[Nfb-krafters-korner] SCA

Sat Jul 24 18:49:58 UTC 2010

Keep us up on how it goes.

Marianne Denning
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 2:12 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] SCA

>I have not gone to any of their larger events, however, there has been 
>several venues around Richmond that features local groups.  I have also 
>heard them referenced as the SPCA, the Society for the Preservation of 
>Creative
> Anachronisms.  There are also different time periods to delve in.  My 
> husband prefers the time period of the Crusades because of the Templers, 
> but I like no set time period, rather like picking elements of crafting 
> guilds and how they were used throughout the different time periods.  I'm 
> trying to connect with a local group in the Tidewater area that does the 
> spinning. That is the next great "must learn to do" on my list.  My sister 
> leans to the different aspects of carving.
>
>
>
> That is why Carol's mentioning of the weaving sticks really rang large 
> bells in my crafting brain.  It is more than likely that the Crusaders 
> were the ones who brought stick weaving to Europe.  Pattie and I just went 
> out and baught the sticks today and we will get together and make them 
> tonight.
>
>
>
> Susan R.
>
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] (no subject)
>
>
>> I'll kinda stick my big nose in here. I was a member of the SCA for 5
>> years. I have been considering if I would be capable of returning to
>> the group. After I lost my vision, I found it very hard to
>> participate, as very few people were willing to show me around and
>> even if I learned the layout of a site, it'd be different the next
>> time based on tent set-up. The only site I can count on being fairly
>> similar every year is Pennsic, but...that's at the same time of year
>> as the National Convention, which I plan on attending next year. Can't
>> do both...way too costly. I have considered doing an every-other-year
>> schedule between the two.
>>
>> When I was in the SCA, though, I was an illuminator. A pretty good
>> one, if I do say so myself, and my Award of Arms and other awards
>> given because of my work as a scribe agree with my assessment of my
>> talent. After the injury that took my site, I was lost...scribing was
>> my whole life in the SCA! Most of my Scadian friends are scribes, and
>> I spent most of my time at events working on scrolls, seeing that
>> scrolls were ready for court, doing last-minute scrolls, or displaying
>> my work in competitions.
>>
>> Now, I know there are other crafts I could do in the SCA, like
>> basketweaving, garb-making, woodcarving, and even embroidery (though
>> it wouldn't be the same for me, who did freehand embroidery based on
>> how I thought it would best represent fur, feathers, clothing,
>> etc)...but it is hard for me to imagine the SCA without scribing.
>>
>>>From my experience, the SCA is a hard place for a blind person to fit
>> in. Most of the attendees are not disabled, though there are some
>> people using motorized scooters. I have not seen a single blind person
>> in the SCA in the five years I participated. The layout of sites is
>> absolutely a nightmare for the blind person. Tents are placed
>> according to size and space, not in any special layout, except for the
>> vendors, ropes and stakes are sticking out everywhere with only an
>> orange tie to warn peple, and travel to activities may be across a
>> field, a field and a road, through the woods, or any combination of
>> landscape.
>>
>> If my health improved, I would love to return to fencing (I gave it up
>> after trying because of chronic pain and fatigue), but the problem
>> with a blind SCA fencer is that the combat area is rarely flat, often
>> has holes that fighters can twist ankles or fall over, and fencing is
>> done in a 3-D fashion, not the back-and-forth of Olympic fighting.
>> When I tried it before, I found I couldn't really wear my glasses
>> under the fencing mask, so I was very impaired in my vision before,
>> but I also often fell over holes in the ground, rocks, and lost sight
>> of my opponent, who may have retreated quite a distance.
>>
>> Now, I'm not saying the SCA can't become a place that blind
>> participants would be welcome. I am only saying that it will be a
>> difficult road for anyone trying it now. They have silent heralds
>> (deaf interpreters) who are rarely used in Atlantia (the kingdom I
>> live in), but I have yet to see any accommodations for blind
>> participants. Some of the indoor sites (like schools for University)
>> did not even have Braille to mark the doors and I was scolded for
>> standing at the schedule book for too long (I was using my handheld
>> CCTV to copy my schedule, given to me in small-type print, onto
>> another paper with a 20/20 pen since, at the time, I had enough vision
>> to see that).
>>
>> That is just my experience with the SCA. I would love to hear about
>> your experience, Terrence, and anyone else who has tried the SCA.
>>
>> ~Jewel
>>
>> On 7/24/10, Marianne Denning <mdenning at cinci.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Terrence, what is your role in SCA?  I have been interested in SCA for 
>>> many
>>> years but have never pursued it.
>>>
>>> Marianne Denning
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
>>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:50 AM
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] (no subject)
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello, all,
>>>> Just thought I'd go ahead and give you all a bit of an intro, having 
>>>> just
>>>> come on board last night.  I do a couple different crafts, mostly 
>>>> things
>>>> I've taken up in the SCA over the past 3 years, some of which I 
>>>> practice
>>>> fairly regularly, others I sort of dabble in.  My 2 most frequent craft
>>>> types are kumihimo braiding and lucet, though I am trying to pick up 
>>>> inkle
>>>>
>>>> weaving more consistently.  I also have a coiled basket that I've been
>>>> working on sporadically for some time now, and occasionally do a bit of
>>>> leather work.  I think I've leaned toward the cord-making methods so 
>>>> much
>>>> because of their portability.  For a while, I was a woodturner, before 
>>>> I
>>>> moved to take my current job, but that didn't work out for a number of
>>>> reasons.  I have also dabbled a bit in Origami, but it's been a while.
>>>> It's something I mean to pick up again at some point though and learn a
>>>> few more designs.  I'm looking forward to hearing from everyone and
>>>> perhaps picking up some new ideas.  And if anyone has questions about
>>>> anything I've mentioned, I'll be more than happy to explain/answer
>>>> anything.
>>>>
>>>> Terrence
>>>>
>>>> Twitter: www.twitter.com/terrencevane
>>>> Kingdoms Live Code: bgc5a6
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