Artisan's Row: News

Gulf Wars XVII

Welcome to Artisans Row at Gulf Wars. Located near the “Collegium Tents” downtown, Artisans Row is a collection of workshops where artisans demonstrate, share, and teach hands-on their particular skills in smaller, more intimate, and often informal settings. Artisans Row is also a great place for artisans and those interested in the arts, to network, share ideas and collaborate on joint projects. We invite everyone to come by and see what’s happening any day – visitors, observers and questions are always welcome!

Artisans Row hours are generally 10am – 4pm, Tuesday through Friday, Saturday 10 – 3pm. Folks are welcome to come by and help us set things up on Sunday and Monday of the War. While many events and classes for Artisans Row are listed in the Class Schedule, several have been added at the last minute and are “unpublished.” Please check in at Artisans Row or the Collegium tent for additional Artisans Row events/classes and any class/event changes. Sign up for classes with limits is at the Collegium tent the day before the class is held.

Artisan areas at Gulf Wars this year are:

· Botanical Arts · Culinary Arts · Gaming · Fine Arts (Illumination, Bookbinding, etc.)	· Pottery · Textiles – Dry · Textiles – Solar · Textiles - Wet
· Metal, Leather & Woodworking (the “Art using loud &/or dangerous tools” tents)	· Theatre (a 16^th century stage)

We are pleased to highlight several special “Events” at Artisans Row this year:

Ø Clay to Pottery Track – all week – Lady Danica Sovova and THL Kit Marik will guide you throughout the week in making and firing pottery. Kiln and firing held in Early Period Life.

Ø Fiber to Finish – sponsored by the Textiles Dry & Wet areas. Artisans are available throughout the week to assist you in going from wool to finished, dyed article by Saturday of war!

Ø A 16^th Century Portable Theatre – sponsored by Lady Amelia van Hemessen, stage construction Sunday and Monday. Classes and performances throughout the week. Stage available at various times for other performers, drop by to schedule your group!

There will be a meeting of those interested in participating in Artisans Row 2009 on Saturday from 3 – 4pm. Join us then, or join the Artisans Row discussion list at ArtisansRow@yahoogroups.com

Artisan's Row Gulf Wars XVI Class Listing

Gulf Wars XVI - March 11-18, 2007

Gulf Wars XV - March 12-19, 2006

Gulf Wars VI is a go!! Even Katrina cannot keep these folks down. Mistress Solvieg will be heading up this year's efforts on the Row

Period Demo Center opens at Estrella War

Headed up by Lady Ann Bushnell of TyleHurst, this year's Estrella War will host the Atenveldt version of Artisan's Row, called the Period Demo Center

Artisans invade Northshield

Greetings and good tidings!

I'm excited and honored to announce that Caer Anterth Mawr will be hosting an Artisan's Row at Boar's Head this year! I am coordinating the Row and would like to take this opportunity to invite artisans of all types to come join me this Boar's Head.

For those unfamiliar with Artisan's Row, it is a concept born under this name in Meridies, though there are many variations on the theme across the Knowne World. Essentially, Artisan's Row is an active learning space - it is a place where artisans can come to practice their art and where those interested in learning about new (or relearning old) arts can come to see how it's done, to ask questions, and in many cases to give it a try. It's dynamic, informal, hands-on, social.. and quite a bit more!

At the moment, I'm looking for artisans in any number of areas who would like to spend some or all of their day at Artisan's Row working
on their art. Artisans of all kinds are welcome to contact me if you would like to set up in the Row. Examples of some of the arts commonly
included in an Artisan's Row are:

fiber artists - spinnners, dyers, weavers (inkle weaving, tablet weaving, etc.), hand-sewers, embroiders, knitters, lace makers, cord makers (lucet, kumihimo, whip-cord, etc), sprang, costumers, silk painters.. you get the idea!
calligraphers and illuminators
wood workers - carvers, furniture makers, etc.
metal smiths - metal casting, chain mail, etc. (Unfortunately, due to the indoor setting, we can not set up for blacksmiths; hopefully at a
future event!)
potters - wheel thrown pottery, hand built pottery, tile work, glazes, etc.
leatherworkers
glassblowers and bead makers
cooks, brewers & vintners (although given space and site restrictions, this will not be available at the Boar's Head Artisan's Row - hopefully at a future event!)

We will have some tables and chairs, though participants are encouraged to bring their own chairs and other equipment needed to
practice, demonstrate, and possible teach others their art. If you're interested in participating as a member of Artisan's Row at
Boar's Head, please email me at BoarsHead@artisansrow.org and let me know what you'd like to do and when you'll be available to be at the Row. There's plenty of room for lots of folks to participate! Please contact me no later than December 5 if you'd like to join us!

Also, please remember that this is not a class space - I'm not asking for formal classes or instructors (to volunteer to teach a structured
class, please contact Lord Arnbjorn Karlsson, the Boar's Head class coordinator (bwa22 AT yahoo.com) - but rather a working and shareing space to do what you do and show off what you do to others and maybe (hopefully!) hook a few new people into a few new arts!

ban tigherna Aine ingen MaelPatraic
Shire of Rokeclif, Kingdom of Northshield

Web site update

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