Amalie von Hohensee

Photo
Birka A.S. 52
Information
Resides: Barony of Stonemarche
Status: Active
Awards: Order of Precedence
Heraldry
Azure, three seeblätter one and two, a trimount argent.

Award & Office Badges

Introduction

Amalie von Hohensee (ah-MAH-lee-uh fon HO-en-zee)

My true love in the society is embroidery. I attended my first Athena’s Thimble meeting in late summer of 2017 and was immediately swept away with enthusiasm for needle arts. Within the embroidery world, my main focus is currently metal thread embroidery. I have also dabbled a bit in tablet weaving and lace making, both of which I hope to pursue further in the future.

Clothing history and construction is also a major interest of mine. However, I currently have a young child and find it difficult to spend much time at my sewing machine. I yearn for the day when I will someday make a sumptuous, silken Italian Renaissance ensemble...ah well...

In addition to the needle arts, I enjoy researching and performing late period vocal music. Mundanely trained as an opera singer and teacher, I have worked with Opera dell’Est and teach the occasional vocal class. I have grand schemes of someday doing a research project on vocal technique in various European countries during the late 16th century.

Clearly, I need multiple lifetimes. Good thing we are time travelers in this game!

My blog can be found at: arsamalie.wordpress.com

Persona

While my persona is technically late period German (due to my husband’s very German surname), my true love is all things Tudor. I often can be found wearing the styles of Renaissance England, practicing the music and embroidery of the period as well. However, I also enjoy exploring other times and places, and have dabbled in early 14th century English garb and embroidery. For convenience, I am often seen at Pennsic in Roman, or occasionally Viking, garb.

Affiliations

Espoused to Gerhardt von Hohensee

Inhabitant of the Barony of Stonemarche

Erstwhile apprentice to Elena Hylton

Teacher to Richard Heyworth

Awards

Stonemarche:

Baronial A&S Champion, AS 52
Baronial Bard, AS 53
Order of the Lamp of Apollo
Baron's Pearl

Kingdom:

Clothier to TRM Wilhelm and Vienna (Coronation)
Order of the Silver Brooch
Senior Member-in-training of Athena's Thimble
Order of the Maunche
Clothier to HRM Margarita (EK 12th Night)
Order of the Troubadour
Order of the Laurel
Order of the Silver Crescent

A&S Notables

Winner of the Artisan category at the St. Eligius A&S Competition, AS 53
Member of the A&S War Point Champions team for Pennsic 48
Winner of the Populace Choice A&S at Birka XXXI
Winner of the Middle Period category at the Birka XXXI Fashion Show
Crown A&S Champion, AS 54
Finalist at Crown Bardic Championship, AS 55

A&S Classes and Documentation

Classes:

The History of Goldwork Embroidery (Handout) (Goldwork Bibliography)
Opus Anglicanum: Materials, Techniques, and History (Handout)
Stilo Recitativo and the Birth of Opera
Vocal Technique for Singers

Documentation:

Crown A&S 2020 - Recreating and Opus Anglicanum Fragment
Pennsic 48 War Point - Designing and Creating a Sixteenth Century-Inspired Embroidered Book Cover
Crown A&S 2019 - A Comfortable Treatise: Recreating an Early Seventeenth Century Embroidered Book Cover

A Facebook photo album of Amalie's A&S projects is available here

Selected History of Service

East Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences, February 2023-present
Senior Member for Athena's Thimble (starting September 2022)
EK Gazette editor-at-large, October 2021-present
EK Deputy Minister of Arts and Sciences, April 2022-February 2023
Northern Region A&S deputy, 2020-2022
Class coordinator for Harper's Retreat, Plague Edition (online event, 2020) and Harper's Retreat, Plague Edition 2 (in-person event, 2021)
Deputy Minister of Arts and Sciences to Stonemarche, 2019-2020
Senior Member-in-Training for Athena's Thimble (2019-2022)
Made various items of largesse and Consort's favors
Made new cushions and a kneeler for the Stonemarche baronial thrones
Made regalia for a variety of Stonemarche champions
Clothier to the Crown for a number of reigns (see above)
Served as class monitor for many A&S classes held online during the pandemic
Assisted with editing Ethereal Courts 8, 9, 10 and 12 of Tindal and Alberic

In Case of Court

Please contact Gerhardt von Hohensee. I would be happy to receive an award via virtual court during our collective time in exile.

It would mean a great deal to me to one day have a scroll made by the hand of Collette d'Avignon or Tiffan Fairamay. However, I understand that it is not always possible to accommodate a request for a specific scribe.

Gallery of Work

Opus Anglicanum fragment created for Crown A&S Champions AS 54
Early 17th century book cover created for K&Q A&S Champions AS 53