Alice et al,
I do sympathise greatly with the dilemma, but have no suggestions as to the
removal of the glue. What a disaster! But the question of the 'worth'
of lace opens up a whole can of worms, I feel.
I belonged to an Art Group, which had several splinter groups, such as the
potters, as well as the painters, but a lace group also. We always
produced work to display in the bi-annual exhibitions but our lace was
rarely for sale, as the hours spent on just a small and relatively simple
bookmark made it such that if we charged about £2.50 for it, it seemed to
denigrate the art of lace. If we attempted to charge say £5.00 per hour
for the work - which is very much lower than house-cleaning, babysitting,
plumbers (!) and garage mechanics - said bookmark would roll out at about
£100.00 minimum! Which would probably occasion heart-failure in anyone
who enquired ...
When I have been asked to carry out commissions, I usually ask if the person
enquiring realises how time-intensive bobbin-lace-making (as well as most
other crafts) is - if they seem content with thinking about that, then they
are hopefully sitting down when I give a rough calculation of the hours and
remuneration - I have to admit that that is very often the end of the
enquiry, but there have been people who have commissioned work, been pleased
with whatever it is, and have sometimes asked for other pieces.
So - I would probably go for broke, and say each bookmark was worth, to me,
£100.00 (of course, that is sterling, but could be converted to USA dollars
etc) and take it from there. The cost may encourage the organisers to be
a little more circumspect when they apply their nasty little stickers next
time...
Carol - in Suffolk UK
'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.'
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From: <lacel...@frontier.com>
To: "lace_arachne.com" <lace@arachne.com>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 7:01 AM
Subject: [lace] lace and glue
After it was much too late, I found out that the lady who set up the display
used glue dots to stick the lace to the fabric panels. I about came
'unglued' when I discovered it, and the person in charge of the whole thing
got an earful of my thoughts.
Alice in Oregon....expecting improving weather and sunshine for Lace Day.
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