Re: Re[2]: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

2020-10-20 Thread Kim Davis
This is what it says on the site: "Prospective contributors are invited to submit brief proposals, identifying the proposed topic and volume, and may submit proposals for more than one topic or volume." It says submissions will be 4K words or less, with drafts coming in from July 2020 to December

Re: Re[2]: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

2020-10-20 Thread Devon Thein
What exactly is the submission process? Devon - 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/

Re: Re[2]: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

2020-10-20 Thread Elena Kanagy-Loux
In going to reply to this email I realized that the email address listed for proposals is now out of date! Please send all proposals to Vivienne Richmond, one of the project editors along with Janis Jeffries at: vivie...@viviennerichmond.com For the proposal I think they are looking for a short

Re: Re[2]: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

2020-10-20 Thread Elena Kanagy-Loux
That's a great question, Kim, and one that I don't have an exact answer for yet. If I recall correctly I think they will vary in length from short entries to longer, in-depth articles. So there would be room for both a longer, more general entry on the development of bobbin lace, for example,

Re: Re[2]: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

2020-10-20 Thread Kim Davis
I agree, Devon, and was looking at where we could fit lace in. I wondered if embellishment (vol 5) is appropriate for some types of lace. Certainly lace can stand alone, but is also often used as a trim applique on other textiles. Would this delve into braids? Knotting? I am also curious,

Re: Re[2]: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

2020-10-20 Thread Elena Kanagy-Loux
I love that idea, Devon. Absolutely, lace should be in every volume. Here's the complete list of volumes for all that are interested: 1. Raw Materials: natural fibers, synthetic filaments, blending fibers, spinning and twining threads and yarns 2. Cloth in Cultures – Wovens: woven structures,

Re: Re[2]: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

2020-10-20 Thread Devon Thein
Am I misreading the announcement on The Textile Society of America website? It would seem that the architecture of the Encyclopedia has already been established and will consist of 10 volumes. Rather than discussing whether bobbin lace should be added into the already chock full volume about woven

Re: Re[2]: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

2020-10-20 Thread Clare Lewis
How about Volume 1 and Volume 2? On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 16:34, Sue Babbs wrote: > Maybe the problem comes in titling the Volumes "Woven" and "Non-woven" > . Just a thought > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

Re[2]: [lace] Textile Encyclopedia

2020-10-20 Thread Sue Babbs
Maybe the problem comes in titling the Volumes "Woven" and "Non-woven" . Just a thought Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - - 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: