On Friday night I had had an invite to go to the private viewing of the "Men Only" exhibition at The Beetroot Tree (www.thebeetroottree.com) which is a gallery at Draycott, in Derbyshire (not far from Long Eaton, and Junction 25 of the M1, for those in the UK). One of the four artists is Urh Sobocan (there is a saucer-shaped accent over the c), from Slovenia, who designs lace which his grandmother then makes up. The designs in the exhibition are based on his grandfather's WW2 experience, very similar to (but not quite as intricate as) the War Lace design that was featured in the centre of Lace several years ago - and now at long last I can see how that design could be made! The other three artists have used various media and stitched textiles, and all complement each other. Some of the pieces in the exhibition are pictured at http://trendz.pl/urh-sobo-an-sztuka-nowej-europy - though it will possibly need a translation (?Tamara, can you) if anyone wants to know about his background, the pictures speak for themselves. Seeing the actual lace was well worth making the journey for, as was being able to meet the artists and speak to them (Urh speaks fluent English) about the techniques used.
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