We have two topics left from IAPE, due to the site change:
1. Brewing
Notes: Best documentation includes:
-References noting that this type of beverage existed in period
-Specific details on the process used, including the recipe
-A particular period recipe or a rationale for the process or recipe used
-Explanation or rationale for substitution or adaptations to period process
-A discussion of period process as it relates to entry, including a description of specific time/place context and social environment in which the beverage would have been served.
2. Period Encampments
We also have:
3. Bags
4. Boxes
5. Phoenixes (in any art form)
(Documentation is required in categories 1-5, in order to be judged)
To make up for the loss of Novice Tourney this past Spring:
6. Novice Competition (with forms available on site to make documentation as easy as pie)
The Novice Competition is open to anyone in the SCA for less than two years, and/or to artisans who are entering an art form that they have practiced for less than two years.
For instance, someone who is an accomplished artisan, say a Garb Laurel, is welcome to enter their lampwork beads that they began investigating 1 year and 11 months ago. :-)
While artisans are encouraged to bring documentation with them for this, I will have the entry sheets formatted so that by filling out the form, they will have all of the basics of documentation available for the judges sitting right there next to each entry.
I will be seeking new judges to help judge the Novice Tourney part of the competition. So if you haven't judged an A&S competition and would like to try your hand, contact me.
And just in case someone feels in a mood to do something different, there
will be an…
7. Open Display (Documentation encouraged but not required)
In addition, all gentles are asked to leave tokens, commentaries and words of encouragement at any entries which strike their fancy.
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