[lace] RE: Wedding Cloth-Photos Now Uploaded
Gidday all, Found the webshots password etc. so I have now put two photos on there of my beautiful lace cloth. Michelle Long Richards Bay, South Africa Ian Chelle Long +27 35 788 0777 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Symbols for elements
My lace class is making a group entry for the Lace Guild's Myth Mystery competition and our piece is a freestanding totem pole. Can any of our Canadian spiders tell me if the First Nations use symbols for earth, air, fire and water which would be used on totem poles and if so what they are, as I've looked on the net but can't find anything (maybe I'm looking in the wrong places) and our local UK library is not into things Canadian. If there are such symbols and any of you knowledgeable spiders can send me drawings of them privately I would be most grateful. Dina, who thanks you in advance for your help. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Symbols for elements
Can any of our Canadian spiders tell me if the First Nations use symbols for earth, air, fire and water which would be used on totem poles and if so what they are, as I've looked on the net but can't find anything (maybe I'm looking in the wrong places) and our local UK library is not into things Canadian. A quick reference to the book Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast by Hilary Stewart shows as design motifs many animals, the sun, the moon and the human. No mention of the four elements. Nor have I ever heard stories relating these. Our daughter-in-law is a (adopted) descendent of the famous Mungo Martin, Charlie Jameson and Ellen Neel - totem carvers. http://www.ravenpublishing.com/ Some good info here, check out the links at the bottom of the page. (The Hunt family named on this page are related to the above named carvers). http://www.davidmorgan.com/nwart.html Although this is a 'selling' webpage, there are some good descriptions of the various animals. There are many more pages - found by typing in Coast Indians art in google. Hope this helps you Greetings from Beautiful British Columbia Esther Perry - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Symbols for elements
On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 12:23 PM, Esther Perry wrote: A quick reference to the book Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast by Hilary Stewart shows as design motifs many animals, the sun, the moon and the human. No mention of the four elements. Nor have I ever heard stories relating these. Me neither. I've seen a fair number of totem poles and spent some time reading about Northwest Coast symbolism and legends, and I've never heard of such a thing. I think the First Nations don't see the world that way. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Symbols for elements
Dina, Here's another site about Haida art. Although other tribes have started making totem poles the Haida on the west coast of what is now British Columbia and Alaska were the first to do so. This site actually tells about design principles found in their art. http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/discover/educate/posters/hend1.htm This is a very interesting site with lots of information about the poles. http://users.imag.net/~sry.jkramer/nativetotems/default.html The poles tell a story about the clan or their mythology. And while we think the 'top of the totem pole' is a good place to be, it is actually at the bottom where the most important character is placed. Heather Abbotsford, BC No expert on Haida art but I've lived here for a long time. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Hamilton Lace
Well, the turkey's ready, the stuffing is made, the pumpkin pie is cooling and the kitchen is clean. (for those of you who haven't figured it out yet, today is Thanksgiving in Canada) At last I have some time to ponder a lacemaking mystery. It seems to me that a couple of years ago there was some article, somewhere, plus reports on Arachne about people taking classes in, a type of Scottish bobbin lace that was being resurrected. I have a vague memory that it was a kind of point lace. Lately I have been reading my copy of Mrs. Lowes' Chats on Old Lace and Needlework and she has this comment: Scotch lace can hardly be said to exist. At one time a coarse kind of network lace called Hamilton lace was made, and considerable money was obtained by it, but it never had a fashion, and deservedly so. I'm assuming this 'Hamilton Lace' was the subject of the revival a couple of years ago, and despite Mrs. Lowes' strictures I would be interested in knowing more about it. Can someone with a better memory than mine place this lace, and tell me where the article on it was? Was it in the Lace Guild magazine, or somewhere else? Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Symbols for elements
i don't know of any canadian totem poll symbols for earth, air, water, and fire, but if you want to use the keltic symbols for your totem poll, it would be: an eagle or bird for air, a bull for earth, a dolphin, fish, or water nymph for water, and a dragon for fire. i hope that helps even though i am sure that is not what you need. good luck. --- Dina Lecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My lace class is making a group entry for the Lace Guild's Myth Mystery competition and our piece is a freestanding totem pole. Can any of our Canadian spiders tell me if the First Nations use symbols for earth, air, fire and water which would be used on totem poles and if so what they are, as I've looked on the net but can't find anything (maybe I'm looking in the wrong places) and our local UK library is not into things Canadian. If there are such symbols and any of you knowledgeable spiders can send me drawings of them privately I would be most grateful. Dina, who thanks you in advance for your help. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] = from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re:It's a small world
Jean Barrett wrote - Someone said a bit ago that the Americas do not have a lace of their own, but while I know that most people there have learnt from European teachers or books, it strikes me that many of the designs I see could only have been made in America. There is just something about them which has a freedom perhaps from the strict traditional way of doing things. Thank you, Jean, for the endorsement. I agree that all the designs have an American feel to them. But as new designs there is also a tendency to stay away from traditional lace formats (artistic license?) while still using traditional lace techniques and styles. And, of course, America never had a lace industry that could develop a style in the past for new lacers to emulate. In a way, we as designers are now building that style instead of having a two or three hundred year past to fall back on. Glad that you pointed that out. *** Kenn Van-Dieren Bobbins by Van-Dieren 2304 Clifford Avenue Rochester, NY 14609-3825 Tel: 585.654.5711 Cell: 585.750.8842 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: www.bobbinmaker.com * - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Ithaca Lace Day
Just returned from Ithaca this afternoon after attending the 23rd Annual Lace Day there. It was an enjoyable event but then I am biased. As a vendor and the vendor chairman for the event, I have a vested interest in it being well attended and enjoyed by the attendees. Because I had to stay in my selling stall on Saturday I missed the lecture and slides by Pat Read called Milanese Lace and Its Modern Development. No doubt some of the other attendees will tell you about it. Deborah and I did drive down on Friday so that we could attend the reception in the evening and be ready for Saturday morning. Vendors start setting up at 7 am and it is a two hour drive for us from Rochester. Those who know me also know I am not a morning person. grin A lot of people were impressed with the 5-metre lace attempt that I am making and had on display. Or at least impressed that someone would be crazy enough to attempt something like this. I now have 19-1/2 inches of a 6 inch wide design finished. Still a bit to go for a 16' 4-3/4 requirement. While I did not close the stall early for the lecture, I did have to close early for a class. We stayed over this year so that Deborah could take a needlelace class from Gretchen Allgeier and I could take the Deciphering Leaves and Tallies class from Josee Poupart. My class was really a very good learning experience but also frustrating for me as well. While I became quite adapt at breaking threads, (15 threads on a pattern that used 18 pair) I fell further behind with the learning project. It is a lovely pattern with six wheat ears resting above a half stitch background. And the leaves were an entirely different colour from the rest. I am afraid that Josee feels that I did not learn from it but I disagree. While I could not execute the pattern then, I did understand the information she was trying to impart. Certainly anyone having an opportunity to attend the class should do so. And I did promise to have a finished piece for her to see when I attend the Ottawa Lace Day on 28 March, 2004. We stayed over today as well because of a class that Deborah had but I did not take one today. So spent the day working on the 5-metre lace until time to leave. And the leaves had changed quite dramatically between the trip down and the return. Very lovely now. *** Kenn Van-Dieren Bobbins by Van-Dieren 2304 Clifford Avenue Rochester, NY 14609-3825 Tel: 585.654.5711 Cell: 585.750.8842 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: www.bobbinmaker.com * - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Speeders revenge
This was sent to us by a friend who is very anti-speeding camera, which I don't quite understand as he is also paranoid about sticking to speed limits! I don't know it it's true but I thought it was just about believable. Four youths from Canberra, Australia pulled off a trick of breathtaking bravado in order to gain revenge on a mobile speed camera van operating in the area. Three of the group approached the van and distracted the operator's attention by asking a series of questions about how the equipment worked and how many cars the operator could catch in a day. Meanwhile, the fourth musketeer sneaked to the front of the van and unscrewed its numberplate. After bidding the van operator goodbye, the friends returned home, fixed the number plate to their car and drove through the camera's radar at high speed - 17 times. As a result, the automated billing system issued 17 speeding tickets to itself. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] lacers in Tucson, Az
My wife and I are going to Tucson, Arizona to visit our son for a few days later this week. If there are any lacers in that area we would love to meet you. Jim Stavast See our 2003 Christmas bobbins at: http://www.beeutahful.com/store/page7.html Jim ShopSite, Inc To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
