Valentine Ambrose

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say cheese! Valentine Ambrose he/him
Information
Resides: Shire of Rusted Woodlands
Status: Active
Awards: Order of Precedence
Heraldry
Or, a domestic cat rampant sable maintaining in its forepaw a sprig of lavender proper, on a chief enarched sable three mullets of 7 or. [Pending Approval!]

Award & Office Badges

Introduction

Farewell, of hearts that heart most fine,
Farewell, dear heart, heartly to thee,
And keep this heart of mine for thine
As heart for heart, for loving me.

(Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Library CCA-DCc-ChCh Letterbook II, 174)

Persona

Valentine Ambrose is as fluid as my inspiration to make new garb; he adapts to suit my current fabric stash or crunch time available for an event! This name was selected for flexibility through time and place as the child of frequently pious parents; saints' names never go totally out of fashion. I enjoy presenting as various genders, locations, time periods, and class.

Offices & Positions

Rusted Woodlands Deputy Minister of Arts and Sciences [current]
Carillion Baronial Champion of Arts and Sciences [current]

Event Staff

2021 - Participated in the creation of site tokens for EK Novice Day
2024 - Gate volunteer at Mudthaw XLIII
2024 - Participated in the creation of site tokens for Consort’s and Sovereign’s Archery Champions
2024 - Retainer to TRH Matthew and Fia at Consort’s and Sovereign’s Archery Champions
2024 - Class Coordinator at EK Novice Day
2024 - Arts and Sciences Coordinator at the Rusted Woodlands Sparta Ren Faire Demo (9/8)
2024 - Dayboard Assistant at John Barleycorn Day of Champions
2024 - Dayboard Assistant at Ghosts, Goblins, and Ghouls
2024 - Dayboard Assistant at 100 Minutes War
2025 - Dayboard Assistant at Bellringers
2025 - Dayboard Assistant at Mudthaw XLIV
2025 - Dayboard Assistant at the Coronation of Ryouko'jin Of-The Iron-Skies II and Indrakshi Aani Aravinda II
2025 - Gate Assistant at the Tournament of the Daffodils VIII
2025 - Gate volunteer at the Quest for Wit and Wisdom XL
2025 - Crownless Mermaid (Quest Obstacle) at the Quest for Wit and Wisdom XL
2025 - Dayboard Assistant at Southern Region War Camp
2025 - Dayboard Assistant at Beast of the East III
2025 - Dayboard Assistant at River Wars XIII

Projects & Publications

Arts and Science Projects

A Dyer's Rainbow - Novice Day - 20 November 2021 [link] [Peer’s Choice Winner]
Pigs and Acorns, Must be November - 100 Minutes War - 23 November 2024 [link]
Sjálfskaði - Bellringers - 18 January 2025 [link] [Baroness' Choice Winner]
Pigs and Acorns - Kingdom A&S (Display) - 1 March 2025 [link]
A Simple Spring Poem / An Elegy For Nezahualcoyotl - Mudthaw XLIV - 29 March 2025 [link]
The Empty Notebook Problem - Bellringers - 17 January 2026 [link] [Baronial Champion]
Pulling Threads from Fabric: Drawn-thread Embroidery, Open-work, and Saints - EK Online A&S Display [link to display] [link to photos and documentation]

Classes Taught

Measurements and How to Take Them, taught with Ana de Roma - Novice day - 22 June 2024
Passementerie Demonstration; Make your own tassel keychain! - Rusted Woodlands Hawthorne Library Demo - 29 June 2024
Measurements and How to Take Them / Drafting Your Own T-Tunic, taught with Ana de Roma - 13 January 2025
How to make fabric buttons. - 10 February 2025
Cross Stitching for Novices - Rusted Woodlands Novice Day - 19 July 2025

I am more than happy to re-teach any of these classes, either for a group or individually. I'm also more than happy to teach you anything else I know how to do, so please do not hesitate to ask.

Classes I Would Like To Teach

Beginner Inkle Weaving
Cross Stitch; Backstitching and Blackwork
Sonnets... in Iambic Pentameter!
Start to Finish: Let's Make Hoods (or, if we're having fun, All Good in the Hood!)
Hand-sewing and Mending for Beginners

Please! Ask me!

Demonstrations

Passementerie Demonstration - Rusted Woodlands Hawthorne Library Demo - 29 June 2024
Inkle Weaving Demonstration - Rusted Woodlands Washington Township Library Demo - 3 August 2024
Rigid Heddle Weaving Demonstration - Rusted Woodlands Sparta Ren Faire Demo - 8 September 2024

Miscellaneous

My Artist Page on the Book of Traceable Heraldic Art

Affiliations

Journeyman, Keepers of Athena's Thimble

Competency; Counted, Blackwork, Openwork
Working Knowledge; Appliqué

Apprentice, Arachne's Web Lace Guild

Competency; Embroidered Lace

In Case of Court

Unknown reasons are alright, but please contact Ana de Roma to be sure that I know to prepare myself. I am hard of hearing and may need assistance.

My persona's pronouns are he/him. My pronouns include he/him as well as they/them and it/its.

More Information

Current ~~hyperfixations~~ interests include cross stitch, sewing in all forms, pyrography, poetry, pottery, embroidery, lacemaking, and novel writing. This is all subject to change, please feel free to infect me with your own interests via infodumping.

Never be afraid to invite me to teach you how to sew / discuss sewing / offer to help me pattern things. I can talk about sewing and fabric forever.