[lace] Bobbin Lace Animation
Thank you Jean Mary Eke for those lovely animated Rabbits. Very clever. A delightful interlude on this chilly day - when it is supposed to be Summer here Down Under. It feels more like winter at the moment! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. - 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] Demonstrating
In effect, though, she was right. Once you know which move is cross, and which is twist, then by using combinations of those two moves you can do anything - even a tally or picot. Once you know the sound that letters of the alphabet make, you can start to put them together to make words - same principle. You might know the sounds, but it takes a little bit longer to learn to speak the language... same goes for lace, you know the moves, but you need to be able to read or interpret the pattern to know where to make them. As to teaching from there - start with the basic two moves - ie, half stitch, then gradually progress to cloth and ground stitches. Simples! Lace isn't as complicated as some demonstrators try to make out - more to make themselves seem superior because they can do it - whereas the aim of the demonstration is to show that most people, if they try, can make lace. Not everyone will take to it, though, so we shouldn't expect them to. In message , dmt11h...@aol.com writes At one point someone came to a lace class that we were having and said that she had been told that there were really only two stitches, cross and twist and that after you learned how to do them you could do anything. We were a little stunned and the teacher didn't know how to proceed with this idea. Devon -- Jane Partridge - 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] Demonstrating
I am of two minds on the whole demonstration idea. On the one hand a simple piece like the snake or fish that a visitor could work is a nice idea. On the other hand, I showed a photo of my daughter working the snake to her grade school teacher, and the teacher, puzzled, said, "where is the lace". A pillow with a clearly identifiable looking lace and lots of bobbins draws people to the demonstration, along with photographers looking for a good photo op. As Jeri says, one solution is multiple demonstrators. I guess another question is, what is the message we are trying to send and who are the people we are trying to influence. Are we looking to introduce bobbin lace technique to children who are looking for a new way to make friendship bracelets and lanyards, for which much simpler techniques perform quite adequately. Or are we looking to introduce it to people who want to take on a difficult and unusual craft that no one else does? A frequent source of inductees to lace are people who do historical re-enactments and really like a difficult and authentic craft. I sometimes wonder if it is a good idea to make lacemaking look simple, because then we are drawing in a group of people who are looking for something simple to do and we really can't deliver on that promise. At one point someone came to a lace class that we were having and said that she had been told that there were really only two stitches, cross and twist and that after you learned how to do them you could do anything. We were a little stunned and the teacher didn't know how to proceed with this idea. 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/
Re: [lace] Demonstrating
Since we older lacers using paper books and such are geared to that, it is not surprising the younger generation has no interest. I found if i can trust my Xyboard not to fall, i have my pattern and pricking on it. Younger people wonder how you can use a tablet with a pillow so wander over and check it out. Even using a cell phone on some holder can make people look. if you have a really "loud" looking color cover, that draws the eye too. I wear a very simplistic "pioneer" outfit including the bed cap and wire rimmed reading glasses perched on the end of my nose. if nothing else, you get a smile but it is something that "draws" people to you. my "table" is a camera tripod with a plexiglas top where i put jar opener/shelf liner on so the pillow will stay put when i tilt it and i elevate the pillow to work on while standing. i have one small one and one larger one which i only use for demos. i can use a medium sized pillow and have room on the plexiglas to hold a light/magnifier/tablet. this can get uncomfortable so i have my piano stool at hand to sit. if you have one of those folding stools that are higher, that is a bit easier but also a bit harder on the back than regular height but not as bad as standing. anything "unique" and eye catching will bring people close to "see". Happy lacing. Hugs, Lin and the Mali *Mistakes are beautiful. Mistakes are part of the fun.* - 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] Demonstrating
> jeria...@aol.com wrote: >A large fully-dressed pillow with many bobbins and dense >pattern is discouraging and elicits the usual "I don't have the patience!". Speed reading slays my intent every so often. The word "dense" is important in above sentence. I have seen lacemakers with so many pins on a pillow that untrained eyes cannot see the lace developing in the area being worked. Yes, the finished lace is emerging from the back, but it really is not the best way to show the progression of lacemaking if there is only one lacemaker present. I am also thinking of those laces where bobbins require stacking. Stacks of bobbins can be intimidating! Worse still, is the grey-haired demonstrator who tells her audience it has taken a lifetime to learn to make lace and she has been working on this piece for X number of months or years.. You've lost a possible young lacemaker by then. We live in a time when almost instant gratification is expected. If the public comes first to a lace with open areas, like Torchon, the concept is easier to grasp. If that first lacemaker explains the equipment on her pillow and how bobbin lace is made, then hands them off to the person working something more challenging, that would be the way I'd prefer being introduced to bobbin lace if I knew nothing about the subject. We should not expect a person rushing through a demonstration area to grasp intricacies of the subject we love immediately. We are taught the A B C's, before we put the letters together and learn to read. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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] Demonstrating
I agree with Robin - I usually don't take a practice pillow, either - I let them do a few stitches of whatever I'm doing, after all, cross and twist are the same regardless of whether it is a bit of tape you are making or something that looks like (and is) lace! If a newspaper photographer can do a square of roseground, there is no reason why we have to confine people to cloth stitch. I take my lace pillow to work on when I'm travelling by train - with a table seat, I sometimes get company, and have had a brother and sister (aged about 7 and 9) do several different stitches by the time they reached their stop... by which time the Senior Conductress was interested, too! I also explain the number of pairs in relation to knitting (if they knit) - that we are only making one stitch at a time, using two pairs of bobbins - and compare the number of stitches to the fact that they aren't daunted by the huge number of stitches on their needles if they are working the back of a jumper! In message <20131205064327.0ZLPM.75308.root@cdptpa-web08>, robinl...@socal.rr.com writes jeria...@aol.com wrote: A large fully-dressed pillow with many bobbins and dense pattern is discouraging and elicits the usual "I don't have the patience!". This is not necessarily so. I've started using a wider torchon pattern (50+ pairs) for demonstration and I've had great reactions. -- Jane Partridge - 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] Bobbin Lace Animation
Thank you for Christmas concert Jean Mary. I really enjoyed it and it started my day with a smile on my face. Season's greetings to everyone. Janis Savage in a sunny South Africa On 2013/12/05 09:38 AM, Jean Mary Eke wrote: Dear Fellow Spiders We have animated my bobbin lace rabbits and you can see the result best on my Website. http://jeanmaryeke.co.uk/Christmas_Concert.php http://jeanmaryeke.co.uk/Movie.html thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za www.thelaceplace.co.za Tel: 082 807 7858 - 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] Bobbin Lace Animation
Congratulations!!! What fun!! This needs to be shared with all lacemakers. Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. Dear Fellow Spiders As we are now into December and the count down for the Festive Season has begun I should like to share the work of myself and few good friends this Autumn. We have animated my bobbin lace rabbits and you can see the result best on my Website. Go first to the Christmas concert link and then for more info to the Movie page. http://jeanmaryeke.co.uk/Christmas_Concert.php - 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/
