Aki Seulf

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Registered Name: Aki Seulf Resides: Bordermarch Status: Active Joined SCA: 2016
Order of Precedence
OP
Heraldry
Azure, a sea-wolf Or and on a chief wavy argent two mullets azure.

Honorable Lord Aki Seulf, Candidate-Elect to the Order of the Mark:

Nickname(s): "Aki the Thronebreaker"
Previously Known As: Aki Ozurrsson
Pronouns: He/Him

Offices:

• Local:
  • Prior Bordermarch Arts and Science Minister
  • Prior Bordermarch Thrown Weapons Marshal

• Regional

• Kingdom
  • Ansteorra Kingdom Thrown Weapons Marshal

Interests:

• Thrown Weapons
  
• Archery
  
• Woodworking
  
• Metalworking
  
• Stained glass
  
• Islamic Geometry
  

Timeline of Activity:

• Started in the SCA in 2016

Projects:

• Clothing
  • 2023 dying Tunic overdying a T-tunic to black to be warn by the Baron of Bordermarch in court.
  • 2021 sewing and dying a yellow linen Islamic head wrap
  • 2022 Block printing and sewing a green fighting tunic
  • 2018 sewed the silk part of the two dracos used in Master Beau's Laurel elevation.

• Blacksmithing
  • 2018 Made 2 sets of soulpad tent spikes. Large loop with tapered point out of 1/2" rebar
  • 2021 Added edges and heat tempered 7 throwing axes and 7 throwing knives
  • 2019 30 rams horn rope holders with tapered tips on both ends
  • 2018 25 bottle openers used as largess

• Woodworking
  • 2017 Made a canvas viking A frame tent with wooden frame carved with dragon heads
  • 2018 part of a team making large 6 panel chests
  • 2018 Made 8 round ottomans
  • 2019 made six 6-panel chests to for prize baskets for WotR
  • 2021 my first Manjour wood screen attempt (failed)
  • 2021 Finished my largest Manjour wood screen
  • 2022 Made a set of two small Manjour wood screens
  • 2023 (in progress) making a large Manjour wood screen and experimenting with how glass might have been added. This screen also features a Ansteorrann Black Star

• Cooking
  • 2021 Pickling root vegetables and peppers
  • 2020 grew and dehydrated cooking herbs.

• Painting
  • 2022 Painted and oiled 2 breakdown chairs made by Lothiar of Stargate
  • 2020 Painted a 6-fold Islamic Geometry piece on canvas in blues and gold that is currently on display at the Beaumont Children's Museum
  • 2020 Painted a 6-fold Islamic Geometry piece on paper in golds and blacks as a gift for Baroness Gabrielle de Lacy

• Thrown Weapons
  • 2018 Built 2 target stands for Bordermarch for thrown weapons based off the one gifted to Bordermarch by Captain Ryan Savage and painted all 3 in Bordermarch style
  • 2023 Painted and leather wove a pass down spear for Ravens Fort Defender of the Fort
  • 2020 Designed a a display piece for Namron that has an axe that can not be removed from the target
  • 2020 Made a human target with apple on head out of a mannequin. Painted face. Sadly she soon after got a knife in the face
  • 2022 Painted The Golden Knife of Ansteorra
  • 2022 Painted The Golden Spear of Ansteorra
  • 2022 Painted The Golden Axe of Ansteorra

• Other:
  • Islamic Geometry: 2020 taught a 4 fold Islamic geometry class via zoom.
  • Stained Glass: 2020 Made a piece for Stable Swap for Baron Micolay Haiduk of his device
  • Weapons: 2017 made 3 youth boffer weapons

Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:

AS 56 William Blackfox Award Nominee

• Brought thrown weapons to War of the Rams (Bordermarch)
• November 3, 2018 - Became a Thrown Weapons Marshal
• Autocrated Twelfth Night Bordermarch 2019
• Creator of The Golden Axe of Ansteorra Competition
• Creator of The Golden Knife of Ansteorra competition
• Creator of The Golden Spear of Ansteorra competition
• Nominated for the William Blackfox Award A.S. 56 for Poetry for a song co-written with Agnes Pickel titled "Deep in Ansteorra"
• Sexiest Legs of the Highland games (Bordermarch) 2019-6-22
• Jeweled Pillar of Bordermarch 2018

Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:

• Jeweled Pillar of Bordermarch 2018
• Commended by the Board of Directors, July 2024

Mundane Information:

Personal website: jamesallenking.com

Affiliations:

Member of Company of St. Sebastian