On Jul 28, 2004, at 20:33, Janice Blair wrote:
Now that our travellers are returning from Prague, does anyone have answers to my questions regarding the metallic lace at Galerie Vlasta on the Old Town Square?
I tried to find out what type of thread she uses and if she stiffens the lace with anything afterwards. The necklaces seemed to be quite stiff.
I'm in the process of writing out part III of my "Prague experence", wich includes a long list of things I *haven't* seen, Galerie Vlasta among them.
But I had a nice, long, after-hours heart-to-heart with the "teacher-next-door" (classroom next to ours, with no door between the two; they were learning Slovak, coloured, peasant tape lace from Sol'na Bana) whose Slovak is only 165 km away from the furthest reaches of my Polish.
What she does to stiffen her lace would, in all likelihood, make even you blench, and you've been known to use sparkling fingernail polish (as have I, after your posting. Works a treat, too <g>). If she can't get the right-sized, right-coloured wire (she works with that, also) and has to use metallic thread, she uses clear polyurethane, same as for furniture. I kid you not...
So I'd guess they (including your lady from the Galery) use whatever happens to be handy, and looks good for the purpose. And the purpose is likely to be viewed as short-term: win a competition, sell a piece...
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