Re: [lace] Supporting young lacemakers
That is a FANTASTIC IDEA I use Meetup.com myself for a lot to f interest groups like oil painting sit & sips, historic architecture lectures, knitting, etc., but I had never thought about using it for this purpose mainly because I'm already connected with the "lace ladies", so it would be a silly way to communicate--unless I were trying to connect to and attract a younger crowd. Actually, I'm picturing a Lacemaking Sit and Sip, and it could be totally creative!! Thank, Amanda ' night! Beth Virginia "Beth" Harpell Historic Property Specialist www.HistoricHouseHunter.com 973-650-1637 Cell 973-770- Office RE/MAX House Values 101 Landing Road Roxbury, NJ 07850 RE/MAX 100% Club & NJAR Circle of Excellence > On Jul 22, 2016, at 12:30 AM, Amanda Babcock Furrow > wrote: > > I had already had some thoughts on this and I had noticed recently that > the thriving knitting groups use Meetup.com to get together - that seems > to be where the 20 and 30-something crowd look for events. I did think > of tatting and Teneriffe as gateway interests, if you will, and I was > thinking that lacemaking meetups (using Meetup.com), with a focus on > welcoming lace knitters and crocheters as well as other kinds of lace, > could be a great way to expose people to all the other options - tatting, > Teneriffe, needlelace and of course bobbinlace! > > Amanda Furrow > Philly, Pennsylvania, US > >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:34:00PM -0400, Beth Harpell wrote: >> I think getting the word out about lacemaking is the main thing. I'm at the >> IOLI convention and specifically learned to tat and bought a book on how to >> make Teneriffe lace just so I can (in my own small way) make lacemaking more >> visible to others and more portable for myself. I want to be able to strike >> up a conversation about lace when someone asks what I'm doing, and be able >> to show them how easy and mobile it can be. >> >> I think if each of us goes out of our way, in consistent, small ways, to >> spread the word about lacemaking, as has happened for knitting and crochet, >> we can make a definite impact. I don't feel it's celebrities that >> millennials are copying, I really feel that they're trying to get back to >> artisan skills and crafts, and have begun to appreciate more handmade and >> homemade items than in the past 20 years or so. Riding the coattails of a >> resurgence in handcrafts can be a very positive thing. >> >> Virginia "Beth" Harpell >> Historic Property Specialist >> www.HistoricHouseHunter.com >> 973-650-1637 Cell >> 973-770- Office >> RE/MAX House Values >> 101 Landing Road >> Roxbury, NJ 07850 >> RE/MAX 100% Club >> & NJAR Circle of Excellence >> >> >>> On Jul 21, 2016, at 10:46 PM, Marianne Gallant wrote: >>> >>> I think the main reason that millennials are so interested in knitting >>> and crochet is because celebrities have been seen to do these crafts >>> while waiting around. >>> The main thing is that it is so portable. Bobbin lace is not really >>> portable, so it makes it more difficult to take it in your purse to do >>> while waiting at the doctors office or at your kid's ball game or hockey >>> game. Though I guess to get more people interested in at least some >>> lacemaking is with tatting, it is very portable. >>> I think it is going to be very difficult to make bobbin lace >>> 'mainstream', though encouraging young artists will probably help. >>> >>> >>> *Marianne* >>> >>> Marianne Gallant >>> Vernon, BC Canada >>> m...@shaw.ca >>> http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ >>> On 21/07/2016 1:10 PM, dagmar.bec...@gmail.com wrote: One thing I have been interested in recently, is how popular crocheting and knitting has become in the last few years and how it has become one of the staples in a modern woman's toolbox. As I recently read in a novel, knitting is on the Modern Woman's List of Things To Do before Turning 30. I'm not sure at which point or what made it so, but as you walk Michaels today you can see how mainstream it has become from potholder weaving looms to rainbow bracelets. How can we do the same for lace? Perhaps the road is, just as you suggested, through the millennial artist, if he/she can make a living at it, then it can become uniquely artistic; rather than a forgotten craft. >>> >>> - >>> 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.
Re: [lace] Supporting young lacemakers
I had already had some thoughts on this and I had noticed recently that the thriving knitting groups use Meetup.com to get together - that seems to be where the 20 and 30-something crowd look for events. I did think of tatting and Teneriffe as gateway interests, if you will, and I was thinking that lacemaking meetups (using Meetup.com), with a focus on welcoming lace knitters and crocheters as well as other kinds of lace, could be a great way to expose people to all the other options - tatting, Teneriffe, needlelace and of course bobbinlace! Amanda Furrow Philly, Pennsylvania, US On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:34:00PM -0400, Beth Harpell wrote: > I think getting the word out about lacemaking is the main thing. I'm at the > IOLI convention and specifically learned to tat and bought a book on how to > make Teneriffe lace just so I can (in my own small way) make lacemaking more > visible to others and more portable for myself. I want to be able to strike > up a conversation about lace when someone asks what I'm doing, and be able to > show them how easy and mobile it can be. > > I think if each of us goes out of our way, in consistent, small ways, to > spread the word about lacemaking, as has happened for knitting and crochet, > we can make a definite impact. I don't feel it's celebrities that millennials > are copying, I really feel that they're trying to get back to artisan skills > and crafts, and have begun to appreciate more handmade and homemade items > than in the past 20 years or so. Riding the coattails of a resurgence in > handcrafts can be a very positive thing. > > Virginia "Beth" Harpell > Historic Property Specialist > www.HistoricHouseHunter.com > 973-650-1637 Cell > 973-770- Office > RE/MAX House Values > 101 Landing Road > Roxbury, NJ 07850 > RE/MAX 100% Club > & NJAR Circle of Excellence > > > > On Jul 21, 2016, at 10:46 PM, Marianne Gallant wrote: > > > > I think the main reason that millennials are so interested in knitting > > and crochet is because celebrities have been seen to do these crafts > > while waiting around. > > The main thing is that it is so portable. Bobbin lace is not really > > portable, so it makes it more difficult to take it in your purse to do > > while waiting at the doctors office or at your kid's ball game or hockey > > game. Though I guess to get more people interested in at least some > > lacemaking is with tatting, it is very portable. > > I think it is going to be very difficult to make bobbin lace > > 'mainstream', though encouraging young artists will probably help. > > > > > > *Marianne* > > > > Marianne Gallant > > Vernon, BC Canada > > m...@shaw.ca > > http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ > > > >> On 21/07/2016 1:10 PM, dagmar.bec...@gmail.com wrote: > >> One thing I have been interested in recently, is how popular crocheting > >> and knitting has become in the last few years and how it has become one of > >> the staples in a modern woman's toolbox. As I recently read in a novel, > >> knitting is on the Modern Woman's List of Things To Do before Turning 30. > >> I'm not sure at which point or what made it so, but as you walk Michaels > >> today you can see how mainstream it has become from potholder weaving > >> looms to rainbow bracelets. How can we do the same for lace? > >> Perhaps the road is, just as you suggested, through the millennial artist, > >> if he/she can make a living at it, then it can become uniquely artistic; > >> rather than a forgotten craft. > > > > - > > 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] Supporting young lacemakers
I think getting the word out about lacemaking is the main thing. I'm at the IOLI convention and specifically learned to tat and bought a book on how to make Teneriffe lace just so I can (in my own small way) make lacemaking more visible to others and more portable for myself. I want to be able to strike up a conversation about lace when someone asks what I'm doing, and be able to show them how easy and mobile it can be. I think if each of us goes out of our way, in consistent, small ways, to spread the word about lacemaking, as has happened for knitting and crochet, we can make a definite impact. I don't feel it's celebrities that millennials are copying, I really feel that they're trying to get back to artisan skills and crafts, and have begun to appreciate more handmade and homemade items than in the past 20 years or so. Riding the coattails of a resurgence in handcrafts can be a very positive thing. Virginia "Beth" Harpell Historic Property Specialist www.HistoricHouseHunter.com 973-650-1637 Cell 973-770- Office RE/MAX House Values 101 Landing Road Roxbury, NJ 07850 RE/MAX 100% Club & NJAR Circle of Excellence > On Jul 21, 2016, at 10:46 PM, Marianne Gallant wrote: > > I think the main reason that millennials are so interested in knitting > and crochet is because celebrities have been seen to do these crafts > while waiting around. > The main thing is that it is so portable. Bobbin lace is not really > portable, so it makes it more difficult to take it in your purse to do > while waiting at the doctors office or at your kid's ball game or hockey > game. Though I guess to get more people interested in at least some > lacemaking is with tatting, it is very portable. > I think it is going to be very difficult to make bobbin lace > 'mainstream', though encouraging young artists will probably help. > > > *Marianne* > > Marianne Gallant > Vernon, BC Canada > m...@shaw.ca > http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ > >> On 21/07/2016 1:10 PM, dagmar.bec...@gmail.com wrote: >> One thing I have been interested in recently, is how popular crocheting and >> knitting has become in the last few years and how it has become one of the >> staples in a modern woman's toolbox. As I recently read in a novel, knitting >> is on the Modern Woman's List of Things To Do before Turning 30. I'm not >> sure at which point or what made it so, but as you walk Michaels today you >> can see how mainstream it has become from potholder weaving looms to rainbow >> bracelets. How can we do the same for lace? >> Perhaps the road is, just as you suggested, through the millennial artist, >> if he/she can make a living at it, then it can become uniquely artistic; >> rather than a forgotten craft. > > - > 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] Supporting young lacemakers
I think the main reason that millennials are so interested in knitting and crochet is because celebrities have been seen to do these crafts while waiting around. The main thing is that it is so portable. Bobbin lace is not really portable, so it makes it more difficult to take it in your purse to do while waiting at the doctors office or at your kid's ball game or hockey game. Though I guess to get more people interested in at least some lacemaking is with tatting, it is very portable. I think it is going to be very difficult to make bobbin lace 'mainstream', though encouraging young artists will probably help. *Marianne* Marianne Gallant Vernon, BC Canada m...@shaw.ca http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ On 21/07/2016 1:10 PM, dagmar.bec...@gmail.com wrote: > One thing I have been interested in recently, is how popular crocheting and > knitting has become in the last few years and how it has become one of the > staples in a modern woman's toolbox. As I recently read in a novel, knitting > is on the Modern Woman's List of Things To Do before Turning 30. I'm not sure > at which point or what made it so, but as you walk Michaels today you can see > how mainstream it has become from potholder weaving looms to rainbow > bracelets. How can we do the same for lace? > Perhaps the road is, just as you suggested, through the millennial artist, if > he/she can make a living at it, then it can become uniquely artistic; rather > than a forgotten craft. > - 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] Radmila Zuman
I was sorry to hear that Radmila had passed away. A great loss to the lacing community. Tomorrow I will be wearing a necklace that I made in her class many years ago. It was by chance that I packed it for the IOLI banquet. Janice Blair Sent from my iPhone - 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] Arachne get together
We had 29 members at our lunch on Monday in Indianapolis. We met at the food court in the mall so we could get the food of our choice. We had a free raffle with almost enough prizes for everyone. Lace makers are very generous people, searching out spider related goodies. Janice Blair Sent from my iPhone - 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] What if - Little Lace Event
so sorry that i didn't include my email address to get this going. was on that rainbow. might still be sailing. just send me your info (snail mail address, any preferences, email) to linhud...@gmail.com. i will create a spreadsheet and give you a partner who loves to play too. wonder how many ideas we will get to see. i might be able to make that duck i have coveted for years. i love mallards and my dog is named Mali for one. she has a tough life. fortunately, she only knows the sound. LOL Hugs, Lin and the Mali [image: Do Not Judge My Story By The Chapter You Walked In On:] - 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] Supporting young lacemakers
Devon, Thank you for putting those thoughts into such compelling words and what a great way to stimulate the artist and lacemaking community. I'm especially fond of your point about creating the market demand even if it maybe somewhat artificial in the beginning. I believe that is essential to lacemaking as an art form. One thing I have been interested in recently, is how popular crocheting and knitting has become in the last few years and how it has become one of the staples in a modern woman's toolbox. As I recently read in a novel, knitting is on the Modern Woman's List of Things To Do before Turning 30. I'm not sure at which point or what made it so, but as you walk Michaels today you can see how mainstream it has become from potholder weaving looms to rainbow bracelets. How can we do the same for lace? Perhaps the road is, just as you suggested, through the millennial artist, if he/she can make a living at it, then it can become uniquely artistic; rather than a forgotten craft. Dagmar Dagmar Machyckova > On Jul 21, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Devon Thein wrote: > > Catherine Barley writes: > "Sadly so many mums don't have the luxury of staying at home to bring up > their families these days, so miss out on the opportunity of a little 'me' > time once they are old enough to go to school, which gave those of us of a > similar age, the opportunity to learn a craft such as lacemaking." > Located as I am in the NY area, which is a hub of artistic activity, I have > come to know some millennials who make lace and are involved in the art > world. They are artists who are attempting in some cases to use lace > technique to make art. Also I have been searching on the internet for young > lace artists who have artistic CVs that are serious enough to impress a > gallery to which I would like to present a proposal for a contemporary lace > exhibit. > I am seeing a situation where young artists have the intelligence, the > time, and the design skills to make beautiful and important lace art, but > what is lacking is a public to buy the art, galleries to display the art, > critics to write about the art, grants and residencies to allow the artists > to make art, prizes for the artists to put on their CVs, etc. > Suppose, speaking in broadly demographic terms, it is not mums gifted with > "me" time, but rather artists gifted with residencies and grants who will > be making interesting lace in the future? What I see happening is that > several of them who embraced lace making as an artistic medium are going on > to other media which have a more receptive audience and more support in > place in the artistic community. These young people need to support > themselves because they are not stay at home mothers and they cannot really > afford to practice an art for which there is no market or appreciation. > What would it take to create the niches that young artists need to pursue > lace as a medium for fiber art? I guess we could buy lace art, since, > artists have to live, after all. We could offer "patron prizes" at high end > craft shows, or fiber art events. This can be even a rather small amount of > money but it can add to the artist's CV which then provides a form of > distinction for the artist who may apply for a grant or residency. A young > woman here in NY actually spent three years designing a lace study trip to > 14 countries in Europe which lasted 4 months. She learned lace making in > several of the sites and studied lace culture in others. Now she is giving > talks about the experience, teaching, and writing a book. This was > supported by a grant. (I am not familiar with the grant giver.) If there > were specific grants for artists to pursue lacemaking studies as such, it > would encourage such studies. The recipient of the grant would be able to > put it on her or his CV, and thus the process of legitimization of > lacemaking as a fiber art would start to solidify. Residencies, where an > artist is given the opportunity to go somewhere different and soak in the > ambiance and make art are also important. Some residencies are not all that > expensive. There is one I have heard about where a woman offers her sea > side cottage to an artist in exchange for a piece of art made there. In a > residency an artist can create a new body of art and then present this to > the world and can also list the residency as another example of how well > her art is received. Grants and residencies are given through a competitive > process and the result is artists competing for the distinction and the > experience. One thing that is very interesting about the young millennial > artists is that, since art, not motherhood, is their primary occupation, > they really do produce work. They treat their art with a high level of > seriousness and professionalism. It is quite impressive. > Thoughts? > Devon > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.
[lace] Supporting young lacemakers
Catherine Barley writes: "Sadly so many mums don't have the luxury of staying at home to bring up their families these days, so miss out on the opportunity of a little 'me' time once they are old enough to go to school, which gave those of us of a similar age, the opportunity to learn a craft such as lacemaking." Located as I am in the NY area, which is a hub of artistic activity, I have come to know some millennials who make lace and are involved in the art world. They are artists who are attempting in some cases to use lace technique to make art. Also I have been searching on the internet for young lace artists who have artistic CVs that are serious enough to impress a gallery to which I would like to present a proposal for a contemporary lace exhibit. I am seeing a situation where young artists have the intelligence, the time, and the design skills to make beautiful and important lace art, but what is lacking is a public to buy the art, galleries to display the art, critics to write about the art, grants and residencies to allow the artists to make art, prizes for the artists to put on their CVs, etc. Suppose, speaking in broadly demographic terms, it is not mums gifted with "me" time, but rather artists gifted with residencies and grants who will be making interesting lace in the future? What I see happening is that several of them who embraced lace making as an artistic medium are going on to other media which have a more receptive audience and more support in place in the artistic community. These young people need to support themselves because they are not stay at home mothers and they cannot really afford to practice an art for which there is no market or appreciation. What would it take to create the niches that young artists need to pursue lace as a medium for fiber art? I guess we could buy lace art, since, artists have to live, after all. We could offer "patron prizes" at high end craft shows, or fiber art events. This can be even a rather small amount of money but it can add to the artist's CV which then provides a form of distinction for the artist who may apply for a grant or residency. A young woman here in NY actually spent three years designing a lace study trip to 14 countries in Europe which lasted 4 months. She learned lace making in several of the sites and studied lace culture in others. Now she is giving talks about the experience, teaching, and writing a book. This was supported by a grant. (I am not familiar with the grant giver.) If there were specific grants for artists to pursue lacemaking studies as such, it would encourage such studies. The recipient of the grant would be able to put it on her or his CV, and thus the process of legitimization of lacemaking as a fiber art would start to solidify. Residencies, where an artist is given the opportunity to go somewhere different and soak in the ambiance and make art are also important. Some residencies are not all that expensive. There is one I have heard about where a woman offers her sea side cottage to an artist in exchange for a piece of art made there. In a residency an artist can create a new body of art and then present this to the world and can also list the residency as another example of how well her art is received. Grants and residencies are given through a competitive process and the result is artists competing for the distinction and the experience. One thing that is very interesting about the young millennial artists is that, since art, not motherhood, is their primary occupation, they really do produce work. They treat their art with a high level of seriousness and professionalism. It is quite impressive. Thoughts? 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] Death of Radmila Zuman, American Czech Lace Expert
Thank you Jeri for letting us know of the sad passing of Radmilla Zuman, such a talented and highly respected, internationally renowned lacemaker who contributed so much to the lace world at large. Sadly so many mums don't have the luxury of staying at home to bring up their families these days, so miss out on the opportunity of a little 'me' time once they are old enough to go to school, which gave those of us of a similar age, the opportunity to learn a craft such as lacemaking. Life moves at a much faster pace these days with many bonuses in the field of technology etc but also some disadvantages too. The true experts seem mostly to be of a similar age and disappearing from our lives either through tragic illness or just plain old age. Catherine Barley Henley-on-Thames UK where Summer has finally arrived but far too hot and sticky to comfortably make needlelace this week! Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Original message >From : jeria...@aol.com Date : 20/07/2016 - 18:27 (GMTDT) Subject : [lace] Death of Radmila Zuman, American Czech Lace Expert Dear Lacemakers, We have lost another of our precious lace experts, Radmila Zuman. - 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/