Arts

From Cunnan

Contents 1 Arts and Craft Topics 1.1 Researching and documentation 1.2 Cooking & Brewing 1.3 Smithing 1.4 Clothing 1.5 Decorative arts 1.6 Textile and Fibre Arts 1.7 Performance 1.8 Writing and artwork 1.9 Construction 1.10 Household 1.11 Birding Arts

Arts and Craft Topics

Researching and documentation

• why research
• how to begin researching
• how documentation works
• should I enter that A&S competition

Cooking & Brewing

• Brewing
• Feasting
• Food
  • Subtleties
  • Medieval Recipes

Smithing

• Armour
• Weapons
• Jewellery and piecework

Clothing

• Fashion
• Shoes
• Early Period Dress (pre 1380)
  • Viking Garb
• Gothic Dress (1300-1480)
• Late Period Dress (1480-end of SCA period)
• Accessories
• index of clothing styles

Decorative arts

• Embroidery and Beading
• Bobbin lacemaking
• Drawn thread work and needlelace
• Stencilling and Fabric painting
• Stone Carving

Textile and Fibre Arts

• Dyeing
• Loom weaving
• Spinning
• Tablet weaving
• Tapestry weaving
• various braiding techniques
• various knitting techniques (or similar)

Performance

• Instrumental music
• Poetry
• Renaissance dance
• Singing
• Theatre

Writing and artwork

• Calligraphy & Illumination
• Cartography (Maps)
• Language
• Illumination
• Medieval literature
• Painting

Construction

• Pavillion
• Housing
• Ships
• Furniture- see also woodworking
• Siege weapons

Household

• Bedding
• Tablewares
• period ways of lighting spaces (including oil lamps and candles)
• household tools
• haircare

Birding Arts

• Falconry
• Aviculture: the keeping and raising of companion birds, including domesticated birds (finches, canaries, and doves) and, most commonly, parrots which are wild birds socialized to humans but not domesticated.