Salve Accolens!
The time is upon us to prepare for a new Baronial Arts and Sciences Championship! The winner of this contest will be named Baronial A&S Champion for the next year, and will represent our Barony in next year’s Seven Pearls Competition! Representing our Barony for the last year has been the most profound honor I’ve received in my career as an artisan, and I am looking forward to passing this baldric and all it represents to our next Champion.
Our next A&S Champion will be chosen at the Debatable Lands 12th Night Celebration on January 16th, 2027.
Our theme this year is one that is close to my heart: symbolism. In a time period before widespread literacy, communication through symbols, iconography, and metaphor was required to convey knowledge and meaning.
What constitutes a “symbolic” project? Like most symbols, it’s up to your interpretation! It can be an object featuring a heraldic display to identify ownership, works of calligraphed text, perhaps woven or embroidered imagery, or it can be a piece that symbolizes your growth as an artist. We want to see something that conveys a deeper meaning beyond the surface level appearance of your art.
Documentation is strongly encouraged, but not required.
YIS,
Lord Ingvar Sviatoslavich