Category: Replace weapons with jade and silkEntrant: Melissa WijffelsTitle: Garden Hoe The hoe – useful garden implement and favoured weapon of angry medieval mobs. This entry is a new handle for an ageing garden hoe (forged by Nathanael d’ Averanches). Carved from fruit wood using only hand tools.
Category: When the snipe and the clam grapple, it is the fisherman who profitsEntrant: Melissa WijffelsTitle: Slate ulu Amongst arctic cultures, the ulu is a common tool used to skin both fish and marine mammals, as well as as an all-purpose knife. In the Inuit culture, ulu are made from …
Date: Event opens 9am Saturday 25th and closes 3pm Sunday 26th July 2026 but Site opens 6pm the Evening of the 24th for those who wish to stay to be on site first thing Saturday. Location: Schlaepher Park, 41C Ostrich Farm Road, Pukekohe. Arrival: Please follow parking instructions and signs …
Category: Hwon gelpeð, se þe wide siþað (Little boasts the one who travels widely) Make something from outside EuropeEntrant: Rose TaillorTitle: Song Dynasty Garb I present this with limited documentation, due to my very poor documentation of sources during the process of creation, and the fact I made it over …
Category: Hwæt bið betst and wyrst? Ic ðe secge, mannes word. (What is the best and the worst thing? I tell you, man’s word) Make something to do with the spoken or written word.Entrant: Rose TaillorTitle: Voice Heraldry I was wondering how to encapsulate the year I have spent voice …
Category: Seo nydþearf feala læreð (Necessity teaches many things) A project that was necessary to complete in order to do something elseEntrant: Rose Taillor Title: Norse Garb I was graciously welcomed into the Royal Household for the reign of Konungr Þorvaldr and Dróttning Amabilia. As their reign was Norse-themed, I was …
Category: Bald bið se ðe onbyregeð boca cræftes (Bold shall he be who tastes of the skill of books)Entrant: Paige of IldhafnTitle: Bound Book Here’s an explanation of the submission (I’ll try to keep it as short and simple as I can!): This is a story my partner and their friend …