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the re-enactor's market
Nov. 29th, 2008 02:32 pmNote: My posts about Italy and the costume conference are going to be by topic rather than chronological - helps me order my thoughts better.
The 5th session of the conference was devoted to the use of Janet Arnold's work in historic interpretation. I'm not sure what the organizers were expecting or had in mind when they were organizing, but I know that a sizeable portion of the Americans present were SCA or similar. And despite the 4 day conference, I'm still not incredibly certain what or if there's a hobbyist/amateur re-enactment "scene" in Italy, though there is some professional costuming at historic sites (more below).
( snipped for brevity - SCA scholarship musings, form over function, making the form more accurate and costume as educational tool )
Gave me some ideas how, where, and why to ratchet up the accuracy on my own costumes, though I'm not quite sure how/which of these ideas I'll use yet. I've described my anxious costuming elsewhere, and my next project will be an interesting experiment in whether I choke or forge ahead with what I need to do to learn more and do better.
But yeah, this may be the year for shoes/leatherwork.
The 5th session of the conference was devoted to the use of Janet Arnold's work in historic interpretation. I'm not sure what the organizers were expecting or had in mind when they were organizing, but I know that a sizeable portion of the Americans present were SCA or similar. And despite the 4 day conference, I'm still not incredibly certain what or if there's a hobbyist/amateur re-enactment "scene" in Italy, though there is some professional costuming at historic sites (more below).
( snipped for brevity - SCA scholarship musings, form over function, making the form more accurate and costume as educational tool )
Gave me some ideas how, where, and why to ratchet up the accuracy on my own costumes, though I'm not quite sure how/which of these ideas I'll use yet. I've described my anxious costuming elsewhere, and my next project will be an interesting experiment in whether I choke or forge ahead with what I need to do to learn more and do better.
But yeah, this may be the year for shoes/leatherwork.
