Practicum 2024: Back to Basics
Practicum 2024 – Back to Basics (ealdormere.ca)
Site opens: 9:30am Site closes 8:30pm
(At point of this post, class schedules have not been published)
DARC round table on the Viking Age
60 minute round table style discussion
best suits teens through adults
How do you approach re-creating daily life in the Viking Age? Drawing on decades of practical experience presenting this period before (literally) tens of thousands of the general public, as well as individual lifetimes as working artisans, four prominent members of the Dark Ages Re-creation Company will discuss aspects and issues related to not only this historic period, but undertaking living history in general. Topics will range from the general (Viking vs Norse?), the practical (balancing historic vs modern tools and materials), to the topical (perceptions and representations of gender). Opinions are likely to differ, and discussion with the audience is expected!
Norse Iron
best suits teens through adults
The 'Dark Ages' are known partially through a number of truly impressive
objects made from forged iron, Sutton Hoo (Anglo-Saxon) and Oseburg
(Norse) being the best known examples. During the Viking Age, iron was
used for domestic objects, tools and weapons. Illustrated with artifact
images and physical replicas, this session will look at how iron itself
was made, the work of the blacksmith, and objects of special interest to
re-enactors.
http://www.warehamforge.ca/ENCAMPMENT/artifact.html
Note there is a slight change here, due to my own mix up with lectures at the Blue Dragon event in January!
Starting in Blacksmithing for Re-enactors (some practical advice)
60 minute illustrated lecture / discussion
best suits teens through adults
As popular culture exploits an interest in blacksmithing, more and more people are drawn to a first attempt to pick up a hammer. Forget what you see on 'Forged in Fire'! Drawing from a lifetime at the forge and decades of teaching experience, this combination illustrated lecture and Q & A, will look at contemporary blacksmithing equipment and processes, with an eye to the differences between modern, traditional and historic methods. A particular focus will be important practical advice for the beginning smith.
Instructor Bio
Darrell Markewitz first picked up the hammer in the late 1970's, and has
worked professionally as an artisan blacksmith since the late 1980's. He
found the Wareham Forge in 1992, specializing in 'Historic Reproductions
in Metals', with work for both major museums and individual re-enactors,
as well as private commissions for his Art Nouveau based designs. Most
significant museum work is his creation of the living history program
for Parks Canada at L'Anse aux Meadows NHSC, he has provided staff
training, physical presentations and object replicas for museums
throughout North American, in Great Britain and Europe. Since 2001, he
has undertaken personal research via experimental archaeology into
bloomery iron smelting, which has included numerous conference
presentations and academic papers.
As Sylard of Eagleshaven, he is 'Ancient of Days', holds a Laurel for
decorative metalwork, and is the original 'bastard Viking' of song and
story. He founded the Dark Ages Re-creation Company in 2000, and remains
it's driving force.
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