Hosted by 
The Canton of Kaldor Ness (Columbia County, OR)
Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Muireann inghean ui Mhuirneachain
Date: February 18 , 2012 until February, 19 2012
Site opens at: 12:00 AM on February 18th 2012
Site closes at: 12:00 AM on February 19th 2012
Event site:
Scappoose High School
33700 SE High School Way
Scappoose, OR 97056
Embellishers
Grand Accademia
February
18-19, 2012
Click www.kaldorness.org for full class information and
registration form.
The Canton of
KaldorNess cordially invites you to the Embellishers Grand
Accademia, February 18th – 19th, 2012.
The event site is Scappoose High School, 33700 SE High School Way,
Scappoose, OR 97056.
Attendance is by
pre-registration only. Go to www.kaldorness.org for
registration form and detailed class
information.
Questions on
classes: contact the Dean
– HL Muireann inghean ui Mhuirneachain (503) 396-5290 (h)
or moc.liamg@sllahsramdam
(Mka Murna Marshall, 34058 Sykes
Rd., St Helens OR 97051)
Site
& Volunteers: for gate, crash space, food, setup &
cleanup please contact the Liaison – HL Carith de Cuevas
(503) 543-3362 (h) or moc.liamg@tibbirg
Registrations: Payment
must accompany class registration. Registration information
will be available 1/13/2012 : Make checks payable
to SCA, Inc. Accademia dei Studiosi. Payment must be
postmarked no later than Saturday, February 4th,
2012. The $5 NMS applies to
non-members. There will be no childcare available for this event
and classes may not be appropriate for children under 12 (see
detailed class descriptions for notes on youth).
Send check with
registration form to Acting Exchequer Appoline D’Avignon c/o
Catherine Best 33844 NE Erin Drive Scappoose, OR
97056 503-543-4810
email moc.liamg@ssenrodlak
Food
& Lodging: A snack table will be available for
everyone so please consider bringing food donations to share and/or
a financial donation to help with the expense (no plug ins).
Space is available in the cafeteria for all to eat lunch. The
Liaison will have a list of local food and lodging available at the
event.
Class
Schedule
Saturday Gate Opens 8
AM
Saturday 9-11
AM
- Beginning Goldwork: Setting up – Gold
Class 1
- Crow Quill Pen Frills
- Acanthus, Mantling and Floral Borders
- Introduction to Bookbinding
- Anatomy of an Embellishing Project.
- Castles and Fortifications
Saturday
11AM-1 PM
- Beginning Goldwork: Couching and
Laidwork – Gold Class 2
- Methods of Medieval Leather Decoration
- Lampworked Glass Beads
- Japanese Bookbinding
- Painted Tapestries & Banners
- Castles and Fortifications, cont.
Lunch 1-2
PM
Saturday 2-4
PM
- Beginning Goldwork: Bullion, beads,
spangles and other glittery bits. – Gold Class 3
- Woodblock Printing on Cloth
- Basic Wood Embellishments
- Period Style Book Covers for Mundane
Books
- Beginning Bobbinlace
- Long-Arm Cross Stitch / Split Stitch Using
Cotton Embroidery Floss
Saturday 4-6
PM
- Or Nue – Gold Class 4
- The Sgabello Hall Chair
- Appliqué methods for SCA Bling
- Beginning Bobbinlace, cont.
- Hauftaffle: or Norse Chess.
No Host
Dinner 6:30-7 PM at (Possibles: Portland Pyramid
Brewery in the Industrial District or Ixtapa Mexican
Restaurant – Scappoose)
Sunday Gate Opens 8:30
AM
Sunday 9-11
AM
- Simplified, Heraldic, Period Leather
Carving
- Two Color Basket Weaving
- Introduction to Blackwork
- Beginning Embroidery
- Braid Stitches – Gold Class 5
- Gothic-Architecture of Functional
Embellishment: (And how you can use it)
Sunday 11 AM
– 1 PM
- Introduction to Gold Leaf
- Charter Painting 101
- Beginning Bead Embroidery
- Pillow Sachet
- Making Portuguese Needleworked Carpets
- Pyrography: a discussion on techniques for
creating designs through the use of Pyrography (wood
burning)
- Gold work open workshop
Lunch 1-2
PM
Sunday 2-4
PM
- How to Draft a parti-colored T-Tunic
/ Chinese Button Knot Tying
- Constructing Ghillie Shoes
- Assisi Work
- Introduction to Fingerloop Braiding
- Making Historical Paternosters and
Rosaries
- Achievements in Art: Using Heraldry in
Embellishment
- Gold work open workshop
Site closes 4:30
PM