Re: [lace] sad news
Sister Judith .her lace, Withof, will live on. Thank you, Anneke, for sharing this sad news with the world. Sr Judith was an amazing person who led an incredible life as Anneke has chronicled in her biography. She was truly gifted as a teacher, lacemaker and designer. Her designs and techniques have provided inspiration to thousands of lacemakers. She had the ability to teach you to think lace. I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to meet her and to study with her. Anneke is right - she will live on through the legacy of her Withof lace. It is a gift she has left to all of us. Susie Johnson in southwest Pennsylvania, USA --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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/
Re: [lace] poppy project in Clones lace
Dear Clay, Well done! Yes, he did a brilliant job with both the video and the lace. I am very sorry that you won't be at the IOL convention to see it in person. Jeff's crochet is one of the jewels of this extraordinary project. For those of you who are within driving distance of St Paul and not attending the convention next week, keep in mind that the IOL convention will be open to the public on Wednesday, August 8. Details are on the Minnesota Lace Society's web page http://www.minnlacesociety.org/IOLI/publicday.html The International Poppy Project has become an amazing collection of different interpretations of the Ulrike Voelcker's original drawing of a California poppy. Thousands of people had the chance to see it at OIDFA this year and were enthralled. No matter how many times I see it, I am still impressed by the variety and the workmanship. It will be hanging in the convention display room where the convention committee has worked hard to provide us with a very good exhibition space. Europeans will have a chance to see it again at the lace day in Bochum, Germany, on November 10. Susie Johnson in southwestern Pennsylvania - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] Conservation advice - do no harm (Long - but read it!)
Orvus used to be hard to find in shops women frequent. If you are located in a farming area, tack shops (shops where animal supplies are sold) often carry this product. Even if you are not in a big farming area, Tractor Supply stores (TSC) are popping up all over the US. Orvus is sold by the gallon which will last a very long time. We have been diluting it and using it as hand soap which makes it a relatively inexpensive and fragrance free, chemical free alternative. I use it for all of my hand washing. And FYI - Fels Naptha, a soap dating back at least to the days of our grandparents, now contains a very strong perfume. Susie Johnson in snowy southwestern Pennsylvania - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Another sad loss for the lace community
I have just been told of another very sad loss for the lacemaking community - Irma Osterman died on Wednesday. You can read her obituary at http://www.littlerockfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1350192fh_id=10306 We haven't heard much of Irma in recent years but promoting and teaching needle lace, particularly Point de Gaze, was her great passion in life. She was the needle lace editor for the IOLI bulletin for many years. She was a truly wonderful person, a great teacher and a good friend to all. Susie Johnson in very dark southwestern Pennsylvania - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Beveren lace
Dear Diane, I'm looking at the class list for the IOLI convention next summer and am interested in Beveren lace. All of the answers you have received are correct but lots of your questions will be answered when you get your next IOLI bulletin. Helena Fransens has written a lovely article about it with lots of pictures. Advanced Beveren, like the pictures on Lori's web page, can be quite difficult but beginning Beveren is very pleasant to work, interesting without being overwhelming. So let those pictures excite you rather than scare you. Additionally, Helena is a wonderful instructor, one of the best I have ever had. Susie Johnson in dark and soggy southwestern Pennsylvania - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Exhibit of lace in Illinois
Hi All, I just had to share. I am on the Illinois State Museum mailing list for emails of upcoming events. Click on the link below and you will go to a YouTube movie of the people dressing a manikin with a beautiful lace dress. (I hope the link works for you.) The next link goes to the site of the Illinois State Museum and explains the exhibit. I myself would like to go to the Illinois Museum in Springfield and see this exhibit. Just for the dress if nothing else. Not sure if it is handmade or machine made lace but I still think it would be exciting. ___ The Urge to Embellish This exhibition (At the Illinois State Museum in Springfield Illinois) examines a basic human impulse - the urge to embellish. Visitors will have the opportunity to view an eclectic array of new acquisitions and rarely-seen works from the Illinois State Museum Collection made predominantly by non-professional artists. The objects reveal how embellishment has been guided by experimentation, learned behavior, social expectations, and tradition. Included are commemorative, ceremonial, decorative, functional, and whimsical objects spanning nearly two centuries with a heavy concentration from the mid-to late-nineteenth century when the idiom of effusive ornamentation reached its zenith and pervaded visual culture. The exhibition is comprised of 2- and 3-dimensional pieces constructed with beads, ceramic, feathers, fibers, human hair, metal, papier-mâché, porcelain and wood. The Urge to Embellish exhibition will be open from February 6, 2011 through October 2, 2011. __ Link to the staff dressing the manikin with the lace dress: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vghTOT01PgM Link to the Illinois State Museum Website listing the exhibit. Susie Susie Johnson, Member L.A.C.E., I.O.L.I., Arachne List Morris, Illinois cjohnson0...@comcast.net http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] needlelace
Dear Robin, Catherine Barley recently sent me a photo of a new needlelace piece she has made, And this loops into the recent thread about the California Poppy lace exhibit.The poppy project is a collection of interpretations of the same Art Nouveau poppy design by Ulrike Voelcker. Many lacemakers contributed samples and the results are spectacular.Someone else will have to remind us of which museum is showing the poppies now. You're right Robin. It is a unique opportunity to compare different laces. Many laces were worked using the same basic design. All of them are the same size so that they can easily be compared even though a wide variety of sizes of threads were used. In Los Angeles people would walk back and forth to look at how different people handled different parts of the poppy. It was great fun! The 36 pieces range from Binche to Milanese, Mechlin to Lutac, Polychrome to Carrickmacross, Paris to Withof and many more including, of course, Catherine's exquisite Point de Gaze. Right now it is part of the fabulous Sansepolcro Biennial, the big lace exhibition in Sansepolcro, Italy. As Catherine has already mentioned, the next place it will hang will be the National Needlework Archive in England. It is definitely worth a visit. Susie - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Happy Birthday to Lace@Arachne.com
scotl...@aol.com wrote: Not to forget Lee Uptegraff who used to teach lace to inner city children in Pittsburgh, PA. Where she still teaches lace to inner city children. She has changed schools several times since the early days of Arachne when so many people generously donated supplies to her program. She was a librarian at several middle schools (ages 11-14) where she taught lace as part of after school programs. Then this last year her librarian position was eliminated and she became a middle school art teacher. She now can include lacemaking as part of her regular classroom work. She is still very grateful to all of those who lent a hand when she needed it. She has not, however, had time to be on Arachne for a number of years. Susie - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Congratulations Janice
Hello everyone, I just wanted to de-lurk long enough to congratulate Janice Blair on the Beautiful Iris pattern in the IOLI Magazine this month. It is lovely. How I wish I could work it...but I haven't gotten to Milanese yet. Maybe soon??? I also received my L.A.C.E. Guild magazine and see that you did a wonderful Tally Class...That also looks like a fun project. Keep up the good work. Susie Johnson in Morris, IL Where the thunder and lightening just doesn't want to stop. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
