The questions that need to be answered by you and your write
up.
1.
What: Is it?
2.
Who: Would have made this and for whom? How do I
know this.
3.
Why: Why would it have been made, what use is
it? Why am I choosing to make it?
4.
When: What time periods were they made and use
it?
5.
How: (methods) Did they make it? How did I make
it? What differences are in these two things and why?
6.
Sources: (Bibliography)
A.
Now you do not have to have the questions in
this order nor do you need them in that format. What you want to do is just
cover the answers to this list of questions question.
You are not required to use MLA or Chicago Formatting (I can’t imagen
using APA so I didn’t list it) but here is a trick for using any of those –
WORD has it built in. look up how to format with WORD and you will have an easy
time of it. In the Academic world MLA is used for Art and English based paper,
Chicago style is used for History paper (yes sometimes things cross over) and
APA is used for science papers. They each have their merits. I love reading
things set up in Chicago because of the foot notes on the page bottom. So I
favor this style and I justify this by saying if it already happened it is
history (“SO THERE!” Stomps foot)
BUT unless you are summiting a research paper these things are not
required!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make a grid and put question on one side and answer on the other if you
need too. Use note cards and put the question you pose on one-side and the
answer on the other. Make a power point (bring a way to watch it though (and
snacks) there are so many ways to do you information.
Sources- Primary, (actual artifact.) Secondary, (Photos of and drawings
of artifact) Academic research papers) Tertiary, (A book in which a person
references the artifact and research papers) don’t forget to including people
who you consulted who are experts in the field of study or more so then you
are. Interaction though emails with sources (say a museum) Classes you took or
work shops were you learned these facts. You don’t have to know what each reference
is but it will help you understand better how to research what you want to
learn about. The further from the source you get the more mistakes can happen.
Using a period manual on fencing or dancing or rules for games, is better than
using a book that interpreted those rules when it comes to wondering how they
did it.
Here is another secret you will be teaching your judges about what you
did or are demonstrating. Imagen you cast pewter the judges are three people
and they are all casters but one casts bronze, one casts silver, and one casts
pewter. You are teaching a mini class on what you did at the same time that
pewter caster may be able to teach you some while you are interacting with
them.
Rough draft on playing card deck
1.
I have created a deck of playing cards by block printing I
carved genuine linoleum with scalpel Based on a French suited deck (exact deck
I was inspired by) that is dated to the
(date here) The French deck is the same deck that is used in America today. It
has 52 cards and depending on the time period can have an extra card like the
joker. The suits are hearts, spades, clubs, diamonds, three face cards the king
the queen and the Knave (jack). There is no number written on the cards just
the appropriate numbers of pips made in the shape of the suit. The backs of
playing cards were mostly blank because printing and art were not so exact that
any art would have made the cards marked. (list email with museum curator)
2.
Playing cards existences can be tracked more by the laws
around them then surviving cards. There are laws banning them within other
temperance laws as well as the taxing on imported cards and exported cards.
Ship manifests are another way we can see the common use and trading of playing
cards. From the late 1200’s on we start to see playing laws popping up on the
books in many countries. It is believed that Playing cards originated around
1000 A.D. in China. They were narrow slips of paper essentially dominoes with
dots in their 21 combinations possible with the throw of two dice. Paper was
the original material for dominoes wood and ivory came later. Dominoes cards
are still know as is another Chinese type, money cards, called that because of
the suit signs are coin and variations. each region of Europe had their own style deck
and they varied in the number of cards because of this.
3.
Artisans and book makers would have been the people making
playing cards. Artisans that did make playing cards didn’t get a lot of respect
for most of the periods however eventually two became well known enough and
respected enough to be invited to join the painters Guild (add time date) Books
makers with printing presses would make a profit from these disposable
commodity. And they could produce sheets of them quickly.
I created this deck to fit into a middle class Tudor gaming
set to play such games as Noddy. I enjoy teaching and playing pass times and
have made these as part of my 50th year project of making my gear
50% more period for my persona. I liked the idea that I could make more if any
get damaged and so having the ability to print them one or two at a time was
important to me. I also wanted to be able to give them as gifts and have them
for use on the archery range and throwing range for use as targets for card games
with weapons.
4. This deck of cards was created to fit into a middle class
Tudor gaming set to play such games as Noddy. Playing cards in Europe can be
documents from the mid 1200’s on. And the Royals of the Tudors were known for
their love of gambling and cards.
5.
From the few surviving pieces we can see suits and face
card. There is only one known complete deck of period playing cards. That is
the Flemish Hunting deck, aka Hofjager Hunting Pack, or the Cloisters Pack, at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Cloisters Location dated between 1475 to 1480,
in the Netherlands. These were made of pressed layered paper and decorated with
stenciled and hand drawn designs and overlaid with gold and silver. A recent
discovery of Spanish suited cards has been uncovered in a book published in1519.
The uncut sheets showing 15 cards shows clothing styles from the 1460’s so they
may have sat a long time between being put aside and turned into board for the
book. They are related in design to the Oberdeutscher Strecher, engraved in
1490’s and the uncut sheet by master of the Banderoles, ingraved in the thrird
quarter of the 15th century. Theres cards maybe typical of early
Spanish suited cards, Imitating the French makers made by german engravers who
wished to export wares back to Spain. (Book cover of a Catalan manuscript
volume of 1519 at “Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya”)
I used artist card paper precut so they would
be perfectly uniformed so no one can accuse me of cheating (yet) I did this because I don’t trust myself to
cut them yet. I used speedball oil-based block printing ink.
6. Bibliography
