I'm not sure how she stumbled upon it, but a friend sent me this today and I
thought I'd send it along to the list. (I apologize if it is a duplicate
notice.)
regards,
Lorraine
In Albany, NY, where Spring's package deal has brought daffodils, pansies,
violets, vinca/myrtle, tulips and all manner of trees into bloomand also
brought dandelions and the interminable strains of the ice-cream truck playing
its corporate version of Oh Susannah as it drives slowly around looking for
customers.
Date: 8 Apr 2005
From: Regina Knaller regina.knaller [at] gmx__at
Subject: Course on lace making
The University of Applied Arts Vienna, Textile Conservation
Department, is organizing the following course
The Identification and Analysis of Lace
July 4-9, 2005, from 9-17:30 daily
Thessy Schoenholzer Nichols
Polimada Florenz (Technical College of Design)
Ms. Schoenholzers intensive introduction course will give an
extensive overview of the history of lace-making, from a
hand-crafted to a machine-made product. Stylistic development and regional
centres of development will be examined, a wide variety of different
techniques will be demonstrated; original examples will be studied and
compared. The technical cataloguing system (database)
will be explained and used by the participants themselves. A field trip to the
Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) and its superb lace collection will round out the
programme.
Each participant is expected to bring their own thread-counter, lead and
coloured pencils (no felt-tip pens!), scissors, paper, stapler or adhesive
stick, ca. 100 clear plastic folders and a thick ring-binder.
Program
Day 1: General introduction to lace-making; introduction to
bobbin (pillow)-lace
Day 2: Bobbin lace (continuation)
Day 3: Opaque laces
Day 4: Precursors to needle-made laces; needle-made laces
Day 5: Other lace-making techniques (fillet, macrame, etc.)
Development of machine-made laces
Day 6: Discussion of a documentation sheet for the technical
analysis of laces
Descriptions of lace
Excursion to the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK).
Registration Deadline: May 23, 2005
Registration: kons-rest [at] uni-ak__ac__at
Working Language: German
Participation Fee: Euro 500, (including course documents, graphic materials,
engineering detailed drawings)
Maximum number of participants: 25
-
To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:
unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
