From march.hare at verizon.net Sat Jan 19 09:06:08 2008 From: march.hare at verizon.net (Heather Gray) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:06:08 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola Message-ID: <003301c85aac$de60f4f0$0200a8c0@deimos> Hi everyone, How's everyone doing these days? The list has been pretty much silent, which is why Lyle delayed the stationers presentation from 12th Night to Birka. And it's continue to be silent... Is everyone too stressed out by other things in life and doesn't have time for making things? Kayleigh, I know you have a scroll due at Birka, so no going and feeling guilty! How are people doing? Do we need to change when the presentations occur? Maybe this time of year just isn't the best for most folks. **** I miss hearing what projects people are doing in general, too. Any new bookbinding projects, or printing, or? **** We've been asked to put together a class track for Hrim Schola this year. Lyle and I have already volunteered, but more people would be welcome! How about an overview on the history, materials and tools for woodblock printing? Or on letterpress printing? Or making some type of book? Those map-type books were interesting to see, for instance... YIS, Elwynne, Clerk You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Ghandi As lives the Earth, so shall we live. - me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080119/270c62e7/attachment.htm From nitty_kitty at hotmail.com Sat Jan 19 11:46:09 2008 From: nitty_kitty at hotmail.com (mandy poirier) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:46:09 -0400 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola In-Reply-To: <003301c85aac$de60f4f0$0200a8c0@deimos> References: <003301c85aac$de60f4f0$0200a8c0@deimos> Message-ID: Been hit with a lot of RL lately, but that can happen any time of year. I do suspect that I won't be making any paper products (paper and/or printing) until late Spring... which is just as well as it tends to get really messy! Mergriet

Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:06:08 -0500From: march.hare at verizon.netTo: ekstationers at lists.gallowglass.orgSubject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola Hi everyone, How's everyone doing these days? The list has been pretty much silent, which is why Lyle delayed the stationers presentation from 12th Night to Birka. And it's continue to be silent... Is everyone too stressed out by other things in life and doesn't have time for making things? Kayleigh, I know you have a scroll due at Birka, so no going and feeling guilty! How are people doing? Do we need to change when the presentations occur? Maybe this time of year just isn't the best for most folks. **** I miss hearing what projects people are doing in general, too. Any new bookbinding projects, or printing, or? **** We've been asked to put together a class track for Hrim Schola this year. Lyle and I have already volunteered, but more people would be welcome! How about an overview on the history, materials and tools for woodblock printing? Or on letterpress printing? Or making some type of book? Those map-type books were interesting to see, for instance... YIS, Elwynne, Clerk You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Ghandi As lives the Earth, so shall we live. - me _________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080119/b4f45529/attachment.htm From wurm55 at juno.com Sat Jan 19 12:57:08 2008 From: wurm55 at juno.com (LISA J SCIORTINO) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:57:08 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola Message-ID: <20080119.135708.3884.1.wurm55@juno.com> Hello Elwynne- I have wanted to "try my hand"at teaching some kind of woodcut class for some time. (But like so many other things, I just haven't gotten around to it yet!) I might do the teaching demonstration category at Northern Lights for some good feedback. Also, I have "discovered" enamels and am having some fun with that. So I haven't done too many woodcuts lately. I do think this can be a "tough" time of year for projects. Wurm On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:06:08 -0500 "Heather Gray" writes: Hi everyone, How's everyone doing these days? The list has been pretty much silent, which is why Lyle delayed the stationers presentation from 12th Night to Birka. And it's continue to be silent... Is everyone too stressed out by other things in life and doesn't have time for making things? Kayleigh, I know you have a scroll due at Birka, so no going and feeling guilty! How are people doing? Do we need to change when the presentations occur? Maybe this time of year just isn't the best for most folks. **** I miss hearing what projects people are doing in general, too. Any new bookbinding projects, or printing, or? **** We've been asked to put together a class track for Hrim Schola this year. Lyle and I have already volunteered, but more people would be welcome! How about an overview on the history, materials and tools for woodblock printing? Or on letterpress printing? Or making some type of book? Those map-type books were interesting to see, for instance... YIS, Elwynne, Clerk You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Ghandi As lives the Earth, so shall we live. - me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080119/f790d4df/attachment.htm From secret.scribe at gmail.com Sat Jan 19 14:56:44 2008 From: secret.scribe at gmail.com (Kayleigh McWhyte) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:56:44 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola In-Reply-To: <20080119.135708.3884.1.wurm55@juno.com> References: <20080119.135708.3884.1.wurm55@juno.com> Message-ID: <77083f90801191256v5eb87b1cnd47ef6e1166902bb@mail.gmail.com> Hi Elwynne! *Three* scrolls, actually. :) One is already complete, save for filling recently-approved Arms after completion. The other two are in various stages of completion, due to delays from househunting and wedding stress. Otherwise, I am looking forward to getting together with everyone at Birka again! I meant to ask.... My student, Anastasia Heinrich, is looking for ideas for projects to work on in-between scrolls. I was going to assign her some bookmarks or cards, but thought it was too close to Birka for her to achieve this. Can you give us an advance notice of the presentation of gifts for TRH during their reign, and I'll give her some homework to do? :D Thank you, and see you soon! --Kayleigh > > Is everyone too stressed out by other things in life and doesn't have time > for making things? Kayleigh, I know you have a scroll due at Birka, so no > going and feeling guilty! > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080119/d90c5f94/attachment.htm From Nataliia at cox.net Sat Jan 19 15:44:37 2008 From: Nataliia at cox.net (Nataliia) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:44:37 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola In-Reply-To: <77083f90801191256v5eb87b1cnd47ef6e1166902bb@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080119.135708.3884.1.wurm55@juno.com> <77083f90801191256v5eb87b1cnd47ef6e1166902bb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <47926F45.5070904@cox.net> Yeah, Elwyne, pretty busy. :-) One scroll for Birka, and two backlogs for birka. One is finished, one is near completion, and the other just started. Weeee..... And I just finished a set for King's and Queen's. This is a busy time for some reason. And work has been, well, icky. Nataliia (still here, lurking mostly) > Hi Elwynne! > > *Three* scrolls, actually. :) One is already complete, save for > filling recently-approved Arms after completion. The other two are in > various stages of completion, due to delays from househunting and > wedding stress. Otherwise, I am looking forward to getting together > with everyone at Birka again! > > I meant to ask.... > > My student, Anastasia Heinrich, is looking for ideas for projects to > work on in-between scrolls. I was going to assign her some bookmarks > or cards, but thought it was too close to Birka for her to achieve > this. Can you give us an advance notice of the presentation of gifts > for TRH during their reign, and I'll give her some homework to do? :D > > Thank you, and see you soon! > > > > --Kayleigh > > > Is everyone too stressed out by other things in life and > doesn't have time for making things? Kayleigh, I know you > have a scroll due at Birka, so no going and feeling guilty! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ekstationers mailing list > Ekstationers at lists.gallowglass.org > http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/ekstationers > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080119/3f8ec473/attachment.htm From march.hare at verizon.net Sat Jan 19 16:37:02 2008 From: march.hare at verizon.net (Heather Gray) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:37:02 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola References: <20080119.135708.3884.1.wurm55@juno.com> Message-ID: <004301c85aeb$dba88d10$0200a8c0@deimos> Hi Wurm, You'd be welcome to come teach at Bergental's Novice Schola too (February 16). It's a good event both for novice students and novice teachers, and has been since it started. I think we'll be trying to make it to Northern Lights this year, too. Elwynne Hello Elwynne- I have wanted to "try my hand"at teaching some kind of woodcut class for some time. (But like so many other things, I just haven't gotten around to it yet!) I might do the teaching demonstration category at Northern Lights for some good feedback. Also, I have "discovered" enamels and am having some fun with that. So I haven't done too many woodcuts lately. I do think this can be a "tough" time of year for projects. Wurm On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:06:08 -0500 "Heather Gray" writes: Hi everyone, How's everyone doing these days? The list has been pretty much silent, which is why Lyle delayed the stationers presentation from 12th Night to Birka. And it's continue to be silent... Is everyone too stressed out by other things in life and doesn't have time for making things? Kayleigh, I know you have a scroll due at Birka, so no going and feeling guilty! How are people doing? Do we need to change when the presentations occur? Maybe this time of year just isn't the best for most folks. **** I miss hearing what projects people are doing in general, too. Any new bookbinding projects, or printing, or? **** We've been asked to put together a class track for Hrim Schola this year. Lyle and I have already volunteered, but more people would be welcome! How about an overview on the history, materials and tools for woodblock printing? Or on letterpress printing? Or making some type of book? Those map-type books were interesting to see, for instance... YIS, Elwynne, Clerk You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Ghandi As lives the Earth, so shall we live. - me ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ekstationers mailing list Ekstationers at lists.gallowglass.org http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/ekstationers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080119/da1aec6e/attachment-0001.htm From march.hare at verizon.net Sat Jan 19 16:39:48 2008 From: march.hare at verizon.net (Heather Gray) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:39:48 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola References: <20080119.135708.3884.1.wurm55@juno.com> <77083f90801191256v5eb87b1cnd47ef6e1166902bb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <005401c85aec$3ae35da0$0200a8c0@deimos> Hi Kayleigh, Eek, three! Sorry, I was asked to do one, but between PT for the shoulder and trying to get ready for Birka as a merchant, I'm low on time and energy still (and actually, not terribly ready for Birka....) Next presentation will be at Spring Coronation, as usual. Either bookmarks or cards would be great! Cheers, Elwynne Hi Elwynne! *Three* scrolls, actually. :) One is already complete, save for filling recently-approved Arms after completion. The other two are in various stages of completion, due to delays from househunting and wedding stress. Otherwise, I am looking forward to getting together with everyone at Birka again! I meant to ask.... My student, Anastasia Heinrich, is looking for ideas for projects to work on in-between scrolls. I was going to assign her some bookmarks or cards, but thought it was too close to Birka for her to achieve this. Can you give us an advance notice of the presentation of gifts for TRH during their reign, and I'll give her some homework to do? :D Thank you, and see you soon! --Kayleigh Is everyone too stressed out by other things in life and doesn't have time for making things? Kayleigh, I know you have a scroll due at Birka, so no going and feeling guilty! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ekstationers mailing list Ekstationers at lists.gallowglass.org http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/ekstationers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080119/0a2fb402/attachment.htm From march.hare at verizon.net Sat Jan 19 16:53:00 2008 From: march.hare at verizon.net (Heather Gray) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:53:00 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola References: <20080119.135708.3884.1.wurm55@juno.com> <77083f90801191256v5eb87b1cnd47ef6e1166902bb@mail.gmail.com> <47926F45.5070904@cox.net> Message-ID: <007201c85aee$1215bd30$0200a8c0@deimos> >Yeah, Elwyne, pretty busy. :-) > >One scroll for Birka, and two backlogs for birka. One is finished, one is near completion, and the >other just started. Weeee..... > >And I just finished a set for King's and Queen's. This is a busy time for some reason. > >And work has been, well, icky. > >Nataliia (still here, lurking mostly) Ah, another busy scribe.... sorry to hear work's been icky. I'm at home doing PT half the time still (surgery Nov. 21 on rt. shoulder), getting back into weaving a little, trying to get back into painting, and very slowly moving stuff we have stored in the sugarhouse into the barn or the apartment before sugaring season.... which isn't really until mid/late February, but I figured if we started now, we might be done by then. Still re-building my endurance, so Lyle has to deal with my suddenly tiring out at times as I try to figure out how much energy I actually have and how much the shoulder is going to take for healing. At least it's my off-hand ;) Oh, wait, did you know we moved? Hey everybody, we're still in Bergental/Western Mass., but now we're in Lyle's hometown of Ashfield, living in the 2nd floor apartment over his folks. Sold the house in Holyoke and everything. Hope work chills out soon! Cheers, Elwynne From march.hare at verizon.net Sat Jan 19 16:54:43 2008 From: march.hare at verizon.net (Heather Gray) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:54:43 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola References: <003301c85aac$de60f4f0$0200a8c0@deimos> Message-ID: <007601c85aee$4f6933b0$0200a8c0@deimos> Yeah, I wondered if that's what was happening. Hmm, if the paper works out well, maybe save some for the next presentation? I'm hoping we can get the print shop set up this summer, at least enough to do some type-setting of something new. Cheers, Elwynne Been hit with a lot of RL lately, but that can happen any time of year. I do suspect that I won't be making any paper products (paper and/or printing) until late Spring... which is just as well as it tends to get really messy! Mergriet

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:06:08 -0500 From: march.hare at verizon.net To: ekstationers at lists.gallowglass.org Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola Hi everyone, How's everyone doing these days? The list has been pretty much silent, which is why Lyle delayed the stationers presentation from 12th Night to Birka. And it's continue to be silent... Is everyone too stressed out by other things in life and doesn't have time for making things? Kayleigh, I know you have a scroll due at Birka, so no going and feeling guilty! How are people doing? Do we need to change when the presentations occur? Maybe this time of year just isn't the best for most folks. **** I miss hearing what projects people are doing in general, too. Any new bookbinding projects, or printing, or? **** We've been asked to put together a class track for Hrim Schola this year. Lyle and I have already volunteered, but more people would be welcome! How about an overview on the history, materials and tools for woodblock printing? Or on letterpress printing? Or making some type of book? Those map-type books were interesting to see, for instance... YIS, Elwynne, Clerk You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Ghandi As lives the Earth, so shall we live. - me ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ekstationers mailing list Ekstationers at lists.gallowglass.org http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/ekstationers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080119/61c9ba58/attachment.htm From elsadelyon at yahoo.com Sat Jan 19 23:06:43 2008 From: elsadelyon at yahoo.com (Barb Peshkin) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:06:43 -0800 (PST) Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola Message-ID: <89574.76778.qm@web33014.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Greetings, In between being a nurse for my husband and son, who both had surgery recently, I'm doing a scroll for Birka. I'm also planning on teaching a class locally on making a "paper bag" book-with plans on doing a soft binding class later. It'll be great once warmer weather is here with lots going on outside!! Have a great time, all, Elsa de Lyon ----- Original Message ---- From: Heather Gray To: [Proto-]Stationers Guild of the East Kingdom Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 7:06:08 AM Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola Hi everyone, How's everyone doing these days? The list has been pretty much silent, which is why Lyle delayed the stationers presentation from 12th Night to Birka. And it's continue to be silent... Is everyone too stressed out by other things in life and doesn't have time for making things? Kayleigh, I know you have a scroll due at Birka, so no going and feeling guilty! How are people doing? Do we need to change when the presentations occur? Maybe this time of year just isn't the best for most folks. **** I miss hearing what projects people are doing in general, too. Any new bookbinding projects, or printing, or? **** We've been asked to put together a class track for Hrim Schola this year. Lyle and I have already volunteered, but more people would be welcome! How about an overview on the history, materials and tools for woodblock printing? Or on letterpress printing? Or making some type of book? Those map-type books were interesting to see, for instance... YIS, Elwynne, Clerk You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Ghandi As lives the Earth, so shall we live. - me ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080119/bb258e1c/attachment.htm From wurm55 at juno.com Sun Jan 20 10:17:09 2008 From: wurm55 at juno.com (LISA J SCIORTINO) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:17:09 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola Message-ID: <20080120.111710.5024.5.wurm55@juno.com> Hi Elwynne- Thank you for the kind offer, but I won't be able to. Last Northern Lights Master Henry Mc Queen issued a "Trailblazers Challenge" which I entered. It was basically- do something that no one has done yet. So I wrote a paper on Dotted Prints. This year at Northern Lights I have to show up with a dotted print. So far I have been unsuccessful in my attempts at making one. (But I have at least a month... EEEK!) Hopefully every spare second I have will be devoted to that! Hope to see you at Northern Lights. Worm On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:37:02 -0500 "Heather Gray" writes: Hi Wurm, You'd be welcome to come teach at Bergental's Novice Schola too (February 16). It's a good event both for novice students and novice teachers, and has been since it started. I think we'll be trying to make it to Northern Lights this year, too. Elwynne Hello Elwynne- I have wanted to "try my hand"at teaching some kind of woodcut class for some time. (But like so many other things, I just haven't gotten around to it yet!) I might do the teaching demonstration category at Northern Lights for some good feedback. Also, I have "discovered" enamels and am having some fun with that. So I haven't done too many woodcuts lately. I do think this can be a "tough" time of year for projects. Wurm On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:06:08 -0500 "Heather Gray" writes: Hi everyone, How's everyone doing these days? The list has been pretty much silent, which is why Lyle delayed the stationers presentation from 12th Night to Birka. And it's continue to be silent... Is everyone too stressed out by other things in life and doesn't have time for making things? Kayleigh, I know you have a scroll due at Birka, so no going and feeling guilty! How are people doing? Do we need to change when the presentations occur? Maybe this time of year just isn't the best for most folks. **** I miss hearing what projects people are doing in general, too. Any new bookbinding projects, or printing, or? **** We've been asked to put together a class track for Hrim Schola this year. Lyle and I have already volunteered, but more people would be welcome! How about an overview on the history, materials and tools for woodblock printing? Or on letterpress printing? Or making some type of book? Those map-type books were interesting to see, for instance... YIS, Elwynne, Clerk You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Ghandi As lives the Earth, so shall we live. - me _______________________________________________ Ekstationers mailing list Ekstationers at lists.gallowglass.org http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/ekstationers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080120/5f5cb329/attachment-0001.htm From manerva1018 at aol.com Sun Jan 20 10:52:31 2008 From: manerva1018 at aol.com (manerva1018 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:52:31 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] suggestion... Message-ID: <8CA299BFB8314A8-12DC-A0C@WEBMAIL-MB19.sysops.aol.com> I know I have done a couple of scrolls and have been working hard on my Northern Lights enteries, one is to be a book, but I won't have one to give at birka. Might I suggest an alternative, and please stop me if I am asking a lot cause it might be just a crazy time to do it I have never been to one. How about changing our dates to the April Corination each year. We can do one presentation with two "baskets' one for the outgoing king/queen and one for the incoming king/queen. If we do this every year we will hit all the royals and not skip over reigns by just presenting at 12th night or birka. Plus we know both sets of royals will be there. Smiles, Heather Rose MacGordon ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080120/49dd3a64/attachment.htm From susan_kell at earthlink.net Sun Jan 20 10:36:18 2008 From: susan_kell at earthlink.net (Susan Kell) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:36:18 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola In-Reply-To: <89574.76778.qm@web33014.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Hi all! Well, I continue to book myself over-busy with stuff not related to the Stationers' Guild; sorry! I'm currently preparing for merchanting at Birka (my wares include some scribal supplies), I just spent 3 days embroidering at Plimoth Plantation ( http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/ ), and I have several other fun and work deadlines, and a vacation trip, coming up. I'll play with y'all when I can... 8-) Warm wishes, Ygraine ----- Original Message ---- From: Heather Gray To: [Proto-]Stationers Guild of the East Kingdom Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 7:06:08 AM Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola Hi everyone, How's everyone doing these days? The list has been pretty much silent, which is why Lyle delayed the stationers presentation from 12th Night to Birka. And it's continue to be silent... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080120/bad69412/attachment.htm From gray at cs.umass.edu Sun Jan 20 14:23:34 2008 From: gray at cs.umass.edu (Lyle H. Gray) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:23:34 -0500 (EST) Subject: [EKStationers] suggestion... In-Reply-To: <8CA299BFB8314A8-12DC-A0C@WEBMAIL-MB19.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CA299BFB8314A8-12DC-A0C@WEBMAIL-MB19.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, manerva1018 at aol.com wrote: > I know I have done a couple of scrolls and have been working > hard on my Northern Lights enteries, one is to be a book, but I > won't have one to give at birka. > > Might I suggest an alternative, and please stop me if I am > asking a lot cause it might be just a crazy time to do it I > have never been to one. How about changing our dates to the > April Corination each year. We can do one presentation with two > "baskets' one for the outgoing king/queen and one for the > incoming king/queen. If we do this every year we will hit all > the royals and not skip over reigns by just presenting at 12th > night or birka. Plus we know both sets of royals will be there. We haven't skipped any reigns since the Company was formed. We have given gifts at _both_ 12th Night _and_ Spring Coronation. At the first Spring Coronation, it was when the Company was awarded its Charter. The following 12th Night, it was because it's a traditional date for giving gifts. We have maintained that pattern for the next several reigns. I have always liked the idea of giving gifts to seated Royalty, so that they can use them during [at least part of] the reign. If we only give gifts to the Winter Royalty at their last court, we lose that effect. This is the first year since the Company was chartered that we have _not_ given gifts at 12th Night. Lyle -- Lyle H. Gray gray at cs.umass.edu -- text only, please -- Shared knowledge is preserved knowledge. From gray at cs.umass.edu Sun Jan 20 14:27:24 2008 From: gray at cs.umass.edu (Lyle H. Gray) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:27:24 -0500 (EST) Subject: [EKStationers] Fwd: Messy, outdoor classes wanted (fwd) Message-ID: I'm thinking that this might be a good venue for a papermaking workshop... -- Lyle H. Gray gray at cs.umass.edu -- text only, please -- Shared knowledge is preserved knowledge. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:25:16 -0500 From: Lyle H. Gray To: gray at cs.umass.edu Subject: Fwd: [EK_AnS] Messy, outdoor classes wanted Subject: [EK_AnS] Messy, outdoor classes wanted Date: Sunday January 20 2008 From: Kim Jones To: EK_AnS at yahoogroups.com I am looking for unusual classes such as soap making, casting and others too messy for the normal indoor A&S events to be taught at Northern Region War Camp in Glenn Linn, July 4th weekend. The event site has electric at the large covered A&S pavilion, but no kitchen. The site is an open grassy area with 3 huge covered pavilions. Electric & water are available in many spots as this site is used as a fair ground. There are fairly new flush bathrooms and a couple of buildings that can be used for clean classes as well. The event takes place in Warrensburg, NY (Northway exit 23) a bit over an hour north of Albany, about 10 min north of Lake George Village. If you would be interested, please contact me for any additional information. Travel Safely, Lady Moreta atte Birchwode From march.hare at verizon.net Sun Jan 20 21:39:00 2008 From: march.hare at verizon.net (Heather Gray) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:39:00 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Stress, Birka, Classes at Hrim Schola References: <20080120.111710.5024.5.wurm55@juno.com> Message-ID: <004f01c85bdf$31e672c0$0200a8c0@deimos> Okey-doke. Good luck with the dotted print! Elwynne Hi Elwynne- Thank you for the kind offer, but I won't be able to. Last Northern Lights Master Henry Mc Queen issued a "Trailblazers Challenge" which I entered. It was basically- do something that no one has done yet. So I wrote a paper on Dotted Prints. This year at Northern Lights I have to show up with a dotted print. So far I have been unsuccessful in my attempts at making one. (But I have at least a month... EEEK!) Hopefully every spare second I have will be devoted to that! Hope to see you at Northern Lights. Worm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080120/4ebb2a74/attachment.htm From march.hare at verizon.net Sun Jan 20 21:51:45 2008 From: march.hare at verizon.net (Heather Gray) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:51:45 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] suggestion... References: <8CA299BFB8314A8-12DC-A0C@WEBMAIL-MB19.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <006701c85be0$f90d4ee0$0200a8c0@deimos> >Might I suggest an alternative, and please stop me if I am asking a lot cause it might be just a crazy time to do it I have never been to one. How about changing our dates to the April Corination each year. We can do one presentation with two "baskets' one for the outgoing king/queen and one for the incoming king/queen. If we do this every year we will hit all the royals and not skip over reigns by just presenting at 12th night or birka. Plus we know both sets of royals will be there. >Smiles, >Heather Rose MacGordon It's certainly worth talking about the dates. Currently it's been two presentations, one at EK 12th Night and one at Spring Coronation. This way the royalty had a chance to either keep some of the gifts or, as I suspect was more usual, give them as gifts to other folks. Some may even have made it to other kingdoms, although I wouldn't know -- that's just the nature of giving gifts. We could also consider giving at each of the coronations, which would put the presentations further apart and give more breathing space for making things. Elwynne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ekstationers mailing list Ekstationers at lists.gallowglass.org http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/ekstationers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080120/85752727/attachment.htm From gray at cs.umass.edu Mon Jan 21 19:57:12 2008 From: gray at cs.umass.edu (Lyle H. Gray) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:57:12 -0500 (EST) Subject: [EKStationers] Birka Message-ID: Hey all. Our plans to attend Birka have changed. As hard as we tried to make a go of it, we made the decision tonight to not go to Birka, neither as merchants nor guests. Between the physical therapy and general recovery from shoulder surgery last November, judging Elwynne's current energy level and how well she did after Kingdom 12th Night (completely worn out), it was becoming clear to us that she is not ready for participating at Birka. Combined with the fact that none of us really have much ready by way of gifts in the name of the Company, it looks like we will have to postpone any presentation to the Royalty after all. Heather Rose MacGordon suggested Spring Coronation. That is sounding like a most excellent plan. ;-) Truthfully, considering how everyone's energies have been focused this season, it was sounding like an excellent plan for this year anyway. So, let's plan on doing our next presentation at Coronation, with gifts for both sets of Royalty, appropriate to whether they are stepping down or stepping up. Regards, M. Lyle FitzWilliam Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers of the East Kingdom -- Lyle H. Gray gray at cs.umass.edu -- text only, please http://members.verizon.net/~vze3wwx7 -- Shared knowledge is preserved knowledge. From woodwindy at gmail.com Wed Jan 23 15:28:33 2008 From: woodwindy at gmail.com (woodwindy) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:28:33 -0500 Subject: [EKStationers] Birka Message-ID: On Jan 22, 2008 1:00 PM, wrote: > Our plans to attend Birka have changed. I'm sorry to hear it! I hope Elwynne is feeling better soon. I'm also sorry to say that the only project I've really been able to work on over the last couple of months is baby Mina, so I'm no help in the gifts department either. We will be at Birka, though, and happy to say hi to folks and/or admire other people's projects! -Sabine From corinne.lewandowski at gmail.com Fri Jan 25 17:18:25 2008 From: corinne.lewandowski at gmail.com (Corinne Lewandowski) Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:18:25 -0400 Subject: [EKStationers] whats up from Elise Message-ID: Greetings from Elise in Ruantallan Well it's darn cold up here! I've been busy on a few things. Mostly, I've secured an excellent full time that is letting me go to Estrella! Yeah I've been working with them for five months and I'm getting a week off to go before they "hire" me direct! Huzzah! It will be my first Estrella War. My armour is already on the way to Birka to get there via a land route. I've done, in 2007, about 8 scrolls for the Signet. Most of which I did the just the calligraphy, some of which I did both. This month I did two scrolls. One calligraphy for a Birka SC and one calligraphy for a Ruantallan Order of the Iceberg. I've done about three scrolls in non-English text - Russian, Norse Runes and Greek to date. My armour and my calligraphy are at Birka, but not me! ; ) I've also recently taught myself how to make a soft coptic book. I found instructions by someone (by Googling). I've done three of these books now. I gifted on to our Coronet, one to a student/gaming buddy of mine. These two had soft leather covers. I also did a book like this with a cloth cover as another friend is a vegan and preferred not to have leather. Lord Donal in our area has been steadily teaching *many* other people these skills he learned (and has improved upon) when Master Lyle last taught a class up here. He has shown a lot of people stitching techniques and sits and putters at events making books and adding to atmosphere. We are attracting more scribes, illuminators, and people interested in stationary arts. I let people know about the guild when I talk about stationary arts. My 15 year old archery student is now becoming the 15-year old A&S student. He did his first illumination in November and after seeing the works at 12th night, he said he really wants to commit to learning more about illumination. In the future, I plan on holding a class/workshop on working with period pigments. Likely in March as I will be beatin' in heads, er, visiting another kingdom, in February. My trip to Estrella will be via Ealdormere. While I cannot get to the events there, I plan on searching for cheap art supplies such as the bookbinding linen - which we get for about $1.30 per yard here. That's me! Have a grand time everyone! Wish I were there! Elise ferch Morgan ap Owen . . . who will be getting back on the road for events now that I have a flexible job. -- "The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers." Thich Nhat Hanh Vietnamese Monk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gallowglass.org/pipermail/ekstationers/attachments/20080125/a71d053c/attachment.htm