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Talitha’s Corner
Supporting your officers:
Minister of Arts and Sciences
by Vicountess Talitha von Kopke
(being now Duchess Emma Fitzwilliam, OP)
So how many people think that to aid an A&S officer you need skill or talent? Reconsider, please. Your A&S officer needs ideas for projects, places to carry them out, funds for materials and students. Some projects you may wish to consider undertaking: SCA signs, Garb, Banners, Painted Sheets (in the likeness of period tapestries or paintings), Painting (or etching) the branch arms on branch feastware, or doing an A&S night to etch names on individual feast gear. Anyone can do at least a part of any of the above tasks with a minimum of direction. Can't sew? Let someone cut out the fabric and lay out straight seams for you then push on the sewing machine pedal as if you were driving. (It really has been done.) Besides, I'll bet that if you're determined enough to learn something you will find at least a bit of ability. Not in the field you expect, perhaps, but what harm is there in learning from an unexpected direction?
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