Your Steampunk Persona

Some are born to a steamsona, some create, and some have a Steamsona thrust upon ‘em. Join Deb Miller (Lady Hawthorne, Madame Amanita Haegtessa, Steampunk Mother Goose) and a panel of Steampunks extraordinaire for a discussion of how and where to find inspiration, storytelling with your costume and the finishing touches that take your costume…

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Cane and singlestick defense

Paul Koontz This seminar is perfect for the adventurer of any land or time as it involves the most basic of traveling accesory, the cane. This is a hands on participative class on the basics utilizing a cane as self defense tool. Students will learn the basics of footwork, striking , and proper utilization of…

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The Near East in the Victorian Era

Rory James Silverstein During the Age of Empire, the peoples of the Near East are mostly just presented as foes to Victorian France and Britain. This panel will discuss how people of North America and Central Asia viewed the events of colonialism and it impacted the rise of ideas of nation states. and traditional Islamic…

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Who Cares If It’s ‘Period’?

Laura Meyer Whether you’re talking Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Rococopunk or anything in-between, there is a costuming intersection between our imagination and various time periods of history. Sometimes we feel pressure, when fashioning our looks, to adhere to fabrics, styles, even techniques of those time periods… but does it really matter? Join Laura Meyer, designer, educator and…

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