Medieval Mayhem! was a family event day organised around the crafts of Medieval Bristol - Spinning, Weaving, Dyeing and Pottery Making. The event was kindly funded by The Worshipful Company of Dyers.
Coat of Arms of The Worshipful Company of Dyers (http://www.dyerscompany.co.uk/)
Throughout the day we had a variety of activities...
Medieval music, A medieval trail, Dressing up in replica costumes, Medieval hairstyles created by trainee hairstylists from Reflections Training Academy, Photo booth, Medieval spinners, Medieval dyers, Finds identification and handling table, Medieval food, Craft activities - heraldic shield making, jewel casket decorating and brass rubbings, Storytelling
The Medieval dyers (The Mulberry Dyer) demonstrated the various dyeing techiniques which were used during the Medieval Period. It was fascinating to discover how the different dye colours were created.
Did you know!
Urine was used to make blue dye!
We were also joined by Medieval Musicians Steffan Llwyd and Kate Cullen, who created a wonderful Medieval atmosphere with their variety of musical instruments which they were also happy to talk about with our curious
visitors.
The cutting and glueing activities were heraldic shield making, jewel casket box decorating and brass rubbings. All of the craft activities were queued out!! It was brilliant watching our young visitors creating their own heraldic shields
and decorating jewel casket boxes.
I had an amazing time and Medieval Mayhem! was a complete success with 3133 visitors and reems of positive feedback
visitors.
The cutting and glueing activities were heraldic shield making, jewel casket box decorating and brass rubbings. All of the craft activities were queued out!! It was brilliant watching our young visitors creating their own heraldic shields
and decorating jewel casket boxes.
I had an amazing time and Medieval Mayhem! was a complete success with 3133 visitors and reems of positive feedback
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