Robyn Whystler

Persona

Robyn Whystler lives during the mid-late 16th century in England.

Whereabouts

Canton Der Welfengau in the Barony of Ramshaven within the Kingdom of Ealdormere.

Heraldry

Device: Or, perched on a wooden lyre a robin proper, a bordure gules semy-of-trilliums Or.

Badge: Fieldless, perched on a wooden lyre a robin proper.

Current Office(s)

Chatelaine of Der Welfengau since 2021.

Past Offices

Minister of Arts & Sciences of Der Welfengau somewhere around 1997/98

SCA History

• Joined the SCA in 1987 during my first year at the University of Guelph.

• Attended Pennsic as a merchant selling paper/printed items, pewter cast pendants, transverse flutes and rommelpots.

• I was less active starting around 1999/2000

• Returned to attend an the Known World Dance Symposium in

• Returned to bring some friends to a Coronation in 2015.

• Became active again in 2019/2020 only to have the Pandemic intervene before I could start eventing again.

• Became Chatelaine of Der Welfengau in early 2021

• Blissfully returned to attending events in November/December of 2021, and then the Pandemic intervened again.

Interests

Music:

• instrumental for dancing
• instrumental in consort
• casual singing in parts (baritone)
• making musical instruments
• teaching about history, instruments, and musicianship
• arranging
• composing
• transcribing
• period instruments I play: recorders, flute, gemshorn, crumhorns, racket, rauschpfieffe, shawms, harpsichord, viola da gamba, moraharpa (keyed fiddle), harp, citole, rommelpot :), Eunuch flute :), percussion including jaw harp, tabors, tamborines…
• non-period instruments I play: domra (3 stringed lute), mandolin, lap dulcimer, ocarina, bowed psaltery, autoharp, clarinet, accordion, concertina, jingling johnny :) …

Dance:

• playing music!
• dancing!
• transcribing dance
• composing dances and music for dance

Printing:

• linocuts, eraser cuts, and woodcuts

Scribal Arts:

• calligraphy
• illumination

Woodwork

• instrument making
• boxes
• carving

Fibre Arts:

• weaving (card weaving, frame loom, cardboard loom)
• knitting

Sculpture:

• clay
• wood

Garb Creation

Learning/Research:

• early music performance practice
• early musical instruments
• early music printing
• dance
• period architecture
• period pottery

Awards

• Award of Arms: 1990 (Kingdom of the Middle)
• Order of the Willow: 1998 (Kingdom of the Middle)
• Favour of Ramshaven: 1999 (Barony of Ramshaven)
• Award of the Orion: 2000 (Kingdom of Ealdormere)
• Award of the Guidon Sang: 2000 (Barony of Ramshaven)

Other Activities

I design for lasercutting, 3d printing, and virtual worlds. Some of my design is focussed on period things (ie. prototyping instruments, marginalia cut outs, Trillium Hall)

Contact Information

I can be found on facebook as T. Shawn Johnson.

External Links

Trillium Hall: Find out about Trillium Hall, a virtual gathering room for Ealdormere here: https://trilliumhall.neocities.com