[lace] Hair weaving and free lace workshop
I promised that I would ask Pompi Parry about bobbins for hair weaving when I saw her yesterday. We all had a fantastic time at a workshop day. Just about everyone managed to reach the bottom of a piece of lace intended for a wall hanging even if the finishing off had to be done later. We had no pricking, no working diagram, no design in mind before we started. We had fifteen, assorted, textured threads, an eight inch copper ring, some very large bobbins and glass headed pins. The only 'rule' was to move the threads from one side of the ring to the other, by using half stitch, tallies, twists, and various grounds. Irregularity was the order of the day! We all enjoyed the experience immensely. As to the bobbins for hair weaving. Pompi said that there were two kinds - some made entirely of lead, the others rather like very elongated tear drops about three inches long and without a neck. Looks like those on e-bay were something else. Liz Pass In Poole, Dorset, UK -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 11/03/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Hair weaving
When I was 12 years old I had my hair cut. Until then the length was such that I could sit on it. I remember the hairdresser asking if we wanted to keep it,and if so she'd plait it, secure top and bottom and cut off the plait before cutting the rest of my hair. We decided we didn't want it (wish we'd said yes now) and she should dispose of it. Then she said it would go for wigmaking if she cut it into lengths of six inches or so, or hair weaving if she cut it off one length, but there was more call for it for wigmaking and it was cut off in shorter lengths. The length cut off was about 2 feet. How I wish I'd known what I know now! Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Hair Weaving
The museum which has such a good collection of hair weaving in our area is located in our Old City Cemetery, and is a museum which focuses on the anthropological perspective of our city as seen through the culture surrounding death, funerals, and mourning. It's actually a fascinating subject, and the museum itself is filled with fascinating things, not the least of which is the mourning jewelry, and the tone of the museum is one of celebration of the human condition Most of the jewelry is made as a hollow tube that is shaped and curved in a method very much like the Japanese art of Kumihimo, and then fitted with gold jewelry findings. The pieces are braided over a solid core - either a tube (straight or shaped), or perhaps a series of beads. After the weaving is done, it is placed (with the core still in place) in a bath of boiling water for just a few seconds. Then it is put in an oven at a low temperature to set. This accomplishes the same thing that happens when we put a perm in our hair. So when the core is removed, the hair retains the shape. Another variation is when the hair is woven in a flat piece which is then mounted under glass in a small frame such as a locket. One of the most amazing pieces in the collection is a picture which on first glance is a sepia-toned representation of a floral spray. But on close examination, you see that each of the flowers, leaves, and stems is made with hair. The piece was made over a long period of time and contains hair from many different members of a large family. So that explains the variety in the hair colors, and also the overall tone, which appears sepia. The technique for this piece is not similar to kumihimo, but is more like the art of quilling. But I must say that although I was contacted, because I'm a lacemaker, to help set up the display by producing a work in progress, the art of hair weaving and the art of lacemaking are not at all alike. If you ever have an opportunity to visit a museum display of mourning customs and particularly the hair jewelry, do go. It really is amazing. Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: Elizabeth Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 3/5/2005 2:40:28 PM Subject: [lace] Hair Weaving There was a hair woven piece , framed, at the 4 Mile House ( an old StageCoach house) in Denver. (I think it is called that!) Helen may be able to tell you more. It was the first (and only) time I have seen anything like this. Regards from Liz Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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] Hair Weaving
When I was in England in November for my mum's funeral, my dad told each of us that we could choose a piece of jewellery. I picked a little silver brooch which was in a little jewellery box from Widnes which is where my great-grandparents lived and where my grandmother was born - I thought that perhaps it had belonged to my gran and had then been passed on to mum, thereby being doubly treasured. It wasn't until I got home and was looking at it a little more clearly that I found it has a little glass covered receptacle in the back and I realised that it was probably a piece of Victorian mourning jewellery - there is no hair in it. I also have a Victorian mourning ring somewhere - there is no hair in that either. Malvary in Ottawa, where the sun is shining brightly and spring has got to be on its way - although it is going to snow tomorrow (Again!) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Hair weaving
In a message dated 04/03/2005 09:36:37 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some years ago, I think it was in 1998 when Tamara was in the UK - a group of us met up in Manchester and went to the ?Science Museum. In a textile exhibition there, there was a large hanging made totally from hair - woven I think. Quite impressive, wonder if its maker was one of the 17? Steph, Tamara, do either of you remember this piece? -- Jane Partridge If any of you have the urge to go to Kenwood House, on Hampstead Heath, London, they have a wonderful collection of hair jewellery - what is also worth remembering is that 1) Kenwood is free to get into and 2) it has Rembrants and Vermeers that are beautiful ... and great walks on the Heath and places to picnic! Regards Liz in London I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Hair weaving
Pompi Parry gives a most interesting talk on hair jewellery. We had her as speaker at one of Poole Bobbin Lace Circle meetings a few years ago. She is doing a workshop on Colour and Free lace for us next weekend. I will ask her about the bobbins used in hair weaving and let you know what she says. Liz Pass In Poole, Dorset, UK -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 01/03/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Hair weaving
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:32:51 +, Jane Partridge wrote: Some years ago, I think it was in 1998 when Tamara was in the UK - a group of us met up in Manchester and went to the ?Science Museum. In a textile exhibition there, there was a large hanging made totally from hair - woven I think. Quite impressive, wonder if its maker was one of the 17? Steph, Tamara, do either of you remember this piece? I didn't join you on that trip, despite being a lot more local than everyone who did go. I do however have some information about hair weaving. There was an exhibitor doing hair weaving at a Deutsche Kloeppelverband Congress a few years ago. She had a device that did resemble a kumihimo stand, but with a slightly smaller top that was curved instead of flat. There was an article in Die Spitze, the magazine of the Deutsche Kloeppelverband, some time later. The weaver was from Sweden; hair weaving is traditional to one particular small area or town in Sweden. If I remember rightly she was a full time professional hair weaver, the only one still doing it professionally, but it also survives in that place as a hobby. So much for the 17 claim. -- It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date. - George Bernard Shaw Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Hair Weaving
There was a hair woven piece , framed, at the 4 Mile House ( an old StageCoach house) in Denver. (I think it is called that!) Helen may be able to tell you more. It was the first (and only) time I have seen anything like this. Regards from Liz Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Hair weaving
There is a photograph somewhere on the internet of hair weaving in action. I wonder what I was looking for when I found it! Anyway, it reminded me of working Kumihimo braid and certainly my bobbins for that are lead weighted - three differently weighted sets in fact for different threads. I say bobbins because they are more like a cotton reel shape, which is easier to pass over the Marudai than the long lace bobbin shape. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
