Junior Challenges:
II. Associate Level
All paid members are associates. An associate is entitled and encouraged to display the Costumer's Guild badge upon their person. The Badge is fieldless and is a gold distaff.
III. Junior Student
A: Purpose
To just get you started in costuming.
B: Requirements
Must have taken a class
-OR-
Display a piece of clothing or accessory (type chosen from the garment category or the accessory category, see appendix)
-OR-
Display a piece of clothing or accessory (type chosen from the garment category or the accessory category, see appendix)
C: Standards
- Classes Taken
- Must have taken a class on some form of textile arts (title of class, name of teacher, where and when taken required or a class handout).
- Objects
- Documentation requirement: photocopied picture of the item you are recreating, need not be primary source nor in color.
Workmanship requirement: challenger must be the one who made it.
D: Level Emblem
In addtion to the Guild emblem, the challenger who completes this level is entitled to wear a Rose Quartz gem.
E: Helpful Hints and Important Definitions
- If you can't find the information about a class in your belongings, Ithra keeps a file on every student. If you took the class in Ithra you can get the above information from them.
- For objects it is preferred that the entrant bring photocopies, rather than the actual books. Required documentation is a picture of what the person was trying to recreate. The picture need not be primary.
Note: "Primary" is defined for our purposes as something created in the time period, such as (but not limited to) paintings, manuscripts, sculpture, extant (still existing) garments, etc. If you have a question about what this means, please contact the Education Coordinator at .
- It is not necessary for the clothing selection to be a complete ensemble. It really does mean a single piece.
- Once something has been used as an entry, it cannot be submitted again in the Challenges.
- Some examples of selections done by previous entrants:
First T-tunic ever made
First pair of socks made
First cloak made
A veil
Class on Basic Embroidery
Class on General Costuming Through the Ages
Class on how to make entry-level costumes for SCA use - If you are already an experienced costumer who is challenging, it is recommended that you save more complicated classes or pieces of clothing or accessories for the higher levels. This really is meant to be entry level costuming.