Display & Class Coordinators: Dama Mariana Ruiz de Medina (she/her) and Noble Erasmus Taylor (they/them)
Arts & Sciences will play as big of a role as ever at this year’s Highland Havoc: Horses & Harvests!
Dama Mariana Ruiz de Medina is organizing the activities, while Noble Erasmus Taylor will be the Point of Contact at the event!
They are planning…
Open Display
Artisans are invited to join an open display of any projects pertaining to harvest or harvest festivals. Over the course of the day, the baronage will award a Baronage Choice award for the best inclusion of horses in a display.
Experience Horse Driving
Come learn about driving equipment both from the driver and horse’s perspective! Learn the pieces of equipment used for driving and harvesting, handle and try some out (horse not included), and explore the mechanical side of remotely controlling an equine.
Classes
Fire Starting with Lord Finn Lochlannach Úa Domnail: Learn to build and start a fire using flint and steel.
Herbs & Weeds with Lady Isabel de Tarragona: This class will cover growing herbs as well as foraging invasive edible weeds.
Mushroom Foraging: From Lore to the Forest Floor with Mu’allamah Tala al-Zahra: Join us for a practical introduction to safe wild mushroom identification. After a brief nod to the role of fungi in medieval life, we’ll spend the bulk of our first hour on the skills that matter most: reading key diagnostic features, avoiding dangerous look-alikes, and knowing when to not pick. The final half hour takes us into the field to put those skills to work in real terrain. Beginners welcome. Wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes.
[CANCELLED CLASSES]
Flocks of Gold: The Spanish Wool Industry to 1700 with Magistra Beatriz Aluares de la Oya: Spanish merino wool was regarded throughout medieval and renaissance Europe as the finest wool fabric on the market. What sets the Spanish sheep and wool industry apart from others, and why did the once-prized global market for Spanish wool collapse in the 17th century?