[lace] RE: Wedding Cloth-Photos Now Uploaded

2003-10-13 Thread Ian Chelle Long
Gidday all, Found the webshots password etc. so I have now put two photos on there of my beautiful lace cloth. Michelle Long Richards Bay, South Africa Ian Chelle Long +27 35 788 0777 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[lace] Symbols for elements

2003-10-13 Thread Dina Lecker
My lace class is making a group entry for the Lace Guild's Myth Mystery competition and our piece is a freestanding totem pole. Can any of our Canadian spiders tell me if the First Nations use symbols for earth, air, fire and water which would be used on totem poles and if so what they are, as

Re: [lace] Symbols for elements

2003-10-13 Thread Esther Perry
Can any of our Canadian spiders tell me if the First Nations use symbols for earth, air, fire and water which would be used on totem poles and if so what they are, as I've looked on the net but can't find anything (maybe I'm looking in the wrong places) and our local UK library is not into

Re: [lace] Symbols for elements

2003-10-13 Thread Adele Shaak
On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 12:23 PM, Esther Perry wrote: A quick reference to the book Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast by Hilary Stewart shows as design motifs many animals, the sun, the moon and the human. No mention of the four elements. Nor have I ever heard stories

Re: [lace] Symbols for elements

2003-10-13 Thread H. Muth
Dina, Here's another site about Haida art. Although other tribes have started making totem poles the Haida on the west coast of what is now British Columbia and Alaska were the first to do so. This site actually tells about design principles found in their art.

[lace] Hamilton Lace

2003-10-13 Thread Adele Shaak
Well, the turkey's ready, the stuffing is made, the pumpkin pie is cooling and the kitchen is clean. (for those of you who haven't figured it out yet, today is Thanksgiving in Canada) At last I have some time to ponder a lacemaking mystery. It seems to me that a couple of years ago there was

Re: [lace] Symbols for elements

2003-10-13 Thread susan
i don't know of any canadian totem poll symbols for earth, air, water, and fire, but if you want to use the keltic symbols for your totem poll, it would be: an eagle or bird for air, a bull for earth, a dolphin, fish, or water nymph for water, and a dragon for fire. i hope that helps even though

[lace] Re:It's a small world

2003-10-13 Thread Kenn Van-Dieren
Jean Barrett wrote - Someone said a bit ago that the Americas do not have a lace of their own, but while I know that most people there have learnt from European teachers or books, it strikes me that many of the designs I see could only have been made in America. There is just something about

[lace] Re: Ithaca Lace Day

2003-10-13 Thread Kenn Van-Dieren
Just returned from Ithaca this afternoon after attending the 23rd Annual Lace Day there. It was an enjoyable event but then I am biased. As a vendor and the vendor chairman for the event, I have a vested interest in it being well attended and enjoyed by the attendees. Because I had to stay in

[lace-chat] Speeders revenge

2003-10-13 Thread Laceandbits
This was sent to us by a friend who is very anti-speeding camera, which I don't quite understand as he is also paranoid about sticking to speed limits! I don't know it it's true but I thought it was just about believable. Four youths from Canberra, Australia pulled off a trick of breathtaking

[lace-chat] lacers in Tucson, Az

2003-10-13 Thread jstavast
My wife and I are going to Tucson, Arizona to visit our son for a few days later this week. If there are any lacers in that area we would love to meet you. Jim Stavast See our 2003 Christmas bobbins at: http://www.beeutahful.com/store/page7.html Jim ShopSite, Inc To unsubscribe send email to