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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
Teaching:
- Renaissance Instruments: FITP VII
- Early Reed Instruments: FITP VIII
- Building a Friction Drum (Rommelpot - research and building hands on) FITP VIII
- Playing Two Recorders at Once FITP IX
- A Ceramic Whistle (research and building hands on) FITP X
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