ANST - Judging Standards (Was: A&S - does utility count?)

[Bob Dewart]

Greeetings and Hi there Oh great and Mighty Earl Marshall of Mine :)

Your research intrigues me.   You must show me these goodies when we can get
together.

However; while I haven't done any A & S myself, I do know of an individual
who was told that she needed to flesh out her history on weaving in a recent
A & S comp she entered.

I myself was amazed at the dificulty I had in documenting a simple quiver.
I guess our local resoures aren't very good.

Hope to see you soon,

 Gilli


-----Original Message-----
From: Lorraine and/or Kief <deer_kief at hotmail.com>
To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG <ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Sunday, May 09, 1999 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: ANST - Judging Standards (Was: A&S - does utility count?)


>Heilsa Gilli and all other Good and True Ansteorrans that may read these
>words...
>
>You wrote:
>
>>The thing that gets me, is having to do documentation on the history of a
>>common item like weaving, leather work and the like.  Those subjects that
>>are common and have had volumes written about them, IMHO do not need to be
>>rehashed.
>
>Certainly they do...*smile* Anyone can do common things like weave or do
>leather work, etc. However, where the documentation comes in is when the
>artisan is doing a true period piece set in a particular time
>period/location. For instance, I have heard and read that a lot of the
>knotwork patterns folks do on leather armor, knife and sword scabbards,
etc.
>were not done on those items in period. However, in the process of doing a
>bit of research on Viking culture in general I found extant examples of
>period items covered with the exact type of zoomorphic knotwork oft touted
>as "non-period style". In case you're wondering, it was the
anthropologist's
>study that showed the find and the reproductions done of the original
>objects (two knife sheaths). So, in looking for examples of commonly done
>work I found an unusual example. As well, the use of documented period
works
>lets the artisan more easily explain how and why their displayed piece is
>different or similar. Besides, we would not be rehashing the basic use of
>leather or weaving in the documentation...just the particular use of
certain
>aspects of the medium.
>
>>Gilli
>>Who has no mashmellows, but has added a scarf to his new stylish flame
>>proof
>>suit from El Paso.
>
>Waes Thu Hael kinfolk
>Kief
>"Better the Hammer than the nail..."


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