Hello dear Arachne colleagues! Finally I can share with you the work that we have been doing during a three year long European project. I have been so busy, that I can't remember if I ever told you about it! Sorry if I didn't!
As a resume: 6 European countries have participated in this very demanding project: Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Czech Republic and Spain. I belong to the Spanish staff team. Each country needed to create a group of 5 teachers and 35 learners to be able to teach them in their own country the type of lace they decided to choose. Each country also had to learn and to teach their learners the laces from the other 5 countries. Each country had to prepare a teaching workbook, which is now available for anybody who is interested. Do not hesitate in having a look at the material the 6 countries have prepared (you can find it in our webpage: https://bobbinlacee.eu/ under "Learning material". It is also downloadable, if you are interested) and read the resumes of every transnational meeting. The project also included travelling to the partner countries to learn their methods, but unfortunately, we could only enjoy of half of the programmed trips. The rest had to be taught online to a very numerous group (around 60 people)., which was a great challenge, as there was no previous experience in this type of teaching. Language barriers were also enormous, as most lacemakers of the participating countries did not speak English, which was our common communicating language. In the end, I have experienced two things: 1. that working in groups is difficult, as everybody has their own way of thinking, sometimes very opposed. 2. that working in groups gives us a wealth of knowledge not just about bobbin lace and its techniques, but also from the human point of view. So, please enjoy surfing our webpage, which will only be available until the end of the summer 2022. Greetings from Antje González, in Spain ___________ "No puedes volver atrás y cambiar el principio. Pero sà puedes comenzar donde estás y cambiar el final." C.S. Lewis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
