Not everything has to feel like Mjölnir!
Learn advanced techniques to enhance the strength of your props while keeping them light. This workshop will focus on hand-built projects that can be done in most home workshops, but the design principles can also be applied to advanced processes like CNC cutting and 3D printing. We’ll cover three key materials: wood, metal, and PVC…
Read MoreThe Hook Up
Have you got electric devices like sounds, lights, batteries, switches, and motors that you want to integrate into your prop or costume? This workshop will explore various options for quick connectors, including how to make your own. We’ll cover different methods and materials for joining wires, selecting the right wire types for your project, and…
Read MoreTransform your Imagination into Reality (Make ands take $15)
Create an utterly outrageous Steampunk adornment. For the low cost of $15.00 (or $20.00 for lights and a gauge) panelists will design and construct their own preposterous Steampunk bracer under the direct tutelage of an internationally renowned Master of Tinkery and his ravishing and highly-skilled apprentice/wife. All of the materials and implements of construction will…
Read MoreThe Blood Sirens
Enter if you dare to the domain of the alluring Blood Sirens. Their cove may tempt you with desirable treasures and lush surroundings, but be wary of their magical form. The Blood Siren’s enchantment may prevent you from truly seeing what is right before you. So heed this warning do not fall for their captivating…
Read MoreServing Wenches, Tavern games and Bawdy lyrics
Ok, this one is for the 21 and older crowd. But oh, let’s have some fun! Join Professor Horatio Hops and we will have some great fun exploring some of the many tavern and pub games throughout history. Some you may know, others you will most surely not. And a few others are just a…
Read MoreThe “Evils” of Drink
Let’s take a closer look together on how society has viewed serving alcohol through the ages. What is the etiquette involved in serving beer in the Victorian era, how did the Vikings really drink, did the Medieval Monks just always walk around drunk? And of course, how did prohibition affect the liquor and beer industry.…
Read MoreThe History of Beers & Ales of the World
Join Professor Horatio Hops for a romp through, “What is Beer & Ale and where did is all start”. Starting at 5000 BC and moving right up through the ages to today. We will take a lighthearted and fun look, and taste, at how these delicious liquids have changed and developed through the ages. We…
Read MoreMaking a Monster
Mary Shelley and the creation of Frankenstein, an iconic monster in our culture. Mary Shelley created a character people fear as well as relate to and understand. Learn about Mary Shelley’s life up to the creation of Frankenstein and how her life was changed by it. Stories about Frankenstein have continued to evolve since it…
Read MoreDebunking Myths about Women’s Fashion
Most of us have seen videos or articles about how dangerous corsets were or how women died from fashion choices. Why are these so popular? During this panel, I hope to dismantle these myths about corsets and other garments as well as explore how our biases about women and their bodies keep these false stories…
Read MoreHave you ever been badgered?
Played numbers? Bought greengoods? Learn about the countless swindles pulled on unwary travelers in the nineteenth century. The nineteenth century saw an explosion in the growth of population, cities, and technology. These provided lots of economic opportunities but also anonymity for strangers which introduced new kinds of fraud to a changing society. Unwary travelers could…
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