For myself, I do not believe I can concentrate enough for a Depth challenge, so I will go with the second option of breadth to equip myself as best I can in my two main periods of interest which are around the year
1410, and
Tudor era England, around the 1560s.
And so, I start the lists, separated by period.
1410 style
- Wool Mittens, August 2007
- A Pair of sewn hose, September 2007
- A period style centre-pole, hub & spoke pavilion, August 2007
- Small pilgrim's scrip, feast gear bag, January 2008
- Short-sleeved green GFD, June 2009
- Mathilde-Patterned gown in orange and blue wool, August 2009
- Working apron, honeycomb smocked, October 2009
Tudor style
- Wool quarter-circle petticoat skirt, September 2007
- White linen sture shirt, November 2007
- Petticoat skirt, brocade and linen, November 2007
- Blackwork embroidered collar and cuffs, July 2007
- Splendor Solis Kirtle, January 2008
- Tall hat for a Lady, January 2008
- Assissi embroidered apron, January 2008
- Waistcoat / Laton jacket, June 2008
- Yardcloth, headwrap, September 2008
- White linen sture shirt, type 3, November 2008
- Red petticoat, November 2008
- White linen shirt, embroidered at collar and cuffs, for Queen Cecilia, December 2008.
- Pair of white linen breeches, embroidered around waist and legs, for Queen Cecilia, February 2009.
- Brocade petticoat skirt for Florentine gown, May 2009.
- Brocade gown (all machine made), June 2009
Total # projects finished: 22
Total # projects to go: 28
The A&S 50 Challenge was started on May 1, 2007, A.S. 42, by Lady Albreda Aylese in the East Kingdom as a way to grow as an artisan in the SCA. The goal is doing 50 things in the Arts and Sciences between May 1st AS 42 (2007) and May 1st AS 50 (2015), in honour of the SCA's 50th Birthday. The Challenge is a chance to develop skills and learn more about what interests you in a non-competitive, community-based environment.
- The Depth Challenge -
- 50 of any one type of thing, in order to push your skills and knowlege to new levels (how broadly you define this is up to you)
- The Breadth Challenge -
- do/make/learn 50 new and different things (how new, and how different is up to you/your group), or,
- The Persona Challenge -
- making/learning 50 different things that your persona would know, have, or know how to do
For more in depth information about the Challenge, from the creator, go to
http://artsandsciences50.org/. To officially join the challenge, you must sign up to the Yahoo! group, and enter your information in the Database:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AandS50ChallengeCommunity/.