If you like to make stuff or learn about stuff, or both, the SCA’s an excellent place to be – vast numbers of its members engage in SCA-era trades and crafts, research, and yes, experimental archeology.
And we’re always madly keen to share our knowledge and experiences.
At events in our local community, you can find scholars, scribes, blacksmiths, cordwainers, shepherds, jewelers, cooks, stained glass artists, trebuchet builders, carpenters, painters, sculptors, furniture makers, beadmakers, potters, musicians, bards, wood turners, poultry keepers, fleece processors, spinners, weavers who use warp-weighted looms and/or horizontal looms, tablet weavers, inkle weavers, fingerloop braiders, brewers, dyers, embroiderers, lacemakers, people who sew, tailors, netters, knitters, sprang workers, and almost certainly a bunch of things I’ve forgotten. Heck, one of our members even built a stunning (and surprisingly practical) medieval-style camper wagon!
If you’re interested in something, there’s bound to be someone, or someone who knows someone, who’s also interested in it – and is delighted to share.
It’s a huge and lively community – both in “real” and virtually – and there are lots of websites, blogs and facebook pages just teeming with information and enthusiasm for the Arts and Sciences!