Thank you )) I curtsey in your specific direction. What fun we've had so far, eh? There is always more. You are my best apprentice and I delight in every new lace pic you send me. Each one is occasion for fabulous dive into the history and structures. Hundreds of years of makers smile and raise their needles and bobbins, nod their heads and smile that beauty lives beyond them.
Hi Sharron, that is awesome. I saw a lady (passing time?) working on a small intricate piece. The detail and small thread--blown away. My wife is a quilter which is a whole other set of skills. But I am in awe when sewers put hand to thread.
Wow Sharron, I guess I never gave lace much thought. My mother had various pieces on table tops etc. which I assume have been lost to time. The work is so intricate and detailed. I's good that people like you and Kate are keeping the appreciation for such fine crafting alive.
Lace is such a beautiful thing. Mum had Nottingham lace on her wedding dress and veil in the 1970s - it was beautiful (I know this, because her dress was in my dressing-up box for years as a child!). When I went to Murano, Venice, on a glassy pilgrimage in around 2006 (for a while I was a glass artist) we made a trip across to neighbouring island Burano, where as you know there's a huge culture of lace-making. Bobbin-lace making interests me because of the use of glass beads as spangles - they're works of art in their own right!
I'm a complete klutz re. laces, but I do have vivid memories of my grandmother's dedication to this type of art. She was an Asia Minor refugee who was forced to abandon a PALACE of a home and ended up in a hovel near Athens... but she NEVER gave up on her laces. Sad but sweet memories.... Thank you for posting this... I'm sure Granma sees it from up there and smiling....
Thank you )) I curtsey in your specific direction. What fun we've had so far, eh? There is always more. You are my best apprentice and I delight in every new lace pic you send me. Each one is occasion for fabulous dive into the history and structures. Hundreds of years of makers smile and raise their needles and bobbins, nod their heads and smile that beauty lives beyond them.
Fascinating! I never gave lace much thought except for how long it would appear to take to complete a piece. Definitely works of art.
Hi Sharron, that is awesome. I saw a lady (passing time?) working on a small intricate piece. The detail and small thread--blown away. My wife is a quilter which is a whole other set of skills. But I am in awe when sewers put hand to thread.
Wow Sharron, I guess I never gave lace much thought. My mother had various pieces on table tops etc. which I assume have been lost to time. The work is so intricate and detailed. I's good that people like you and Kate are keeping the appreciation for such fine crafting alive.
The Swiss also have a history in lacing!
Lace is such a beautiful thing. Mum had Nottingham lace on her wedding dress and veil in the 1970s - it was beautiful (I know this, because her dress was in my dressing-up box for years as a child!). When I went to Murano, Venice, on a glassy pilgrimage in around 2006 (for a while I was a glass artist) we made a trip across to neighbouring island Burano, where as you know there's a huge culture of lace-making. Bobbin-lace making interests me because of the use of glass beads as spangles - they're works of art in their own right!
Such a beautiful read. Thank you!
I'm a complete klutz re. laces, but I do have vivid memories of my grandmother's dedication to this type of art. She was an Asia Minor refugee who was forced to abandon a PALACE of a home and ended up in a hovel near Athens... but she NEVER gave up on her laces. Sad but sweet memories.... Thank you for posting this... I'm sure Granma sees it from up there and smiling....