[lace] Animal Motifs in Lace
Hi, I was reading the introduction to my book "Birds and Animals in Honiton Lace" by Saikoh Takano as I am (finally!) planning on making my first piece from that book. Anyway, in the introduction it mentions the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and the Sidmouth Museum and their "splendid collections of animal motifs in lace". I looked on the web and, though I found a little bit about each of the museums Saikoh mentions, there didn't seem to be any mention of the lace he refers to. Does anyone have any knowledge of these collections including whether they are still there? Any information would be gratefully received as I really like such lace - this was the first lace book I ever bought, back in the mid-1990s, even though I had absolutely no idea how to make any of it :-) Thanks in advance, Helen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in Richmond, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada where it has been another sunny day though it is now the middle of the night! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Exhibit & workshop in Pärnu (long)
Dear gentle spiders, I had been looking forward to this week & now it has gone by so fast, but it has been truly wonderful. I arrived in Pärnu on Sunday & found my accommodation - a dormitory room with spartan bathroom facilities, but cheaper than a hotel. On Monday morning I had a small breakfast & wandered around the city center, learning the street names & obtained a "This Week in Pärnu" booklet from the Tourist Information center. Inside was listed everything going on in town from June until August - but sadly no mention of the lace exhibition at all. But I found an advert for a linen shop which I went looking for. For some reason the shop was shut when I located it & when I started walking away my name was called out. There was Kristiina & Priit Halberg with Marianne Stang walking towards me, heading for the shop also. I received hugs from everyone & then we decided to adjourn to a cafe since the linen shop was closed. We chatted about many different topics & at 11am I excused myself so that I could return to my room to change for the noon opening of the exhibition. The bus from Tartu arrived at 11:35 & I met Katre Kelder who lives & works in Tallinn, but her family lives in Tartu. She had spent the weekend in Tartu, demonstrating with me & other local lacemakers at the Hansa Days festival. Her English is very good & she shared my room. We found that we shared many likes & dislikes besides also having red hair. The exhibition was titled as an International Lace Exhibit because there were lace & lacemakers from Latvia, Sweden, Finland & Germany. There was even a Bucks point ground bookmark made by Patricia Alba also on display representing England. After the opening speeches were made, we were entertained by a group of 5 singing girls & 2 boys sang solos. I then took the opportunity to introduce myself to Birgitta Hulterström & Kristina Malmberg. There was a display of Birgitta's modern lace outside the main room & Kristina had brought 2 books that she had written about the lace made by the Swedish lacemakers that were living on the Estonian island of Ruhnu in the Gulf of Riga & also on the Pakri Islands near Paldiski, west of Tallinn. The inhabitants were deported in 1940 by the Russians so that military bases could be set up there. I joined Katre & her friends from Tallinn for lunch & then Marianne's workshop started at 2.00 pm. For most of the Estonian lacemakers learning about "tulle" lace was not for them. The notes we were given was titled "Liebenauer Point de Lille-Spitze". Marianne was very patient with a very big class, making sure that we all had the right thread, pins, bobbins, & pillows to make this point ground lace. By mistake I had prepared the sampler pricking for the thicker thread & not the finer thread that my bobbins were wound with. On Tuesday morning I found I had a problem with the ground that I couldn't fix without undoing what I had made. So I decided to undo it completely & prepare the correct pricking for the 2nd pattern which was a narrower edging. By the time I had retro-laced my work, Nina Drigoris had finished her sampler piece which she had made on her beautiful Christina pillow. I admired her work & asked Nina, who was a visiting lacemaker from Sweden, if she knew that her name was the Estonian word for 'nose'. She didn't know that fact but would remember it. I also asked if she had attended the lace school in Vadstena & if she had met Linda Sheff from Massachusetts who had visited me in July last year. She said that she did remember Linda. Later we exchanged contact information before she & her family headed off to Latvia for a family vacation. I enjoyed eating lunch with Marianne in the Jazz Cafe nearby & she introduced me to Hedvig Seger who was from Finland. Later I met her friend Mia. Hedvig showed us some linen fabric that she had bought from the linen shop. After we ate we also had a quick look in the linen shop just up the road before we returned to the classroom. During our lesson time it was interesting to listen to all the languages being spoken. Marianne spoke in German, English or French, & the Estonians spoke either German or English. I met Aili Kuldkepp who lives & works as a librarian & language teacher in Rapla (50 km south of Tallinn). She asked me about our little group in Tartu. She would like to have more time for making lace during the school year & is considering catching the bus to Tartu, maybe once a month. After 6pm the exhibition was officially closed, the visiting lacemakers were thanked & given gifts, & the prizes were presented to the winners. The competition title was "Plant" so that the lace could be flowers, leaves, trees, etc. Lia Looga from Tartu won the competition with an orchid that she had made with metallic threads. The front doors were locked & then everyone helped dismantle the display. Katre & I had Chinese food for dinner, then walked down to the
[lace] Fw: mangle
I had send it to lace-chat, the talk is still on the lace, so my word worth to the mangle Dorte www.spaces.msn.com/members/MrsTee skype: mc535xv - Original Message - From: "Dorte Tennison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:59 PM Subject: mangle here is a picture from Denmark, on this page right at the bottom, it is called a "manglebrædt" mangleboard, and was often a sweetheart pressent, wood often oak and carved. Used before the iron was common. ore the machines shown on the list. http://www.bornholmsmuseer.dk/melstedg/vask.htm http://www.viborghistorie.dk/post.asp?m=2&id=83 http://www.motorlauritz.com/Item/Item.aspx?LanguageId=2&ItemId=424594&nBids=5 and 2 more. www.spaces.msn.com/members/MrsTee skype: mc535xv - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Luncheon get together
Patsy, That sounds great. And if anyone is keeping a nose count, I'd love to be counted in. Thanks, Carolyn Carolyn Hastings Stow, MA USA > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patsy A. > Goodman > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 2:03 AM > To: lace@arachne.com > Subject: [lace] Luncheon get together > > OK people, > > I'll be getting to the hotel on Saturday morning. I'm not promising for > sure : ) but it looks like I'll be among the first arriving. So I'll try > to check out the lunch area and see what I can arrange. I've made a sign > that says ARACHNE LUNCHEN on it and will post on bulletin board when it is > put up, stating where we will get together. Unless someone else beats me to > it. : ) Since I'm leaving Friday evening (tomorrow) it'll be a little hard > for me to get a count of how many seats/tables to try to reserve. But if > you see this before noon Friday give me a yes and that way myself and > whoever else may get there early can have a rough guess on how many > seats/tables to try to reserve. OK? > > Patsy A. Goodman > Chula Vista, CA, USA > TatPat1, NATA #333 > AKA - Queen Tat Pat of the Red Hat Lacers > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Luncheon get together
In a message dated 7/21/06 2:07:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'll try > to check out the lunch area and see what I can arrange. I've made a sign > that says ARACHNE LUNCHEN on it and will post on bulletin board when it is > put up, stating where we will get together. Dear Patsy, I am not going to Montreal. Your offer to arrange the Arachne lunch is generous. >From some interesting past experiences, I suggest you put a sign-up space on the notice (you might want to prepare in advance that space on your notice or a separate piece of paper) so that if the dining facility asks how much space to reserve for Arachne you will be able to give an educated guess. There would be a big difference between 10 and 30 in a dining room setting! You might also borrow a lunch menu from the facility and post it with your notice, so people will be familiar with it and able to order quickly. Have fun! Jeri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] mangling demo at Montreal
Bonjour mes amis! The mangling demonstration is on. Malvary has volunteered her rolling pin. She says her car will be full but she thinks she can squeeze a rolling pin in somewhere. My plan is to do the mangling at my table at the Teachers Showcase on Tuesday evening. I will pass this all by the organisers and other teachers at the teachers meeting on Sunday afternoon, and post the definite date, time, and place on the message board after the meeting. Many, many thanks to Malvary Cole! Sally - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB
This was a book I bought early in my lacemaking adventure. I spotted it an an antique fair in Florida and bargained the price down to $8 as I pointed out that it was only $9.95 new. It was a soft back in very good condition. The dealer used it to distinguish laces she was trying to sell but she was going out of business. I rarely look at now as my bookcase has lots of other lace books. Janice On 7/20/06, David in Ballarat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ,> ... around Ebay, I noticed a great book for sale there. > Here's its number:-> 4607628501 > It's just called "Lace" by Virginia Churchill BATH (1979). Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB
If your going to buy it, I'd check at amazon.com first I just got it for 2.35 and with shipping it works out to just under 5.00 total! lynn/MI - Original Message - From: "Janice Blair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lace-digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB This was a book I bought early in my lacemaking adventure. I spotted it an an antique fair in Florida and bargained the price down to $8 as I pointed out that it was only $9.95 new. It was a soft back in very good condition. The dealer used it to distinguish laces she was trying to sell but she was going out of business. I rarely look at now as my bookcase has lots of other lace books. Janice On 7/20/06, David in Ballarat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ,> ... around Ebay, I noticed a great book for sale there. Here's its number:-> 4607628501 It's just called "Lace" by Virginia Churchill BATH (1979). Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB
In a message dated 7/21/06 1:27:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > If your going to buy it, I'd check at amazon.com first I just got it > for > 2.35 and with shipping it works out to just under 5.00 total! > lynn/MI > When Bath's book was first published in America in 1974, there was very little available from American authors on the subject of lace. This makes the fact it was even published quite wonderful. Perhaps you all would like more information. Virginia Churchill Bath served on the staff of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1952 to 1971 as a lecturer for museum education and as conservator and assistant curator of the Textile Department. She resigned in 1971 to devote more time to writing, exhibiting, and teaching. A painter, needleworker, designer, teacher, and lecturer, she is also the author of "Embroidery Masterworks: Designs and Techniques for Contemporary Application" - from the textile collection of the Art Institute of Chicago - 1972 (Henry Regnery Pub.) and of "Needlework in America - History, Designs and Techniques" - some lace is included in this book in a 24-page chapter called 'White Embroidery and Lace' - 1979 (Viking Press). "Lace - A comprehensive guide to lacemaking - patterns and techniques - as well as a profusely illustrated history of this exquisite, enduring craft" was originally published by Henry Regnery in 1974 in Hardback. In 1979, it was published by Penguin Books with a paper cover. It is the size of an art book. Has diagrams, instructions for lacemaking in 4 categories: network, needle laces, bobbin laces, and mixed laces. Also is an illustrated history of lace, from simple netting of the earliest human societies through the sumptuous laces of the Renaissance to the exquisite 18th and 19th C. products of Alencon, Brussels, Chantilly, and Valenciennes. Also included are some of the best modern textile artists, who are rediscovering lace and whose works demonstrate "lacemaking offers artists as much freedom of personal expression as painting or drawing." Above info quoted from the book. I should add that there are many black and white photographs, an acknowledgements page listing many familiar lace experts (some of whom are still with us) and a long list of references in the Bibliography. 320 pages, so a lot of book for your investment. Those of us who bought the book in the 1970's considered it quite a valuable resource. Many lace books have been written since, so it will be up to you to decide how valuable it is some 30 years after original publication. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Montreal arachne luncheon
Hi, As of 1:30pm today, 18 people have said they would attend. I'm shutting down my computer and finishing getting ready to leave for Montreal. My son is taking me out for dinner and then driving me to the airport. See some of you in Montreal. Patsy A. Goodman Chula Vista, CA, USA TatPat1, NATA #333 AKA - Queen Tat Pat of the Red Hat Lacers - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
