The S.C.A. Side-effects
Having now been to two shire ‘meetings’ and one wonderful event, it is clear that we are, most certainly, back to playing in the Society for Creative Anachronism. Perhaps we should have tired it long ago, perhaps this is the perfect time for us to re-enter the life, either way it part of our life agin now and I am already feeling the side-effects of playing.
First thing in the Morning – instead of sitting, and clutching my coffee, blankly looking at nothing, while my wife knits or scans her FB page on the television, I stare at my jewelry making books. The fine coating of dust blown off and the spine cracked for the first time in over a decade. If not that then, scattered around me are the photocopies of research done while I still lived in Trinovantia Nova (London, ON). Also my coffee cup can be surrounded by half completed projects and bits and bobs of metal, wood, and bone.
Later Morning – moving assorted project pieces and their corresponding sketches and blueprints, out of the way of my computer. Social media now showing not only friends complaints and accomplishment, as well as book releases, reviewers, and advice, ��now I have pictures of period clothing and accessories as well as notifications about events, knighting’s, crowning’s, and arts and science projects. Then actively looking for pictures of extant period jewelry��and��accessories for current project.
Afternoon – finally getting off the computer and having to cover it with a cloth as I begin to work one of the many projects I’ve either begun to work on again, or started new (because I need more projects ). Filling the house with the smell of wood, metal and bone and wondering why I thought making this piece was a good idea in the first place.
Late afternoon – putting down the project, and taking a picture for prosperity sake and documentation of the work. Brushing off the dust from everything, and stumbling away to find food.
Other – looking forward to going resale shopping because now I can browse not looking for��things I might want ‘as is’ but looking for things for; their base material,��repurposing for period use.
The list goes on – and will only grow over time – but I have to stop writing, because my wife is playing renaissance music in preparation for teaching a period dance class.
Filed under: SCA Tagged: jewelry, Society for Creative Anachronism
