Livia da Nicolosi
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 "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
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:
Interests:
I like to embroider and am currently learning the art of glove making. I've also recently learned how to make my own spangles for Elizabethan style embroidery.
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.
Populace Provided Information:
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.
Gallery of Work
- Recent Embroidery Projects
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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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Gillyvors Embroidered Binding - entered for the Champions of Arts & Sciences competition at Ansteorra 40th Year, on behalf of the Barony of Wiesenfeuer
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Embroidered book made for the Royal Gift Baskets for Ansteorra 40th Year
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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
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:Emblem Embroidery - Livia da Nicolosi.pdf
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