The Honorable Lady Sophia Berkeley
Kingdom of Meridies, Barony of Thor’s Mountain
Membership #: 230457, Active until 6/2025
Member Since: 2016
Royal Augmentation of Arms (Middle), Award of Arms, Meridian Cross, Grant of Arms, Order of the Velvet Owl

Personal Mission Statement

Create accessibility for all people in the SCA in various environments, groups, and areas of interest, regardless of why accessibility accommodations must be made.

SCA A&S Focus

Elizabethan England Culture

Skills

  • WordPress
  • Website Design
  • UX/UI
  • Data Analysis
  • Technical Writing
  • Sign Heraldry

SCA Competitions Won

  • Magna Faire Domestic Arts
  • Barony of Glaedenfeld A&S Champion (x2)
  • Best Linework Illumination
  • Best Novice Calligraphy
  • Early Period Life A&S

Formal Education

  • M.S. Instructional Design and Learning Technology, Student
  • Certified Google Data Analyst
  • B.S. in Biology
  • A.S. in Biology

Offices Held

  • Lantern Herald
  • Deputy Lantern Herald (Heraldic Education)
  • Special Projects Deputy for Beacon
  • Arts & Sciences Officer, Barony of Glaedenfeld
  • Deputy for English Corner, Rennaissance Village, Gulf Wars
  • Arts & Sciences Officer, Shire of Redewolfden

Staff Positions

  • Artisans Row Head, Gulf Wars, 2025
  • Artisans Row Deputy, Gulf Wars, 2024
  • Accessibility Coordinator, ArtSci Crown, 2023
  • Artisans Row Lecture Coordinator, Gulf Wars, 2023
  • Feast Steward, Black Gryphon, 2023
  • Banquet Steward, Magna Faire, 2022
  • Accessibility Coordinator, Iris Faire 2022
  • Renaissance Village Lecture Coordinator, Gulf Wars, 2022
  • A&S Coordinator, Winter Market, 2019
  • A&S Coordinator, Redewolfden Event, 2018

Classes Developed and Taught

  • Introduction to Viking Era Beads
  • Diagnostic Viking Beads
  • Building a Festoon
  • Introduction to Glass Bead Making
  • Recreating Diagnostic Beads
  • Hacking Medieval Soap
  • The 2-hour Tunic
  • Introduction to the Period Rosary
  • Easy Bara Calculator
  • Women Wore Underwear
  • Meridies Poster Project

Special Projects

  • Meridies Herald Handbook
  • Pocket Herald
  • Meridian Poster Project

A&S Entries (highest level)

  • Sugar Sculpture (Magna Faire)
  • Blackwork Yoke (Interkingdom)(Gulf Wars Champion)
  • Linen Thread Counts (Regional)
  • Elizabethan Effigy Corset (Regional)
  • Historical Needles (Regional)
  • Historical Soap (Regional)
  • Viking Festoon (Interkingdom)(Gulf Wars Champion)
  • Viking Beads from Birka (Regional)
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