Gabriele, > IF he calls, you should let him know what Mrs Selb tells about making > traditional hats: it took about 350 + x hours for a traditional cap. May > be this is a bigger piece of lace - there is still the question of > getting the material, learning how to do it, coming to a skill that > allows you to sell your work (I know what I am talking about) and > finding peaople willing to pay for all this. If I remember correctly, > Mrs Selb wrote the material for a cap was about 500 swiss francs in the > 1980th - I think she talks about gold wire and not brass.
I think the area of lace is similar, although a tallit collar would be much more dense. The traditional hats are very airy and lace-like. The traditional Spanier arbeit collars are so dense that they're described as "scale-like." If Arthur has to pay a worker the equivalent of 500 Swiss francs, he's not going to make much profit. Just out of curiosity, is silver ever used? Or just gold and brass? > flat metal wire - I don't know the english term for it) is usually used > for church lace and what is called "Klosterarbeiten" - difficult to > explain, see the google-fotos: > http://www.google.de/images?q=Klosterarbeiten&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=OplaTerxII3ysgb_i6WVBg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CEMQsAQwAA I had never heard of Klosterarbeiten before and it was difficult to see what the technique was. I found this blog posting and am posting it for everyone else's benefit. Klosterarbeiten seems to be a combination of gold wirework and embroidery. http://marthajeanne.blogspot.com/2009/01/klosterarbeiten.html It's always interesting to hear about different crafts! Avital -- Blog: http://apinnick.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
