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This session will cover a brief overview of projects and major accomplishments in heraldry since the last in-person KWHSS, as well as a look forward. If there's a project you'd like to get a status update on, or a new one to propose, you should attend this session!

Info on how to get, prepare and temper feathers, cutting the nib, and inserting the reservoir.

Clear and readable submissions lead to a simple decision process, more constructive commentary, and happier submitters. Summarizing effectively is an incredibly valuable skill for anyone working with name submissions: consulting heralds, commenters, and Kingdom Submission Heralds. Summarizing is a skill that takes repetition to develop. This class introduces a summarization method and gives you some repetitions using it with example submissions - good, bad, and ugly.

A discussion of tools used in Hiberno-Saxon manuscript production, focusing on pens and paintbrushes.

A presentation of interesting tidbits and a timeline of important (or entertaining) milestones in the history of the SCA College of Arms, with pictures!

Based on English Manuscripts from the mid 14th c to mid 15 c. In this hands-on class, participants will develop a ductus including common ligatures and contractions. time will also be allowed to practice.

An introduction to the physics of multi-modal spectroscopy (Raman, UV, IR, etc.) and its use in the analysis of medieval manuscripts, paintings, and other works of art.

This class will go over a variety of types of marginalia from grotesques to humanoids through the centuries.

This is a brief class covering why Arabic came to cover the geographical area and time periods it did, and then a primer on Classical Arabic pronunciation.

An overview of East Asian scribal inspiration, language obstacles, and how tos.

We'll discuss the culture, names, and name patterns of the Persian empire in the Sasanian dynasty (third to seventh centuries CE).

Have you ever wondered what Morsulus actually does? How the tools at oanda.sca.org really work? We will take a look at the tools and features. Also a Morsulus AMA.

Many manuscripts from the late medieval period are available online in various libraries' digitized archives. The focus will be on Bohemian, Burgundian, German, and French manuscripts from roughly 1350-1520 in libraries across Europe. Come find out where Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry is.

Manuscripts had been illuminated in Flanders for centuries before the signature Flemish style appeared in the 15th CE and made Flanders a powerhouse in manuscript illumination. But how did Flanders go from being a little distinguished creator of manuscripts to exporting manuscripts across Europe? This class will discuss the history of Flemish manuscripts, what makes manuscripts distinctly "Flemish", and the tools of the trade.

In this class, we will look at the medieval calendar pages that are popular illuminations and decipher the explanation of the day. We can use this information to calculate today's date using the medieval method, and how we can use this alternative date in scrolls and other projects.

This is a round table to discuss ideas, tools, and resources for heraldic education online. We will showcase Meridies' new online education system, and how we are using it for heraldic education, with the potential to implement it elsewhere.

We all want good results while avoiding burnout, right? The goal of this class is to offer a five-step model of teamwork and the six discrete steps of "work" to gain some insight into how to better manage our own volunteer time as well as other volunteers in the SCA.

We will go over materials such as Gum Sandarac, Pounce, Gum Amoniac, whiting, American Bole clay, and Gmem Acacia, and how to use them.

Interesting things in the files of the CoA.

A deep dive into the tools, materials, and techniques used in the creation of the Book of Deer, as well as unique challenges encountered while attempting a recreation of two pages.

Basic introduction to pigments and how they're made into paint, including a practical. If participants have pigments they would like to make into paint, they're encouraged to bring them if they're non-toxic. I will have some to share, and containers to take home paint in.

As a court herald, how do you make all the players in court look good - without upstaging them? this hands-on workshop draws on the ideas of Keith Johnstone, a key figure in the development of improvisational theatre. Using exercises and practice, we will explore this concepts of status and status transactions through the role of the court herald. Do you tend to adopt "high" or "low" status? How do you play "over" or "under" someone? What do you do to "raise" or "lower" other people in court? We will play a few improv games together that will help you make your court partners look good.

Portuguese records have information about West African cultures, including documents written in Portuguese by Kongolese rulers. this class explores names from multiple West African traditions from period Portuguese and Spanish records. We'll also briefly discuss names recorded in West African Arabic texts, both those that are Islamic in content and those that are not.

This is a hands on class to learn & practice rubrication, the addition of "doodles, fiddly-bits, and flourishes" to your illuminated works. We will look at examples, identify recurring figures, and then spend most of the time drawing/creating them.

This is a social hour, where scribes can bring in their favorite supplies to share! Please bring your palettes, a favorite supply to share (or two).

Simultaneously, any scribes who have made a scribal trading card (2.5"x3.5" on any SCA paper/material featuring any SCA scribal techniques) who want to trade their own pieces of art can also come and share their own pieces with others.

Come hear from a panel of current and former Kingdom Submissions Heralds about the highs and lows of the job, tips for making the Submissions office run smoothly, and things we wish we'd known going in. Questions welcome.

An overview of how East Asian name patterns look and how to help submitters navigate their complexities.

The class will feature an introduction on various aspects of the Aztec writing system, including translation, transliteration, artistic arrangement, and how to make a scroll. The class will also cover what materials and tools were used in traditional Mesoamerican scribal work, with modern replicas of supplies brought in for display.

Presentation of lists in name elements from the later Goryeo period in Korea extracted Biographical Tables of the Koryo Period. We will discuss typical Korean name structures. the article with the lists is available in the name articles at heraldry.sca.org.

The Antwerp Saint Lucas Guild was an artisans guild within Antwerp, Flanders. They kept a list of new members and their trades. This class reviews the information gleaned from the documents for the years 1453-1650.

This is a round table to discuss ideas, tools, and resources for heraldic education online. We will showcase Meridies' new online education system, and how we are using it for heraldic education, with the potential to implement it elsewhere.

Micrography is using very small writing shaped to create pictures using words instead of lines.. In this class we will discuss the history and examples, then break out the tools and try out making tiny writing into pictures. Participants are expected to be old enough to handle small writing tools.

We'll flip through the (virtual) pages of a period armorial, and talk about what we see.