I am attempting to write a catalog for the Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques. The exhibit will include the work of Ros Hills, Lieve Jerger, and Jill Nordfors Clark who I consider to have begun their activity during the lace revival of the 1970s. If I were to try to establish a context for what was happening in lace at that time, what are the most important things that I would touch on? Off the top of my head: Last remnants of the lace collecting boom of the 1920s and the early 20th century lace craft industry revivals. Kathe Kliot and Lacis Robin Lewis Wild and the large Tennessee Valley piece The Bi-Centennial in the US, and its interest in Colonial Crafts A generalized craft revival due to a variety of social and economic aspects, such as a rejection of consumerism, the hippie movement, embroidered jeans, macramé, string art. The lace show at the Cooper-Hewitt, which was actually in the early 1980s.
I began to make lace in 1971, but I was not a very objective observer of what was going on and how it fit into any kind of historical context. What do people think accounted for and contributed to the surge of interest in lace in 1970s? What should be included? Devon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
