.)
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Date: 2004-03-08 05:43 am (UTC)and congratulations to
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Date: 2004-03-08 10:39 am (UTC)Not that my friends aren't all stunningly beautiful, but are you sure you've got the right person? I think the A&S website has last year's champion, still. This is
And the hat would be a wool hat, maybe like a beret with a brim, maybe like two berets in a stack with a brim at the bottom.
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Date: 2004-03-08 11:04 am (UTC)-Mi
:)
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Date: 2004-03-08 04:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-08 06:02 pm (UTC)Need to get one of those for Edward :) you know he's all about anything Richard the Third. ;)
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Date: 2004-03-08 10:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-08 08:37 pm (UTC)Are you really making medieval hats? ;)
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Date: 2004-03-08 08:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-10 09:46 pm (UTC)Might look good in dark green, with a little grey brim... ;)
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Date: 2004-03-10 10:06 pm (UTC)