Author Archives: webminister

Wild a mushroom foraging has become sexy, as of late. Gastro-intestinal distress is NOT.

Don’t be a hero, Teams win wars. How spears and shields work together in Rapier and Rattan to rule the battlefield.

Class will include a handout, finished and in-progress examples, a demo, and the opportunity to practice the skills I’ll be walking you through!

Paint a glass quarry while learning a bit about the history of this popular style of stained and painted glass window.

A class for those who are interested in becoming scribes, but have been worried about materials and costs. We will focus on the bare basics needed to get started, where it’s important to invest time and funds, and having fun testing out materials and techniques.

Covers how the Irish Kings were dealt with by the people and the Brehon laws.

An overview of trepanation from neolithic times on.

This will be a beginners class on Shibori, a Japanese indigo dying technique. We will be dying Furoshiki (Cotton cloth wrapping paper) into folded patterns. We will be using rit dye to practice the folding technique and not real fermented indigo, because that is more expensive, much longer, and more difficult.

Help make hoods for our Kingdom Heralds so they can stay cool in the sun!

A brief overview of the fabulous marginalia we see in medieval manuscripts, followed by hands on drawing, painting, and finally sealing your own medallion with your captured medieval marginalia creation.