Classes & Handouts

Plants and Basketry:

Secrets of the Plant ID Masters extended version, 2025, Hunter’s Moon (NY)
How to Make Cordage, 2025, Hunter’s Moon (NY)
Coppicing and Pollarding Woody Plants (updated handout), 2025, Hunter’s Moon (NY)
How to Weave a Bark Basket, 2025, Hunter’s Moon (NY)
Harvesting Willow Bark for Basketry, 2025, Wars of the Roses (NY)
Basics of Building Wattle: Weaving with Wood, 2025, Wars of the Roses (NY) (See appendix linked further below for pictures shown)
Secrets of the Plant ID Masters extended version, 2025, Wars of the Roses (NY) (also used in class: North American Trees, 5th Edition)
Beginner Basket Making Techniques: Weaving and Twining, 2024, Wars of the Roses (NY)
Finding Free Weaving Materials Outdoors, 2024, Wars of the Roses (NY)
Coppicing and Pollarding Woody Plants, 2019, Known World Agricultural and Forestry Symposium (NC)
Basics of Building Wattle: Weaving with Wood, 2019, Known World Agricultural and Forestry Symposium (NC)
Wattle: Survey of some extant illustrations, 2019 (appendix to Wattle class)
Introduction to Plant Identification, 2019, Known World Agricultural and Forestry Symposium (NC)
Secrets of the Plant ID Masters, 2019, Springe Gardyn Schola (NY)
Weaving with Wood, 2019, Springe Gardyn Schola (NY)
Weed Walk, 2017, Artisans’ Village and Brewer’s University (PA)
Wooden Garden Structures, 2017, Artisans’ Village and Brewer’s University (PA)

Textiles, Fibers, and Weaving:

Activities and Service Topics:

Introduction to Baronial Seneschal Office, 2017, separate class at home (NY)
Youth Ideas Matter: Getting What You Want From Events, 2017, Pennsic War (PA)
I Want to Help at Events, but They Say I’m Too Young!, 2017, Pennsic War (PA)
Harassment and the SCA: A Guided Discussion, 2017, Pennsic War (PA)
Anyone Can Make Largesse!, 2017, Wars of the Roses (NY)
Family-Friendly Songs for the SCA, 2017, Wars of the Roses (NY)
Family Field Games, 2017, Wars of the Roses (NY)
Hosted monthly scribal nights, Concordia, January 2016 through mid 2017