Livia da Nicolosi

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Registered Name: Livia da Nicolosi Resides: Rosenfeld Status: Active Joined SCA: 1990
Order of Precedence
Livia da Nicolosi
Heraldry
"Per chevron Or and azure, two pomegranates gules slipped and leaved vert and issuant from base a demi-sun Or."

Honorable Lady Livia da Nicolosi (Candidate for the Laurel)

Previously Known as : Fridhur Haralds

Additional Registered Heraldry

Registered Achievement

Mantling 1: Gules
Mantling 2: Or
Helm: Frog-mouth helm silver facing sinister
Crest: pomegranate gules, slipped and leaved vert
Motto: aspirare ad ispirare (Translation: aspire to inspire (Italian))

Offices:

• Local Offices Held
  • Four time Chronicler of the Shire of Rosenfeld
  • Three time Minister of Arts & Sciences of the Shire of Rosenfeld
  • Prior Seneshal of the Shire of Rosenfeld

Persona History:

King's Gauntlets & Queen's Gloves embroidered by Livia, granted 04/14/19

Interests:

Mostly I'm an embroiderer with a keen interest in Elizabethan Embroidery. Recently I have learned how to make my own spangles and am delving into the art of glove making.

Timeline of Activity:

I joined the SCA in 1990. I had been looking for the group for years -lured on by occasional photos in the Sunday newspaper of chivalric fighters in Bergfeld Park. One day I saw a flier in a bookstore with contact information. Finally, found! The rest is history. Rosenfeld was only an incipient shire and a very small group when I joined in February of 1990. Because we were so small, the need for willing officers was critical. By May of 1990, I was Seneschal and Acting Chronicler. This was when there was no such thing as email or internet or cell phones. I wrote many a long missive to the then Kingdom Seneschal Baron Bran de Tintreak. By the end of 1991, Rosenfeld was officially a shire. I'd like to say I had a hand in that. Heart and hands.

Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:

• 1994 - 13th Artisan of Middleford (now defunct branch - Hells Gate)
• 1994 - Bard for the Shire of Middleford
• 2002 - Artisan of Barony of Stargate (Stargate Baronial 30th)
• 2003 - Artisan of the College of Three Bridges (Elfsea Baronial)
• 2003 - one of ten A&S champions for Gulf Wars
• 2006 - one of five A&S champions for Gulf Wars
• 2006 - 14th Elfsea Artisan
• 2009 - William Blackfox Awards A.S. 43: Nominated for both Best Overall Newsletter and Best Layout & Design (both of these categories recognize both the newsletter and the Chronicler)
• 2018 - Baronial A&S champion for Barony of Wiesenfeur
• 2019 - Ansteorran Laurels' Favorite for Gulf Wars A&S Open Challenge.
• 2020 - Kingdom Artisan (receiving the sole perfect score at Kingdom Arts & Sciences)

Gallery of Work

• Recent Embroidery Projects
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  Gillyvors Embroidered Binding - sole perfect score at Kingdom A&S (February 8, 2020)

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  Queen's Glove for Conal III

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  Detail view, Conal III glove

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  Detail view, Miguel III Gauntlet

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  Elizabethan embroidered book-binding

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  Embroidered book binding for Conall Ó Ríoghbhardáin, for her third Reign

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  Embroidered book binding for Biatrichi Canzionari di Palermo, on the occasion of her Elevation

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  Kingdom A&S in 2003: One of 5 Gulf Wars Champions

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  This project received a perfect score of 20 at Gulf Wars

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  Queen's Gloves for Margaret ny Connor, given to Octavia de Verdon and Sarah Fynn.

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  Detail view of Queen's Glove embroidery

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  Small velvet covered book with embroidery created for Margaret ny Connor

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  Embroidered book made for the Royal Gift Baskets for Ansteorra 40th Year

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  Embroidered Binding for the Kingdom A&S Prize Basket - 2020

Instruction

(See Below for Class Handouts)

2018

• 6/9/18 – King’s College (Ardmore, OK)
  • Padded Satin Stitch – A Period Embroidery Technique
  • Surface Couching – A Period Embroidery Technique
• 7/28/18 – Ansteorra Middle Eastern Culture Symposium (Athens, TX)
  • Shisha Embroidery
• 8/25/18 – Serpent’s Symposium (Houston, TX)
  • Surface Couching – A Period Embroidery Technique

2019

• 5/26/19 – Steppes Warlord (Canton, TX)
  • Padded Satin Stitch – A Period Embroidery Technique
• 6/22/19 – King’s College (Abilene, TX)
  • Silk & Gold – An Exploration of Period Embroidery Techniques
  • Undaunted – Conquering the Plaited Braid Stitch
• 7/6/19 – Eldern Hills Artisan 2019 (Duncan, OK)
  • Padded Satin Stitch – A Period Embroidery Technique
  • Undaunted – Conquering the Plaited Braid
• 12/14/19 - Wiesenfeuer Yule (Oklahoma City, OK)
  • Undaunted: Conquering the Plaited Braid Stitch

2020

• 2/8/20 - Kingdom A&S (Burkburnett, TX)
  • Undaunted: Conquering the Plaited Braid Stitch
  • Undaunted: Conquering the Plaited Braid Stitch for Left-Handed Stitchers

Class Handouts and Other Documentation

Documentation

• File:Elizabethan Embroidered Binding by Livia da Nicolosi.pdf
• File:Gillyvors - An Embroidered Binding (Livia da Nicolosi).pdf

Class Handouts

• File:Padded Satin Stitch - Livia da Nicolosi.pdf
• File:Surface Couching by Livia da Nicolosi.pdf
• File:Shisha Embroidery - Instructions - by Livia da Nicolosi .pdf
• File:Shisha Embroidery Handout by Livia da Nicolosi.pdf
• File:UNDAUNTED - Conquering the Plaited Braid Stitch.pdf
  • File:UNDAUNTED - THE PLAITED BRAID STITCH (booklet).pdf
• File:Undaunted - Conquering the Plaited Braid Stitch for Left-Handed Stitchers.pdf
• File:Emblem Embroidery - Livia da Nicolosi.pdf