Fianally my issue has arrived! And I can see the wonderful pieces everyone has been talking about. And I noticed a couple of things in the issue not mentioned. The first thing that struck me was the background on the cover. Perhaps my training in the arts causes me to look at negative areas as well as the postive areas. Sort of like seeing the arrow in the FedEx logo. But the lace background is a lovely example of Point de Venise and comes from Debra Jenny's own collection. With the additional use of color in the Bulletin, the backgrounds used become more critical and this was a fine example of creating a blending of the two lace pieces. I need to add my thanks and congradulations to Debra for the fine effort she has done.
The other thing that I noticed is that no one mentioned that the 2004 Convention material was included in this issue. One needs to start thinking about it as registation is not that far away. Plus this year includes some instuctors that have not taught at the Convention before (or since I have attended, I should say). In the meantime while I am here - I have 2'-9" done on the 6" wide 5-metre lace (but I have learned at least 10' of lacemaking knowledge doing it!) and have managed to ignore it for the past few weeks having to concentrate for a bit on the lace contest piece and organize that. Will have to shelve the plans for a entry to the Biennale Internationale de la Dentelle - Art Contemporain held in Belguim this year. The design is there and ready to go but I lack the time to build the round windows and support frame for the finished unit. And now I am off to give the eighth Foundation talk on Rotary International to the seventh club in two weeks. (Don't even ask which club could not get it the first time around!) <grin> *************************************** Kenn Van-Dieren Bobbins by Van-Dieren 2304 Clifford Avenue Rochester, NY 14609-3825 Tel: 585.654.5711 Cell: 585.750.8842 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: www.bobbinmaker.com ***************************************** - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
