40 years in the SCA. I joined in 1985 in the Barony of the Stargate (Ansteorra), and I’ve been falling down rabbit holes ever since.

Where I’ve Been

I’ve called a lot of places home over the years: Stargate and Hindscroft, then Crannog Mor (I was there when it went from incipient to “real”), then Nant-y-Derwidden in Meridies. Life pulled me away for a while after Pennsic 2001, but I came back in 2018 – drove from West Palm Beach to Ellerbee for Spring Coronation because apparently I missed it that much.
These days, I’m in the Barony of the Sacred Stone in Atlantia.

Teaching

I love sharing what I’ve learned. My signature class is Application of Niello, which I’ve now taught six
times:

• University of Atlantia (multiple sessions)
• War of the Wings 2023 & 2024
• Summer University 2025
• Pennsic 52 – teaching it twice and displaying work in the open display

I also taught a one-time jeweler’s saw class at WoW 2024, though a little inconvenient research showed me just how far out of period the saw really is. (Sometimes the rabbit hole leads somewhere you didn’t want to go.)

A&S Competitions

I didn’t enter my first A&S competition until War of the Wings 2023 – better late than never. Since then:

• Tempore Atlantia (November 2023) – nielloed silver disc
• Cultura Atlantia (2024) – Galloway Hoard disc brooch
• Pennsic 51 – volunteered as an A&S war point judge (the entries were amazing)

Commissions & Regalia

• Sacred Stone Baronial Coronets (2023) – made new coronets for the barony
• Coronets & Circlets for Ashfin and Yasmine’s Reign (2023)
• Coronet for Partonne Murienne l’aloiere
• Coronet for Mistress Nuala inghen Magnusa
• Award Medallions – Pearl, Golden Dolphin, Laurel, Pelican, and combined Laurel/Pelican
• Largesse – donated “hack” silver rings for the Coronation of Randal and Iuliana
• Various belts, including one for a friend’s Laurel elevation at Ymir 2024

Service

• A&S Officer, Barony of Sacred Stone (November 2024 – present) – currently the sole officer
• Co-A&S Officer, Sacred Stone (submitted letter of intent May 2024)
• A&S Officer, Salesberie Glen (February 2024)
• Herald, Crannog Mor (1993)
• Seneschal, Crannog Mor (2 years, including transition from incipient status)
• Deputy Seneschal, Barony of the Stargate

Recognition & Affiliations

• Apprentice to Master Ciarán McBrendan (Ymir 2024)
• Member of Household Fait Accompli
• Companion of the Phoenix Eye (War of the Wings 2023)
• Pearl (Ymir 2024)
• Spark of the Phoenix (2023)
• Opal (Sacred Stone Baronial Birthday 2023) – for coronet work