[Steppes] Telling someone that what they are doing is not period

[Michelle Dodd]

I seem to remember being told that while it is ok to substitute materials for a reason, you must then document why you did so and what the period materials would have been, also how they would have been used, if different from your method.
Ly Gabriele



> From: ladycatalina at hotmail.com> To: willowjonbardc at juno.com; steppes at ansteorra.org> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:17:42 +0200> Subject: Re: [Steppes] Telling someone that what they are doing is not period> > I try to approach these people from a different angle and admire their > quality of workmanship, and their enjoyment of what they did. Then I suggest > something along the lines, "Have you ever seen this painting/manuscript. I > bet that would be right up your alley and I think you could actually make > something like that." I try not to criticize any individual piece. I'm sorry > the young lady left the SCA over the double-knit, but that's more common > than a lot of people think. I think the issue evryone is tiptoeing around > with that is, on one side they are told that it is ok to substitute > materials for a reason, and then the other side tells them that it is not.> > Catalina> Sanguinem dumtaxat causam virtutis pendate>