Ulf the Wanderer

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HL Ulf the Wanderer

Ulf teaching

HL Ulf the Wanderer has been working, creating and serving in the society for decades. He has a very diverse skillset, mostly known for woodworking, but he also does restoration work on antiques as well as musical instruments in addition to making historical and adaptive furniture (e.g. kneeling benches for court), stone carving, and other various arts for the SCA. This Wiki will be a work in progress as he is constantly creating new items, and he has such a diverse body of work that it will likely take a while to capture it adequately here.

Woodworking Projects

An example of his projects that are both art, and service: Furniture for SCA that is functional, historical, and increases access for members of the populace with mobility issues My other 2 secret projects. A pair of kneeling benches. One for the Barony of Adiantum made from their former throne chest. The second is for the Principality of the Summits and is made from solid maple. At egils court 3/4 of the seating was built by him (3m's bench, tp thrones, 3 kneelers, tp's table)

Barony of Adiantum box back
Barony of Adiantum Box
Barony of Adiantum kneeling bench side
Summits Kneeling bench front
Summits Kneling bench open

is building a 100,% period toolbench meaning all 1500's timeframe woodworking tools

Musical instruments

Currently converting an organ into a portable organ based on 1500's musical instruments

has built several drums and wants to eventually have a drum circle where every drum is one he either made or fixed

Tent making & rope making

Rope splicing, and the patterning, cutting, sewing and construction of historical tents

Service/ Offices held

He's been the children's or family activities minister or Arts and Sciences officer in some capacity for over 22 years

Other service and projects

He has a self published book on how to draw and create knot work called "It's Knot that Hard"