Joan Silvertoppe

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Joan Silvertoppe in 1530s Tudor style
Information
Preferred title: Not specified Their Pronouns: Not specified Resides: Nordwache Status: Active Awards: Visit the Caid Order of Precedence
Heraldry
Azure semy of needles bendwise sinister argent, an open book Or and a chief argent
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Dame Joan Silvertoppe, OL. (This name was registered 05/2010 with the comment "This is an excellent 16th C English name!")

Persona

Dame Joan is a gentry woman who hails from England during the early half of the 16th century. She enjoys running her estate with her husband, growing her children and trying not to kill her garden. She enjoys sewing clothing for her family, with the help of her tailor Brother Janome, and spending some free time with her embroidery, her letters, and collecting a library of tomes for further research into her many interests.

Offices & Positions

• Deputy Exchequer, Nordwache, 05/14/2007 to 4/21/2012
• Lady in Waiting to Baroness Magge Shaw, 08/22/2009 to 06/18/2011
• Baronial Webwright, Nordwache, 01/14/2010 to 10/31/2013
• Baronial Social Media (unofficial) from 2010 to 11/02/2013.
• Queen's Arts & Sciences Champion - Cassandra Zoë Paganel, 02/2012 to 06/02/2012
• Exchequer, Nordwache, 4/21/2012 to 10/31/2013
• Lady in Waiting to Baroness Muirenn inghean Chon Ruaidh, 06/17/2012 to 11/02/2013
• Companion to Baroness Muirenn inghean Chon Ruaidh 11/02/2013 to 10/31/2015
• Minister of Arts & Sciences, Nordwache, 09/19/2015 to 08/31/2016 (approximately)
• Chronicler, Nordwache, 04/01/2022 to present

Classes Taught

• Thread Buttons & Closures, Nordwache Academia, August 2007
• Rectangular Costume Patterning, Nordwache Academia, August 2008
• Basic Hand Sewing, Nordwache Academia, August 2008
• What the Tudor Women Really Wore, Collegium Caidis 2010
• What the Tudor Men Really Wore, Collegium Caidis 2010
• Blackwork 101, Nordwache Academia, August 2010
• Decorating Your Garb, Nordwache Academia, August 2011
• Pentathalon Roundtable Discussion, Academia, August 2011
• Blogging Your A&S to the World, Academia, August 2011
• Fitting a Gothic Fitted Dress pattern, Nordwache A&S, March 2012
• Documentation, Nordwache Academia, August 2012
• Basic Embroidery, Nordwache Academia, August 2012
• 16th Century Kirtles, Great Western War 2012
• Overcoming the Sleevil (Sleeve Basics and Pattern Drafting), Collegium Caidis 2013
• Build Your Own Tudor workshop series, with Ceara ingen Chonaill, Gyldenholt area. Summer/Fall 2013
• Demo on Natural Dyes, War of the Roses Red & Black, Great Western War 2012, Oct. 2013
• Make & Take your own Tudor coif, Great Western War 2012, Oct. 2013
• Simple Shibori with Indigo Dyeing, Great Western War 2015
• NeedleTime Salon, Great Western War 2015
• Overcoming the Sleevil, Great Western War XXV 2023

Competitions

Caidan Arts and Sciences and Pentathlon 2011

• 1st Place Apprentice, Culinary Arts: Preserves
• 1st Place Journeyman, Fiber Arts: Costume Construction
• 1st Place Journeyman, Fiber Arts: Needlework: Counted Thread Work
• 1st Place Apprentice, Visual Arts: Illumination

Projects & Publications

Scrolls

Image Preview	Award	Recipient
	Award of Arms	Angus le Todde Mac Donnell
‎	Award of Arms	William de Rouen
	Harp Argent	Teleri of Gwynedd
	Detail of Harp Argent	Teleri of Gwynedd

Miscellany

Artistic Interests

• Research and sewing historical clothing, usually of the Tudor area & period.
• Scribal illumination & calligraphy
• Embroidery
• Other interests in web design, photography, soap making, spinning, dyeing, and other fiber arts.

Other Heraldry

Personal Badge
(Fieldless) A toy top argent.

More Information

• Joan's Web Site - A Gentlewoman's Accounts
• Joan's SCA Resume and completed A&S projects