Well, this is exciting. The exhibit is controversial! The title, Lace, not Lace was meant to refer to the fact that the public considers anything that is white and has holes in it to be lace. But, the purpose of the exhibit is to show pieces made in bobbin and needle lace techniques and includes many pieces that are not white and many that are rather solid in appearance, such as two pieces by Ros Hills.
The needle lacers that we discussed yesterday are Maggie Hensel-Brown who uses Punto in Aria technique. E.J. Parkes whose work that depicts an arm is worked in very finely worked needle lace, although in color. Penny Nicholsâs works Jersey Devil and Just Girly Things will be in the show. Penny also did a piece that is not going to be in the show, The Endurance, which has the snow effects we were talking about. There are some widely spaced irregular stitches in The Endurance in the snow area. But, in fact this is not the direction in which Pennyâs work is going. I think that Just Girly Things and the Jersey Devil are more revolutionary in terms of subject matter than technique. I am very impressed by the technique of these artists, which they have learned from mastersâ¦I donât think I could make these pieces. In the Jersey Devil, Penny uses three different weights of thread in corded Brussels stitch to indicate gradations between snow and sand. What do the members of Arachne think of these works, having looked at them? I am interested to hear the views of Arachne, because I am writing a catalog and it would be useful to know how people who were part of the lace revival of the 1970s feel about the lace revival of the twenty teens. I am planning to put information in the catalog about the forerunners. But, the museum is a Contemporary Art Museum which was interested in having a contemporary lace show. The needle lace artists in the show are Ros Hlls, Jill Nordfors Clark, Dorrie Millerson, Penny Nickels, Maggie Hensel-Brown, Agnes Herczeg, E.J. Parkes, and Nava Lubelski. What do you think of the work? By all means, donât be polite. Devon - 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/
