Choosing a Persona – Workshop Notes
Workshop notes for “Creating a Persona – medieval re-enactment”
Staple’s recreations of 14th century woodworking tools
Staple loves woodworking and has built several replica tools to help do it in as period a manner as possible.
Guildenstern the broken drawknife
Our story begins with two tools. Not, as one might expect, two chaps of less than impressive wit (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern spring to mind), but rather two actual tools. As in, metal ones. Our first contender is the humble froe (left). Plain and simple, but of stout constitution, the froe is designed for riving (that is, splitting) boards or shingles from logs. It is made to be struck, embedding it within the end grain of a piece of timber, before being used to lever the new board away from the parent log. By contrast, the drawknife (right) is keen and nimble, made for shaving timber pieces to shape and size.
Blackboard Quote
“It seems to me that your table is like a chalkboard that children draw all over, wash down, and then start again”
Letter to Francesco Datini, 1395
Australian 14th Century Groups
List of Australian groups dedicated to C14th living history, or multiperiod groups who cover the period:
NSW –
Einherjar
—https://www.facebook.com/einherjar.nsw/
—https://einherjarnsw.wordpress.com/
—https://www.instagram.com/einherjar.nsw/
Full Tilt Jousting
—https://www.jousting.com.au/
—https://www.facebook.com/Full-Tilt-Entertainment-1453323954…
Medieval Archery Society
—https://medievalarchery.org.au/
—https://www.facebook.com/groups/675317789211161/
Nova Hollandia
—https://www.facebook.com/Nova-Hollandia-164323443202/
Company of the Staple
—https://companyofthestaple.org.au/
—https://www.facebook.com/CompanyOfTheStaple/
Wayward Minstrels
—http://www.waywardminstrels.com/
—https://www.facebook.com/WaywardMinstrels/
QLD –
Citadel Medieval Society
—https://www.facebook.com/groups/14920669397
Company of the Dove
—https://www.facebook.com/thecompanyofthedove/
Companie Draco Routiers
— https://www.facebook.com/companiedracoroutiers/
Eslite d’Corps
— https://www.facebook.com/eslitedcorps/
Order of the Gryphon
— (closed group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/109235579168546/
Historia
—https://www.facebook.com/groups/1726259557388425/about/
Horses, Hounds, Hunters and Farmers
—https://www.facebook.com/groups/953468278107135/
Knights of the Long Dog
— (closed group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/377746788934982/
Knights Order of the Lion Rampant
— https://www.facebook.com/lionrampantAU/
Company of the Radiant Heart
— https://www.facebook.com/CompanyRadiantHeart/
SA –
The Blackharts
Victoria –
Black Griffins Traditional Archers
— (closed group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/191211534261504/
Glyndwr Rising
— https://www.facebook.com/GlyndwrRising
History Up Close
— https://www.historyupclose.com.au/
— https://www.facebook.com/HistoryUpClose/
Juvenis of Accendo Sarcalogos
— https://www.facebook.com/JOASBallarat/
Leongatha Medieval Society
— http://www.lms.asn.au/
— https://www.facebook.com/LeongathaMedievalSociety/
Military Equitation Australia
— (closed group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/780948682012352
Company of the Tavern
— (closed group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/1450264435224513/
The Free Companies inc. (The White Company)
–https://www.facebook.com/groups/254547156291
National:
Society for Creative Anachronism Lochac (AU/NZ)
— http://lochac.sca.org/lochac/
— https://www.facebook.com/scalochac/
Picnic at Petersham Park
We had such a great time at the last picnic, that we’re doing a second one, but this time at Petersham Park, Petersham from 11am – 3pm.
Co. Staple and Friends will be meeting in Petersham Park for a pot-luck picnic, some hand-craft and talking all things C14th living history.
Bring a sandwich, or a plate, and come and say hi!
Modern clothes and picnic – not a period event.
Bring hand crafts, research materials or whatever C14th stuff you’re into right now.
It’s free, it’s kid friendly and it’s open to all.
Festival On the Green 2018
Company of the Staple was again at St Ives’ Festival on the Green promoting the St Ives Medieval Fair which will be on later this year (22nd and 23rd of September 2018).
In the photo are four of our members on the St Ives Thrones.
