Hi Sister Claire and all Arachneans. As a matter of fact, precisely these photographs you see when opening the link you have given us are from an Italian lace maker called Cristina. The title of the images says: "Cercando di ricominciare", which means: "Trying to restart".
Some of you may not have heard of the terrible earthquake which has devastated a big part of the Abruzzo. Abbruzzo is an Italian region situated aprox at the level of Rome, but more to the east. And it is very famous for the lace they make there. The famous laces from these region are from L'Aquila, Scanno and Pescocostanzo. (Forum Alte Spitze has edited a very good and interesting book on these laces). There are two well known lace teachers of this area affected by the earthquake: Maria Cristina Bravi and Simona Iannini. They have lost everything in this tragedy, that's why the pictures are made in a camp. Cristina was fortunate to save her pillow, and is restarting to make lace again, with a lot of perseverance and tenacity. And that's all. Just wanted you to know. Greetings from Antje, in Spain - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
