hallo to all
i dare to put this on the arachne chat
because it is not just me selling
but also a marvelous, i even will tell you a more then fabulous
exposition whit works from Mariet Visser
a dutch queen of modern lace
specialised in 3-dimensional multi layer laces
you just have to see it
Dear Francis,
Sorry to be so far away. The total presentation of lace in Kortrijk is my
favorite of all I've visited. It would be a wonderful model for a lace museum
in America. I hope your day is a great success.
During the lace tour after the OIDFA Congress in Gent, we visited this
Dear Miriam,
In my opinion Mr Falcones didn't do a lot of reserche or he speaks of
another sort of lace as bobbin lace. All I found out about lace
historie there was no bobbin lace in 14th century in Europe. It is a
novel and there the facts aren't always true.
Greetings, Ilske
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To
I am not familiar with the novel in question, but I think that if Santina
Levey and other lace scholars who study the topic full time cannot pin point
the
moment when bobbin lace emerged from other techniques it would be extremely
unlikely that a novelist would know more than they do.
Some Arachne members have the CD's of old books that Tess scanned for the
Professor's lace book site (which everyone can access). In the first CD's are
books from my library. I think that on this subject it is enjoyable to
revisit the large 2-volume set by Elisa Ricci Old Italian Lace,
So my guess was right (and if I'd been paying attention, I would have
seen the French and translated it but I've had a cold for a couple
days). It's a tool for drawing wire. Wire is made by hammering a piece
of metal into thinner and thinner (and longer) pieces. The final wire
is formed by drawing
For those of us in the States I thought that you should all know
I watched a National Geographic show last night called 'Giant Crystal
Cave' and Penny Boston (who used to be on here. T maybe you could
forward this on to her?) was in it and went in to this spectacular
Crystal
Cave in Mexico with a
I missed it, darn! I did find the following website which shows a video of
the cave and mentions Dr. Penny Boston, but I don't think she is in the video
unless she is one of the people encased in the outfits they have to wear.
Interesting, especially when you know someone in the program. If
