Below is a brief listing of topics / components that could be covered in a demonstration. If there is a historical topic that you do not see on this list, please contact the demo coordinator. Please checkmark the areas you would feel comfortable contributing during a demo. The Demo Coordinator may contact you for an upcoming demo on one or more of the below checked items. Thank you for your service.
Archery - The period making, fletching and shooting of bows and arrows.
Armoring The design and making of armor; its history and uses.
Bardic Recitation Period singing and story telling; its history and development.
Brewing The craft of turning grain or fruit in to potable drinks. Brewing does not always involve alcoholic beverages. There are non-alcoholic tonics, cups, bowles and vinegars (drinking vinegar tastes like fruited lemonade).
Calligraphy The scribal art of lettering, the making of inks and the making / sharpening of quill pens.
Cooking The art and history of food through the ages and cultures.
Costuming Who wore what when & why.
Dancing The art of dancing from English country dancing to Court dancing.
Embroidery One of the many forms of needle craft done throughout history.
Fighting, Period The rules and codes of honor and combat. What was a Knight? What was a Squire? What is Chivalry? What is personal honor?
SCA Fighting see 4c. of the Demonstration Questionnaire.
Glass Bead making - Lampwork - The making, designing and use of glass beads in history.
Gaming Historical games, like fox & geese, nine men morris and chess. How these games taught strategy to warriors and statesman.
Horticulture How plants were grown historically. The different theories for crop rotation. What plants were indigenous to what areas.
Illumination The painting of manuscripts or scrolls. This is the beautiful artwork you see in the text or at the beginning of a paragraph in historical manuscripts. How to make your own paint, gold leaf, gesso and brushes.
Inkle Loom Weaving How to use an inkle loom to weave thread into strips of trim and or belts. How to design your own patterns using different color thread.
Leather working How to take a tanned hide and turn it in to any of the hundreds of things needed in daily life in the Middle Ages. The making of pouches, shoes, game boards, belt, leather bottles, arrow quivers, scabbards and armor.
Medicine and Disease What is the difference between pneumonic plague and bubonic plague? What is sweating sickness? What is the Theory of the 4 Humours? Did bleeding cure disease? Mortality rate of the time.
Needlework Covers embroidery, blackwork, hardanger cutwork and any other form of needle / thread decoration used on clothing, household goods or vestments.
Scribing The art of copying text by hand. (See calligraphy & Illumination).
Textile Arts Taking any fiber from its natural form and processing it into cloth. Or going from sheep to shawl. . i.e. combing dyeing, carding, spinning, plying thread, weaving, cutting, sewing, trimming and finally wearing your new piece of clothing.
Wood Working How to make things from wood in a period fashion. How to carve decorations in-to the wood. What wood would be used for what piece? How was medieval furniture made? How to make plates, bowls, cups and spoons.
Other - any other topic your willing to demo.
