I’m creating an outdoor gallery that attracts the people that I want who are interested in buying and supporting the artwork that I do.” “What I’ve done with the renaissance fair is I’ve created a platform to bring the people that are looking for me there. “To find a market for your wares is hard, you can’t just put your stuff in one gallery,” Norris said. His clan of orges battled in the Savage Lands and represented pre-Viking Vikings just out of the Bronze Age in 1000 BC, Norris explained. Details of his leather and steel, patched-worked armor reflected his dedication and commitment to his character, and it indeed was something “you can’t get at Walmart,” Norris joked.
Norris, like others at the event, was dressed in hand-made garb. As an adult, the unconventional artist gets to become those idolized heroes. Growing up, Norris admired his fictional adventurers like Conan the Barbarian and He-Man. Norris’ fascination with role-playing began at a young age, he said. “We get to show off and be heroes for a day,” Norris added.
That broadens their reach for those who are fans of both worlds. Norris and his crew keep all the wonderful components of a standard renaissance fair but fashion the theme as more a living history fair.
