[EKStationers] Greetings from a fellow artisan

[Lyle H. Gray]

[Please respond directly to this query using Linda's email address, as she
is not a subscriber to EKStationers.]



On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:09 AM, lindafowens at netzero.com <
lindafowens at netzero.com> wrote:

> Greetings from a once and future  SCA member.  My husband and I reside in
> the Barony of the Bridge; Exeter, RI to be exact.    We were active in some
> of the activities when our sons, who are now in their 40's, were in their
> teens and enamored of the Middle Ages.  We helped with the Florentine
> Faire, bought some books from El of the Two Knives, watched Feral compete
> in battle, chatted a lot with Baroness Elspeth, and learned about
> Period Garb from her and also  Baroness Sally Tschanz-Dwyer at URI.
> Sometimes we sold our batik wall hangings (a period craft in parts of the
> world).  We collected metal and wooden objects at yard sales, and spent
> three years at the War of the Roses, where our sons and their friends built
> rafts and tried to shoot archery targets (they were deemed too young to
> compete in battle, but they had made many padded weapons).  Our First for
> the War was cooking--all day-- a large marinated roast hung over a fire in
> a macrame bag--yum!  Currently, our grandchildren have shown an interest in
> SCA events, and we plan to attend the Black Rose Ball.     My fashionista
> d-i-l thinks she may own a used History of Fashion book once perused by
> Marion Zimmer Bradley at the Berkeley, CA Library.  Our oldest grandson,
> 14, makes chain mail.
>
>    Anyway, my interests are in art, music, and writing, not necessarily
> period.  But I have made lots of paper, woodcuts, and handmade books.  Some
> were shown in local galleries or in NYC-- a long while ago--well, maybe 20
> years ago.  I stopped making many of the art projects that used deadly
> chemicals, as I gradually became allergic to them, so I concentrated on
> non-toxic art, esp. teaching children.  I am also a fiber artist, with
> weaving (including inkle looms, card looms), braiding, knitting, and
> crochet--are the latter period?  I play the recorder quite well, and a few
> stringed instruments and percussion not as well.  I own a shawm, but need
> to learn how to make reeds.  I am writing to you on a non-period machine,
> on which I've put out a sorta weekly newsletter to friends and family since
> 2000--I think I may have invented the blog.
>
>    I hope to meet many of you in the coming months.  Our family (at least
> 6 of us) is hoping to attend the Black Rose Ball, but I am afraid my sewing
> skills may not create any fine costumes for my husband and myself in
> time--we always used summer wear, and the garments  may be a bit tatty, but
> we were never royalty.  In this weather, we may arrive in REI undergarnents.
>
> Linda Owens  I will have to make up a new SCA name, as I can't recall the
> old one.
>
>
>
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