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National Publications for the SCA

Tournaments Illuminated cover Issue 192

Tournaments Illuminated is the Society for Creative Anachronism's quarterly magazine for its membership throughout the Known World. I have submitted some information about Aiglets to this months Quest Article and it was used! Look for Issue 192, Fourth Quarter 2014. Look for the Quest article "Enigmas of History" with Guest Editor Robin Finch.

Tournaments Illuminated cover Issue 214

"Regalia Commisions, and RFP’s". Tournaments Illuminated #214 2nd qtr 2020, pgs 11-14. Based on this blog post: "Artisans, the SCA, Regalia, and RFP’s", https://livingstonjewelers.com/blog/artisans-the-sca-regalia-and-rfps/ Posted on November 16, 2019.
If you would like a copy please let me know and I will send you a scan of the article.

Jerry’s Side-by-Side Wonder Bread Experiment

I tried an experiment with making bread that used flour that was roasted before making the bread. Here is the document showing my results!
Jerry’s Side-by-Side Wonder Bread Experiment

A random Video for "The Walking Dead" fans.

Raw video from "An Evening with Greg Nicotero, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun & Lauren Cohn" at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee WI. This is the 10:00 pm show on February 16, 2013. The video is available at:
An Evening with Greg Nicotero, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun & Lauren Cohn

Arts and Sciences documentation for the SCA

The Barony of Jararvellir Arts and Sciences Champion's Pendant. Here is the Arts and Sciences entry I did for the pendant. It was a last minute entry so the documentation is not the best it could have been.
Documentation for the A&S Champions Pendant for the Barony of Jararvellir.

Strapping A Helm In A Historical Manner. Well, sorta kinda...
When I am wearing this you see a period helm but what you can not see are the snaps that allow me to remove the liner for washing. Strapping A Helm In A Historical Manner

videos for the SCA

Making iron at WW July 2013 The Baronies of Nordskogen and Jararvellir celebrated the TWENTIETH year of Warriors and Warlords on July 11-14, 2013. Warriors and Warlords XX was at Kronshage Park, 1500 Wisconsin Avenue, Boscobel, WI 53805. During the weekend a bloomery was made and used. These are the videos I took. FYI: I just helped out, this was not run by me.

For pictures please visit my FaceBook album, Making iron at WW 7-11-2013.

• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 1" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 1
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 2" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 2
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 3" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 3
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 4" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 4
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 5" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 5
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 6" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 6
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 7" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 7
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 8" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 8
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 9" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 9
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 10" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 10
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 11" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 11
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 12" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 12
• The video entitled "Making Iron at WW 13" is available at:
  Making Iron at WW 13

The Barony of Jararvellir Arts and Sciences Champion's Pendant These are the first videos I have made for youtube so the quality is a bit lacking. (Links will open in a new window.)

The first video in working on the A&S Champions Pendant for the Barony of Jararvellir is short but cute even if it does not present a lot of information. Of course I had to stop when my cat Precious decided she was more important. The other videos present much more information.

• The video entitled "1 First steps and Presh" is available on YouTube at this address:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qRgQw6hk-k
• The video entitled "2 Scribing the metal" is available on YouTube at this address:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lla1TkKp5g
• The video entitled "3 How You Saw" is available on YouTube at this address:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh1am8xl7II
• The video entitled "4 Scribing my cutting lines" is available on YouTube at this address:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-EeKt4nrEo
• The video entitled "5 Sanding the back of the copper ring" is available on YouTube at this address:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJD4qL4d9uk

Art work for the SCA

I was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism from 1985 to 2023. Within the society I was known as Gerald Loosehelm. The time period that has the most interest for me is the early 1530's in the city of London. Even though I portrayed a Tudor English gentleman, you could usually find me dressed as a Viking as the clothing is easier to sew. (I'm a jeweler, not a tailor!). I used this shield when I participated in martial arts.

My shield

The Barony of Jararvellir Catfish I made these a few years ago for a project. So if you need a good copy of the Jararvellir catfish or a good image of the device, here you go!

A full size version of the Yara device (bitmap)

A smaller version of the Jara device (bitmap)

A jpeg of a catfish

A black and white bitmap of a catfish (bitmap)

A colored set of the catfish (bitmap)