[lace] 2017 Arachne Bookmark Exchange
We are down to the last days for sign ups for the bookmark exchange but don't worry if you are a day or so behind. I will make it happen. Just contact me (*linhud...@gmail.com *) and it will be worked out. Also, if you are delayed in mailing your bookmark to your partner, let your partner and me know so we can take the worry out of the wonderful anticipation. This is to be FUN not a job or chore. I will be sending out the exchange partner pairings in a few days - no later than 3/20 but sooner if able. I am always anxious to know who will be getting my bookmark and what far away place I will be receiving mail from. But if you were on holiday or didn't see the announcement until the last minute - join in anyway. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I believe there is time to get a bookmark made and in the mail by June 1st. This year the schedule will go like this: March 1-18 Sign Ups March 20 Exchange partner assignments made and emailed out June 1 All bookmarks should be in the mail (receipt by 7-10 days after this) Please send me your name, snail mailing address, email address, how many bookmark(s) you wish to make and any geographical location(s) you prefer, if any. Thank you. If this is your first time, you are going to have lots of pleasure. If you have been doing this for years, you know how much fun it can be. Any type of lace and pattern is appropriate. Any skill level is welcome. This is "creative license" at its best. Don't be shy - shine. May the lace bug bite for lots of fun. Hugs, Lin and the Mali [image: Design Works - Cross Stitch Kits - 123Stitch.com:] - 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/
[lace] Lace Express
Dear Friends I have just received my regular copy of the lace magazine Lace Express and am sorry to find that it is to be the last one. This magazine has been around for some years and has added greatly to my enjoyment of lacemaking. It is has also been a great teaching resource. The professional finish of the magazine made it quite expensive but I think it served well to publicise a contemporary take on our traditional craft. I for one will miss it and send my best wishes to the Karpenko family for a well deserved retirement if that is the reason for the closure, assuming they read Arachne postings. On another topic, I am going to be on holiday in June in Malaga, Spain. Is there anywhere I must visit for some lace? - 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/
Re: [lace] Lace Express
Rosemary, and fellow lacemakers, The only lace demo I have knowledge in Málaga (Spain) in June is LAS LAGUNAS - MIJAS COSTA - MALAGA Saturday 10th. June Respect to Lace Express, as far as I'm concerned as designer and a regular collaborator, it is a bad new, and sad for all who love lace. Probably, the decision is not only for personal reasons but for the little respect that nowadays exists regarding copyright too, which is really discouraging. Greetings from Barcelona Carolina de la Guardia - 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/
Re: [lace] Lace Express
Dear all If anyone is willing to sell originals or copies of Lace express. ... I finally have my life back (kids out of college) and am devastated by the loss of this magazine I would also be happy to scan any lace express issues return the original to their owner and donate the scans to any group or archive that would be deemed appropriate. Sadly Carrie Sent from my iPhone and if I'm driving please excuse Siri derived typos. > On Mar 13, 2017, at 8:49 AM, Rosemary Brown wrote: > > Dear Friends > > I have just received my regular copy of the lace magazine Lace Express and am > sorry to find that it is to be the last one. This magazine has been around > for some years and has added greatly to my enjoyment of lacemaking. It is > has also been a great teaching resource. The professional finish of the > magazine made it quite expensive but I think it served well to publicise a > contemporary take on our traditional craft. I for one will miss it and send > my best wishes to the Karpenko family for a well deserved retirement if that > is the reason for the closure, assuming they read Arachne postings. > > On another topic, I am going to be on holiday in June in Malaga, Spain. Is > there anywhere I must visit for some lace? > > - > 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/ - 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/
Re: [lace] Lace Express
I would like to share with you a post I published in my blog a few weeks ago. I think it is interesting for many lacemakers to know that and reconsider some attitudes. http://vueltaycruz.es/en/lace-makers-appeal.html PD. The Karpenko's have not retired. They just could not keep the business because all the copying. And they are not the only ones. Have a nice day... Antje González, Spain www.vueltaycruz.es - 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/
Re: [lace] Lace Express
Agree one hundred percent. If there is an archive where copies can be purchased to benefit the printers or their designate I'm happy to do so. This was part of my happiest times many years ago and have been counting the years till I could again. Would be happy to do whatever folks felt was appropriate re payment. Carrie Again would be Sent from my iPhone and if I'm driving please excuse Siri derived typos. > On Mar 13, 2017, at 11:57 AM, AGlez wrote: > > I would like to share with you a post I published in my blog a few weeks > ago. I think it is interesting for many lacemakers to know that and > reconsider some attitudes. > > http://vueltaycruz.es/en/lace-makers-appeal.html > > PD. The Karpenko's have not retired. They just could not keep the business > because all the copying. And they are not the only ones. > > Have a nice day... > > > > Antje González, Spain > www.vueltaycruz.es > > - > 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/ - 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/
Re: [lace] Lace Express
Hello Carrie and everyone Lace Express back issues are readily available for purchase at their website. www.laceexpress.com On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Carolyn M Salafia < carolyn.sala...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agree one hundred percent. If there is an archive where copies can be > purchased to benefit the printers or their designate I'm happy to do so. > > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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/
RE: [lace] Lace Express
Dear Carrie, I am glad you have gotten your life back. It is sad that Lace Express is discontuing publication. But, all is not bleak in the lace world in your area. As always, the Metro Chapter of the IOLI is just across the river from you, and the Lost Art Lacers a bit farther away. Lace classes are being given in several places in New Jersey, and also in Brooklyn at the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St. Also, a new group, the Brooklyn Lace Guild has started up in Brooklyn. The next meeting is in the evening of March 25, a Saturday. It meets at the Textile Arts Center. In some ways, the lace scene has never been brighter. The Lace magazines of OIDFA, the Lace Guild (England) and the International Organization of Lace are still being published. In addition there are a number of internet sites, like the International Organization of Laceâs facebook site that I maintain. I try to keep people up to date on the activities that they might like to attend and what the chapters of the IOLI are up to. Check out LaceNews, as well as a number of facebook sites devoted to Bobbin Lace. Most importantly, the International Organization of Laceâs yearly convention will be held in Philadelphia, July 16-22, the first on the east coast for some time. There are still a few places available in classes. I think that you will find that the lace community is still available as a source of fun activities and social contact. Devon, in New Jersey Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Carolyn M Salafia Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 11:39 AM To: Rosemary Brown Cc: Arachne Subject: Re: [lace] Lace Express Dear all If anyone is willing to sell originals or copies of Lace express. ... I finally have my life back (kids out of college) and am devastated by the loss of this magazine I would also be happy to scan any lace express issues return the original to their owner and donate the scans to any group or archive that would be deemed appropriate. Sadly Carrie Sent from my iPhone and if I'm driving please excuse Siri derived typos. > On Mar 13, 2017, at 8:49 AM, Rosemary Brown wrote: > > Dear Friends > > I have just received my regular copy of the lace magazine Lace Express and am sorry to find that it is to be the last one. This magazine has been around for some years and has added greatly to my enjoyment of lacemaking. It is has also been a great teaching resource. The professional finish of the magazine made it quite expensive but I think it served well to publicise a contemporary take on our traditional craft. I for one will miss it and send my best wishes to the Karpenko family for a well deserved retirement if that is the reason for the closure, assuming they read Arachne postings. > > On another topic, I am going to be on holiday in June in Malaga, Spain. Is there anywhere I must visit for some lace? > > - > 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/ - 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/ - 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/
Re: [lace] Lace Express
That is great news. !! What a relief. In medicine we have started to preserve books that go out of friends, and it's amazing how smart people were, and how much I've save myself from re-creating the wheel by turning to sources who knew so much. I'm delighted that I am not too late to benefit from all of the experience and knowledge that will be in those issues. Sent from my iPhone and if I'm driving please excuse Siri derived typos. > On Mar 13, 2017, at 12:17 PM, Bev Walker wrote: > > Hello Carrie and everyone > > Lace Express back issues are readily available for purchase at their website. > www.laceexpress.com > > >> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Carolyn M Salafia wrote: >> Agree one hundred percent. If there is an archive where copies can be purchased to benefit the printers or their designate I'm happy to do so. >> > > > -- > Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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/
RE: [lace] Lace Express-oops sorry I didn't trim
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RE: [lace] Lace Express
I did read Antje's blog at the time but I wonder if the patterns on Pinterest really have that big an influence on the sale of the magazine. I have opened some of these scanned patterns but find them of no use what so ever. The resolution is so small that once the pattern is enlarged the lines are so indistinct that the pattern is of no use what so ever. One is also not sure of the correct size etc etc. Now when I see a nice pattern on the internet I am much more interested in the origin than even considering opening the pattern. What have other people found? I also object to the stealing of patterns and not giving credit etc etc but I find my interest is more stimulated by seeing the prickings and then buying the book. For us in South Africa the Lace Express has become very expensive. Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. http://vueltaycruz.es/en/lace-makers-appeal.html PD. The Karpenko's have not retired. They just could not keep the business because all the copying. And they are not the only ones. Have a nice day... - 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/
Re: [lace] Lace Express
Rosemary, and fellow lacemakers, The only lace demo I have knowledge in Málaga (Spain) in June is LAS LAGUNAS - MIJAS COSTA - MALAGA Saturday 10th. June Respect to Lace Express, as far as I'm concerned as designer and a regular collaborator, it is a bad new, and sad for all who love lace. Probably, the decision is not only for personal reasons but for the little respect that nowadays exists regarding copyright too, which is really discouraging. Greetings from Barcelona Carolina de la Guardia www.carolgallego.com Carolina de la Guardia http://www.carolgallego.com 2017-03-13 13:49 GMT+01:00 Rosemary Brown : > Dear Friends > > I have just received my regular copy of the lace magazine Lace Express and > am sorry to find that it is to be the last one. This magazine has been > around for some years and has added greatly to my enjoyment of lacemaking. > It is has also been a great teaching resource. The professional finish of > the magazine made it quite expensive but I think it served well to > publicise a contemporary take on our traditional craft. I for one will miss > it and send my best wishes to the Karpenko family for a well deserved > retirement if that is the reason for the closure, assuming they read > Arachne postings. > > On another topic, I am going to be on holiday in June in Malaga, Spain. > Is there anywhere I must visit for some lace? > > - > 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/ > - 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/
RE: [lace] Lace Express
That's what made me order my Binche Kompact pattern: seeing it on someone's blog. Sadly some ink is fading before I've finished the pattern. OK more than four years is quite some time to work on it. Then again I have trouble finding a printing service that would make a cheaper copy for a friend than ordering a copy at the DKV. I also once bought a few copies of the Lace Express but can't remember I ever made a pattern out of it. So I prefer single patterns rather than magazines or books. Jo > Now when I see a nice pattern on the internet I am much more interested > in the origin than even considering opening the pattern. > What have other people found? > > Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. - 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/
[lace] Lace Patterns-Value
I have always been interested in the sort of disconnect in the lace world between the amount of effort that it takes to design a bobbin lace pattern and the amount of value that is associated with that. Simply designing and making a piece is just the first step. Designing a pattern is really difficult because it isnât just coming up with a pleasing piece, it is also trying to write the instructions so that anyone can do it. You need to be able to diagram and also do thread drawings. You have to start with readily available threads. You have to tailor it to a skill level that is widely available. I imagine you have to make it several times as you try to get the smoothest version. The amount of time the designer devotes to streamlining the pattern results in the ability of the lacemaker to have a really nice, satisfying piece right off the bat without spending lots of time and frustration trying to make a piece from scratch. It is really quite a lot of fun to make an attractive piece where someone else has conquered all the design challenges for you. I enjoy the activity of following a diagram, which is a different kind of fun than designing something. Throughout all the years that I have been associated with the Bulletin of the IOLI the most common comment has been that people want more patterns in the publication. But that desire has not been equally matched by the number of people who want to go through the extensive work of designing patterns to contribute to the publication. In my estimation, writing articles like the ones I have written involves less time than designing a bobbin lace pattern. We were always very grateful to authors who would contribute a pattern in order to promote a book, and, of course, other contributors and editors. Yet, we never had enough to satisfy the readers. At one time I thought maybe we should have a series on how to design patterns, so that people could design their own, and hopefully stop asking for them in the Bulletin. Another brainstorm I had was to pay Michel Jourde who was a designer for Lace Express, to design a series of patterns to be exclusive to us. Our editor at the time did not want to do this because she felt that the mission of the publication was to share things among the members. But that left us with the problem that hundreds of members wanted patterns, and very few designed them. One attempt to produce more patterns was to require the winners of the original lace design contest to provide the pattern of the piece for âfirst publicationâ I was fearful that this requirement would keep people from entering the contest because they wouldnât want to write out every step and diagram every difficult corner. But, actually the patterns produced tended to be sketches with a few notes and not as fully described as a commercial pattern. I sometimes wonder if anyone has ever successfully made one of the contest entries. However, In some ways the exercise of publishing these patterns really has done a lot to illuminate how people do original lace art. They make a sketch and apply a wide range of techniques that they have in their skill tool box to it. This was sort of the idea I once had about doing a series about how to design your own lace piece, so maybe that is the impact it is having. But, a comparable concept would be to have an oil painting contest where artists paint an original picture and then provide instructions so that other people could paint the same picture. One question I have wondered about, in my decades of thinking about this, is why people want patterns from the magazine when they all make different kinds of lace and could easily purchase a book of patterns of the kind of lace they make. If you have ever tried to design a pattern you quickly come to the conclusion that the books, although expensive, are actually cheap for the amount of time involved in designing patterns. It is interesting that in the comments from Lace Express they actually stated that their lace designers did not make an hourly wage that is commensurate with the norm, so the designers were really contributing a lot of uncompensated value to the magazine, and even so, the magazine was unable to go on. I visited Michel Jourde some years ago and bought some patterns from him. I think they were about $5 a piece. Later I had a discussion with Holly about whether she would like to carry his patterns and she said that her customers did not like to buy individual patterns. I think that Michel was actually someone who was seriously trying to make money with his pattern design, but it seems that the structure of the market was against him. I wonder what the average amount of time is for designing a pattern? When we ask people to contribute a pattern to a project are we essentially asking for 50 hours of their time? At a rate of say, $10 an hour, is it the same as soliciting $500 from people or asking them to provide over a week a full time labor? While no one supports copyr
[lace] Malta
I am going to Malta in August this year and would like to know what I should make a point of seeing while I am there, especially any lace shops / lace displays etc. Can anyone please help me ? Many thanks Julie Todd from New Zealand - 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/
Re: [lace] Malta
Unfortunately Julie, there is not much lace on display in Malta and no dedicated museum, though a few pieces could be found here and there. Perhaps if you tell me how long you are here for (and which days of the week), I will ask at a lesson I attend in Qormi. The parish church of St George dos have a beautiful collection of lace and embroidery - not all on display - but I will have to check when they are open. I also know of a private collection in Valletta and perhaps you can make arrangements to see some of the lace. It is in an old, beautiful house worth seeing, but the lace is not on display - it would have to be brought out specially. Also, if you have enough time to go to Gozo (sister island), there is a small museum with a wonderful collection there. If you wish, you may write to me off list. Karen in Malta. > > > - 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/
Re: [lace] Malta
You must go over to the island of Gozo not far from Malta easily done on a day trip. We went to the museum it's small but some interesting lace. We also found a shop selling lace on the Main Street of Valletta. We asked the shop owner if he had any old lace we could see and he had pull out drawers in the shop he shew us some beautiful antique lace that his grandmother made. Sue Harvey Norfolk UK Sent from my iPad > - 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/
Re: [lace] Lace Patterns-Value
I wonder what the average amount of time is for designing a pattern? When we ask people to contribute a pattern to a project are we essentially asking for 50 hours of their time? At a rate of say, $10 an hour, is it the same as soliciting $500 from people or asking them to provide over a week a full time labor? Dear Devon et al In the last year or so I contributed a pattern to 'Australian Lace'. It is a small linen basket. Yous wonder how much time it took, well it started off as a commission for a Workshop I give every year to a small group in Orange NSW. They asked for something with a circle and something that everyone could do but would challenge everyone. Group size was 9 and experience went from 1year to 25+ years. The thought process took several months, once the basket was hit on, it became easier. Basket basics were designed while camping in the remote Cape Range National Park. My husband and his friends were caving everyday for 4 days leaving me in camp free to design. The basic structure took a week to draw up and put in the stitches. The drawing up of the pricking and thread diagrams took another month. First test run took 5 days Second test run took 2 days Teaching notes and diagrams took 3 weeks. I had posted photos on Facebook and a lady from the US wanted the pattern, I sent it and all the information to her in exchange for 'payment' which was a $5-$10 donation to a charity helping people. She donated to a local women's refuge. The group was so excited by that workshop that they wrote an article for 'Australian Lace' I was also excited by their response and wrote an article about the workshop from a teacher's perspective and decided to publish the pattern. I have designed lace for other workshops in a variety of laces, so here is my take:- Some lacemakers are takers as in 'give me, give me, give me' as in greedy! More lacemakers a VERY grateful for anything you do give them both in your designs and in terms of patterns and tuition. There are some (and these are in the minority) who take share and exploit! It is because there are these lacemakers that I've decided NOT to try and earn anything from my patterns. If i share my patterns I share them gladly if I wish to sell them then all I ask is for people to make a donation of about $5-$10 in their local currency to a local charity. In this way the purchaser gets their pattern, a charity gets some money to keep functioning AND the pattern recipient gets the tax benefit of her donation AND I don't fret about copied patterns. I see it as a win win win situation. I know there are rouge copies floating about the country, in fact I know who obtained them without due process. It is amazing what information you can get out of checking who is viewing and downloading things from your own webpage, especially when the webpage was 'password protected' for the benefit of those who signed up to do the online workshop. Anna in a very wet Sydney, the sun was out for a few days. - 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/
Re: [lace] Lace Express
I have noticed, on Pinterest, what language you search for things has a huge impact on how many and what quality you get. It is possible that entire markets were wiped out, but we may not be feeling it in our own. As someone who designs, it is very, very sad. It is not the money that bothers me, it is simply the issue of respecting my intellectual property as well as my time. Kim - 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/
RE: [lace] Lace Patterns-Value
Devon Very good response. You covered the issues of creating the instructions very well. That is a significant part of the issue. Lorelei From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of devonth...@gmail.com Subject: [lace] Lace Patterns-Value I have always been interested in the sort of disconnect in the lace world between the amount of effort that it takes to design a bobbin lace pattern - 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/