Hi Mary Cary, Last year at Lace at Sweet Briar, we had a class in designing Binche lace which was done with Skype. Six students worked together in Virginia, USA, and the teacher was in Belgium! It was considered a success by those who participated! In fact, the class is being offered again this year! However, we all agreed that for a complex lace like Binche, it would be very difficult to teach the actual lacemaking. Many times, what we need a teacher for is to help sort out a mistake, and we have difficulty seeing it "in person"' so you'd need much higher resolution cameras in the computer to be of any use.
Having said that, I think that carefully placed cameras aimed at the pillow and somehow hooked up to the computer would give a teacher the opportunity to demonstrate basic movements and stitches. In fact, I think there are quite a few videos on the Internet which have been posted by lacemakers who want to show how to do a specific thing. The advantage of Skype would be the interaction between the teacher and the student. Beyond the basics, it would probably be an exercise in frustration. Clay Sent from my iPad On Feb 6, 2013, at 3:31 PM, mary carey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Have wondered if something like Skype could be useful? Of course, one would > have to have a willing person to communicate with. > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
