Given the discussion on wig-making, I should probably give the complete
title of Mark Campbell's 1867 book.
The title page says:
"Self-Instructor in the Art of Hair Work, Dressing Hair, Making Curls,
Switches, Braids, and Hair Jewelry of Every Description." Compiled from
Original Designs and
Just the other day I "found" a real hair hairpiece I had in the 1960s. It's
about 12 inches long and exactly matched my own brunette hair. I had it
pinned to the top of my head and the hairdresser produced a (then highly
fashionable) pile of curls on top of my head. Contrary to natural laws, my
wrote:
From: Lorri Ferguson
Subject: Re: [lace] Hairwork
To: lace@arachne.com
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:38 AM
When I was involved in my jewelry career and studying antique jewelry and
Hair
work pieces, most of the hair was from deceased person for memorial reasons,
but there was also a
.
Lorri
Graham, WA, USA
Subject: [lace] Hairwork
Hi Clay and everyone!
This may help you with the creepies. I have my DD pigtail & she is very much
alive 13 yr old. Sep. 2007, I cut her hair as a discplinary action. All I have
to say do you want me to cut your hair and she straighte
Hi Clay and everyone!
This may help you with the creepies. I have my DD pigtail & she is very much
alive 13 yr old. Sep. 2007, I cut her hair as a discplinary action. All I have
to say do you want me to cut your hair and she straightens right up. (BTW - She
could sit on her hair & I cut it to t
Hello Lacefriends,
In Ausgabe 1/2005 of Die Spitze, the magazin from Dtsch. Klöppelverband
you find an article about this subject but in german.
In the time we name Gründerzeit after the prussen/French war 1870/1871
pictures made from hair were very popular in Germany. I lots of Art-
and Craft M
Some years back the local college had an art exhibit of hair embroidery. I
was curious, so attended. An oriental gentleman had used human hair to
embroider the portraits of all the USA presidents. He was working there at
the exhibit on the then newest president and it was fascinating to watch
Dear Arachne Friends,
I had taken a short course in hairwork at a museum conference I attended
several years ago. This book was the one we were also told was a good
resource.
http://www.hedgehoghandworks.com/catalog/BKWSD001.shtml
Amazon also has this book.
We used horsehair which we purchased
The March/April 1996 issue of Piecework Magazine has five pages on
"Victorian Hairwork".
The May/June 2002 issue of Piecework has four pages on "The Hairworkers of
Sweden". With fascinating photos. To accompany this article is a pdf on
the Interweave website, with instructions on how to make
Clay,
Kenwood House (English Heritage) in Hampstead, London has a very large
collection of this type of mourning jewelry.
It may be in your friend's interest to contac them.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/";>http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/
and search for Kenwood
Liz
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In a message dated 12/7/03 9:28:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Anyone who has experience with this - would you contact me
please? I expect that the list would prefer that we go
"private", as this isn't strictly lace-related. (well... it
IS, but only in a very broad
I got a call the other day from a friend who has spent the
last decade or more restoring the "Old City Cemetery" and
establishing a small museum there. She wants my help in
solving the mysteries of "hairwork", a lace-like art which
was used to create jewelry in the 18th and 19th centuries
(and ear
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